Erika Gagé was born in Germany and started her career in Paris (Gallery Diana, place Vendôme). She has regularly participated in exhibitions in the Grand-Palais. She has shown her works throughout France and abroad and gained international recognition by wining numerous awards, among them the Grand Prix of the International Salon in Barbizon in 1977. Her paintings have been purchased by collectors and museums worldwide. ​ Erika paints local landscapes and flowers in which she expresses her love of nature. Her work also includes abstractions and cityscapes in which she demonstrates her fascination for the play of lights. Erika never restricts herself to one specific direction or actual trend in painting and considers the diversity of her work as her freedom. This is why her paintings are a constant surprise and a never ending discovery.