Emily Gherard (born 1979) is an American visual artist known for her process-based abstractions. Her artistic practice spans drawing, printmaking, and sculpture.
Biography Gherard was born in Phoenix, Arizona in 1979 and is based in Seattle, Washington. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Rhode Island School of Design (2002) and a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Washington (2004).
She is the recipient of several awards and fellowships, including a Joan Mitchell Foundation Fellowship (2021), the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Biennial Grant (2024), and a MacDowell Fellowship (2024).
Selected exhibitions
Solo 2023: Closer to the Bone, J. Rinehart Gallery, Seattle, WA 2021: Not a Billboard, J. Rinehart Gallery, Seattle, WA 2020: We Have Always Been roken, Oxbow Gallery, Seattle, WA 2014: Until the Well Runs Dry, Calypte Gallery, Seattle, WA
Group
2025: Women of the Pacific Northwest, Bo Bartlett Center, Columbus State University, GA 2024: Painting at Night: An Exhibition by Caregivers, Opalka Gallery, Russell Sage College, Albany, NY 2023: BIMA Spotlight, Bainbridge Art Museum, Bainbridge, WA 2022: Scale, J. Rinehart Gallery, Seattle, WA 2022: Dinner with Agnes Martin, The Vestibule, Seattle, WA 2019: Water’s Edge: Landscapes or Today, The Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, WA 2014: To Be Alone Together, Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner, WA 2012: Tenses of Landscape, University of Arkansas Fine Arts Center Gallery, Fayetteville, AR
Public collections
US Bank Center, Seattle, WA Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR Swedish Medical Center, Seattle, WA Microsoft Permanent Collection, Redmond, WA
Awards and recognition
2024: Louis Comfort Tiffany Biennial Grant 2024: MacDowell Fellowship 2023: Golden Foundation Artist Residency 2021-2025: Joan Mitchell Foundation Fellowship 2014: Grants for Artist Projects, Artist Trust, WA 2013: Finalist for The Neddy at Cornish, Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle 2010: Finalist for Betty Bowen Award, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA 2006: Poncho Special Recognition Award, Seattle, WA
References
External links
Official website