Eryn Hammond

Artist Eryn Hammond, born in Washington D.C. and raised in Silver Spring, Maryland. Her love for art was birthed through reading manga books and watching anime. Eryn’s mother noticed her pausing the tv and drawing the characters and enrolled her in a gifted art program, which taught her basic fundamentals. Pivoting away from art, Eryn didn’t pursue art until she graduated college, finding solace in painting her painful experiences, inspired by Frida Kahlo’s self portraits. 

As a little girl, I was obsessed with anime. To capture and keep the moments, I would pause the tv and draw what I saw. My mother, captivated by my ability, reached out to my aunt who owned her own art studio and taught children and adults the fundamentals of art. For three years, my aunt mentored and taught me some fundamentals. I walked away from art for a long time, drawn to other passions and discouraged seeing my artistic peers have a sole and passionate purpose for art. As I got older and experienced so much pain and loss, I looked to my art, to tell stories my lips couldn’t. Inspired by artists such as Frida Kahlo that captured and conveys her stories of pain through her self-portraits, I started telling my stories through my art.

Maryland