Erika Van Natta was born in Massachusetts in 1973. She received a BFA from the School of Visual Arts in 2001 and an MFA from Yale University in 2003. Since 2000, Van Natta has been developing a practice in video which has recently culminated into a process of collecting, inventing and constructing exploratory narratives using a variety of media including: documentary, fiction, and appropriated materials. Her work has been shown in galleries and museums in New York, Philadelphia, and New Haven. Van Natta lives and works in rural Connecticut.