Painter. Illustrator. Mess-maker.

My painting practice moves between intuition and intention, exploring mark-making through materials like egg tempera, natural pigments, ceramics, and embroidery. Drawing from literature—ranging from modern philosophy to ancient mythology—I create visual narratives that feel both familiar and ambiguous, evoking a sense of tethered disorientation. Symbolic forms emerge in strange landscapes, playing with perspective, myth and memory. Throughout my work I use the return to nature as a soft place to land amidst a shifting and fractured space.

Based in both New Orleans and New York, Emily (Em) is currently a MFA candidate for Art Practice, a low-residency program at the School of the Visual Art in NYC.

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Select Exhibitions

2025

Hope // nationally juried exhibition & publication // Gallerium // Virtual

Class of 2027 Group Show // School of Visual Arts // New York, NY

2024

Earth’s Reflection // nationally juried exhibition // Trolley Barn Gallery // Poughkeepsie, NY

Open Studio // School of Visual Arts // New York, NY

2023

To Be Made Whole // solo exhibition // Pleiades Gallery // New York, NY

Is It Me? // nationally juried exhibition // Trolley Barn Gallery // Poughkeepsie, NY

Hello Tomorrow // nationally juried exhibition // HMVC Gallery // New York, NY

2022

Maverick Expo #13 // group exhibition // SFA/TODA Productions & The Bitforms Gallery // New York, NY

Emotions // virtual group exhibition // Gallerium // Biafarin Exhibition & Publication

El Quiosco // group exhibition // The Ketchup Gallery // Brooklyn, NY

Woman United Art Prize 2022 // shortlisted for the international juried award // Woman United Art Movement

Art Basel Miami: The Maverick Expo #14 // group exhibition // Freehand Hotel // Miami, FL

2021

Disrupted Realism // national juried exhibition // Buckham Gallery // Flint, MI

Faces & Figures // national juried exhibition // Flagler County Art League // Palm Coast, FL

Independent Feature // showcased selected work // Brad Smith Art Gallery // Sante Fe, NM

2020

Protest & Protect // national juried online exhibition // Feminist Art Museum

2019

Turn On, Tune In & Drop Out // group exhibition // Harvard Student Art Collective

Womanhouse, Revisited // group exhibition // Harvard Student Art Collective