Ero Sevan (they/them) is an American artist and award-winning filmmaker with a studio background in drawing and painting. They are committed to presenting socially-engaged research across a variety of mediums and genres, through a collaborative creative practice that incorporates decolonial, queer, and feminist approaches to intersectional storytelling. They are best known for their contributions to BLKNWS®, an ongoing project by the American filmmaker Kahlil Joseph, and as a creative director for the American poet, artist, and scholar Robin Coste Lewis.
Previously based in Los Angeles, Ero has over 10 years of experience working in galleries, museums, and artist studios and archives to produce exhibitions, multimedia installations, live performances, and workshops from the Black and Indigenous Diaspora. In addition to working as an assistant director, researcher, and editor across artist films, short and feature films, commercial productions, and episodic television, they have also provided creative direction and editorial support for poetry collections and nonfiction publications.
Ero offers photography, videography, editing, design, and transcription services on a freelance basis. Previous clients include the BBC; AnOther Magazine; Harvard Graduate School of Design; the University of Manchester; the Association for Social Anthropologists; the Social Research Association (SRA) North; and the University of Frankfurt.
education
2023
Master of Arts (with distinction), Visual Anthropology, Granda Centre for Visual Anthropology at the University of Manchester, United Kingdom
2016
Bachelor of Fine Arts (Hons), Drawing & Painting, Roski School of Art and Design, Los Angeles
2012
Coronado School of the Arts (CoSA)
2011
Summer Art Institute at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
residencies
2024
PUSH Lab, HOME Manchester, UK
2016
Getty Marrow Undergraduate Internship, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
Picture Berlin Summer Residency, Berlin, Germany
professional experience