Erin Cosgrove is an artist and writer who uses video, animation, books, painting, scrolls, timelines, installation, and performance in her artwork. Erin was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, and has lived in Los Angeles for 11 years.

She has received grants and fellowships from The John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, The Creative Capital Foundation, The City of Los Angeles Department Of Cultural Affairs, The Center for Cultural Innovation, The Durfee Foundation, The Jerome Foundation, and other sources.

Her artwork has been exhibited internationally including at Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, The Brooklyn Museum of Art in New York, Galleri S.E International Contemporary Art in Bergen, Norway, Haus der Kunst in Munich, Germany, LA Louver in Los Angeles, The Armory Show in New York, Arco in Madrid, Carl Berg Gallery in Los Angeles, and Apexart Gallery in New York. And her videos have been shown at Espace Croise Centre d'art Contemporain in Roubaix, France, The Impakt Festival in Utrecht, Netherlands, Kunst-Werke in Berlin, Germany, The Landesmuseum Joanneum in Graz, Austria, Videoformes in Auvergne, France, Migrating Forms Film Festival in New York, Christine Koenig Gallery in Vienna, Austria, VPRO (Netherlands TV), along with other venues.