Erin Coates is an artist and creative producer living in Boorloo (Perth), Western Australia, who creates drawings, sculptures, and short films. Her practice draws from her background as a climber and free diver as well as her interests in biology and body horror. Her process regularly involves physical interactions with submerged, enclosed, and elevated spaces. The works that are produced examine our relationships with the natural world, our physical thresholds, and the nature of transformed bodies – both human and non-human.

Coates holds a Master of Fine Arts from the University of British Columbia, Canada and has shown in exhibitions in Australia and abroad as well as in international film festivals. In 2022 she was commissioned to create new work for rīvus: 23rd Biennale of Sydney and in 2023 she is undertaking the Activating Collections Residency with ART ON THE MOVE and the Museum of the Great Southern. Coates’ artwork is held in major collections, including in the Art Gallery of South Australia, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Wesfarmers Collection, Cruthers Collection of Women's Art, and the Murdoch University Art Collection. She is represented by Moore Contemporary.