Esther Ervin is a contemporary visual artist, and jewelry maker. She has a BS in Biology from the University of California, with credits from the American University of Beirut in Lebanon. She completed her MFA thesis in medical Illustration at California State University, Long Beach.

After a brief career adventure in the insurance and securities industry, Esther was awarded a residency and the Gregory M. Robinson scholarship at Pratt Fine Arts Center, in Seattle, Washington, where she studied jewelry-metalsmithing and welding. Later, she had a residency at the James and Janie Washington Foundation, in Seattle, where she incorporated materials found there into new work.

Her wearable art has been exhibited in Washington, Oregon; Beijing, China; Vilnius and Palanga, Lithuania; and in Legnica and Gdansk, Poland. Esther consistently generates and exhibits art and jewelry.

She has 18 concrete, glass, and bronze pieces installed at the Liberty Bank Building on 24th Ave. and Union St., Seattle, WA; and was the coordinator for the art plan, which included seven other artists.

Esther continues exploring new techniques, and works in various mediums, sometimes focusing on environmental or political subjects.

She is a member of the Seattle Metals Guild and shows work at Onyx Gallery and her home studio.