Bio

Erin Ellis is a science illustrator, graphic designer, and lettering artist from New Jersey living on the stunning central coast of California. Erin’s work spans the boundaries of natural history and botanical illustration, science communication, hand lettering, graphic design, and fine art.

Erin’s education includes a BFA from the Maryland Institute College of art, graduate studies in Type Design at The Cooper Union and Science Illustration at California State University, Monterey Bay, and an internship with the Department of Botany at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.

Erin has partnered with clients including the California Institute of Technology, The Monterey Bay Aquarium, University of California Santa Cruz, Chronicle Books, Ten Speed Press, Artisan Books, Williams-Sonoma, Lululemon Athletica, and California State Parks, and her botanical illustrations have been published to support scientific research in Harvard Papers in Botany.

Erin participates in her local arts and science communities as an instructor in the CSUMB Science Illustration Certificate Program, as an art mentor for the Western Flyer Foundation and community organizer for the Monterey Bay swing dance scene.