Lily Sky Erhardt is a visual artist from Kelowna, BC, currently based in Lethbridge, Alberta, and a recent grad from the University of Lethbridge. Her practice encompasses illustration, digital art, painting, and textiles, often drawing inspiration from contemporary impressionism. Erhardt's work creates an arresting contrast, utilizing satire, text, and serious subject matters against soft, pastel imagery to convey complex emotions and situations. Her deeply personal artwork reflects on themes of mental health, relationships, the self, and memory.

My work navigates the terrain of memory, relationships, and our highly subjective human experiences. I view everything I create as a constellation, a careful collection of moments, thoughts, and feelings that, when connected, coalesce to tell a larger story. Through media like textiles and illustration, my art actively communicates the emotional complexities of young adult life and personal growth. It articulates and holds space for difficult, nuanced situations that often evade sufficient verbal explanation.