Eric Avery (they/he) is Black, queer, working-class interdisciplinary artist and cultural organizer based in West Oakland with over nineteen years of experience in theatre, interactive performance, and community-based projects. Avery was born and raised on the Eastside of Topeka, Kansas, a place shaped by redlining, disinvestment, and environmental harm. They earned a Bachelor's degree in Theatre & Film from the University of Kansas and an MFA in Theatre Arts from Towson University.

Since 2018 Avery has focused on creating projects using a reparations framework, which explores how to center healing and historical repair in our decision making processes. Avery has focused on relationship-centered processes, leading to collaborations with nonprofits, municipalities, social service agencies, universities, farms, community centers, prisons, art galleries, and private homes. They have independently created over 25 original productions and led organizing projects concerning: food sovereignty, environmental justice, reparations, clean energy, and forming cooperatives.

Their work has received recognition from the Bessie Awards (Outstanding Visual Design), Elliot Norton Awards (Outstanding Design), and Lavender Magazine (Outstanding Performance), and support from the MAP Fund, Zellerbach Community Arts, East Bay Fund for Artists, TBA CA$H Grant, Dresher Ensemble Artist Residency, and Kenneth Rainin Foundation: NEW.