Emma Anderson
EmmaAndersonArtist@Gmail.com
Education
2018 Master of Fine Arts, Painting, School of Art, Kent State University, Kent, OH
2016 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
Academic
2019 Continuing Education Instructor, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
2019 Drawing Instructor, Workshop, Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH
2017 Proctor, Art History, Kent State University, Kent, OH
Awards & Honors
2019 Presidential Scholarship for Half Tuition on Summer Workshop, Anderson Ranch Arts Center,
Snowmass Village, CO
2018 Presidential Scholarship for Half Tuition on Summer Workshop, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO
2015 Pauline Graver Biskind ’22 Prize for Painting, Cleveland Institute of Art, $400 prize
for tuition
2014 Joseph McCullough ’48 Scholarship for Excellence in Painting, Cleveland Institute
of Art, $3650 award for tuition
2012-16 Gund Family Scholarship, Cleveland Institute of Art, $12,000 award for tuition
annually
Solo Exhibitions
2019 I / You / She, Big Box Gallery, Summit Artspace, Akron, OH
2018 “Just Relax,I Get Anxious Too” Art on Madison, Lakewood, OH
2018 “If She Could Relax, Don’t You Think She Would?” CVA Main Gallery, Kent State University, Kent, OH
2017 Contained, Standing Rock Cultural Arts Gallery, Kent, OH
2017 “Just Relax”, Twenty Hour Exhibition, Kent State University, Kent, OH
2016 The Shadows Know, BFA Exhibition, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
2015 The Shadows, Midyear Exhibition, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
Group Exhibitions
2019 10th Annual Painting and Mixed Media Exhibition, Lessedra Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2019 The heART of Cleveland, BAYarts, Bay Village, OH
2019 Shock Theatre, Prama Gallery, Parma, OH
2019 MEDS, Doubting Thomas Gallery, Tremont, OH
2019 52 Weeks / 52 Works, Fawick Gallery, Baldwin Wallace University, Berea, OH-
2019 Poetography, Cleveland Photo Fest, Mac’s Books,Coventry, OH
2019 Summer Mash-Up, Florence O'Donnell Wasmer Gallery, Ursuline College, Pepper Pike, OH
2019 People’s Choice Artist Showdown, Gallery Plus, 78 Street Studios, Cleveland, OH
2018 52 Weeks/ 52 Works, Fawick Gallery, Baldwin Wallace University, Berea, OH
2018 CAN’T Triennial at Rooms –To-Let, The Church of Art, Cleveland, OH
2018 Waterloo Arts Festival, The Church of Art, Cleveland, OH
2018 Nostalgia, CVA Atrium, Kent State University, Kent, OH
2018 MFA 2018, CVA Main Gallery, Kent State University, Kent, OH
2017 8th Annual Painting and Mixed Media Exhibition, Lessedra Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2017 15th Annual Dia De Los Muertos Art Show, Standing Rock Cultural Arts Gallery, Kent, OH
2017 Blossom Closing Exhibition, School of Art Galleries, Kent State University, Kent, OH
2016 Art of Autism, Akron Civic Theater, Akron, OH
2016 Art of Contrast, Kent State School of Fashion, Kent. OH
2016 Bazaarbeque, Forum Artspace, Cleveland, OH
2015 100 Show, Art Spot, Cleveland, OH
2015 Island Art Festival, The Daily Grind, Perrysburg, OH
2015 Student Independent Exhibition 69, Reinberger Galleries, Cleveland Institute of Art,
Cleveland, OH
2015 Summer Romance, Art Spot, Cleveland, OH
2014 Student Independent Exhibition 68, Reinberger Galleries, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
Residencies/Workshops
2018 Matrix & Impressions, Anderson Ranch, Aspen, CO
2017 Artist in Residence, Blossom, School of Art, Kent State University, Kent, OH
Curatory Projects
2019 “Show Me What You Got!”, Prama Gallery, Parma, OH
Gallery Work
2017 Gallery Attendant, Standing Rock Cultural Arts Gallery, Kent, OH
Juror
2015 Juror, The Littlest Heroes Art Contest, Metro Lexus, Cleveland, OH
2014 Juror, The Littlest Heroes Art Contest, Metro Lexus, Cleveland, OH
Lectures
2018 “If She Could Relax, Don’t You Think She Would?”, Invited Lecture, Graduate Gathering, Kent State University, Kent, OH
2018 “If She Could Relax, Don’t You Think She Would?”, Graduate Symposium, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio
Other Projects
2016 Donating Artist, Charity Auction, Children’s Miracle Network, Toledo, OH
2019 Donating Artist, Charity Auction, The Littlest Heroes, Cleveland, OH
Publications
2019 Cover Artist, Rattle & Numb: Selected & New Poems, 1992-2019, John Burroughs
2019 52 Weeks/ 52 Works Desk Calendar, AGC The Creative Advantage, Cleveland, OH
2019 “Show Me What You Got!”, Staff Picks, Canvas Cleveland, Cleveland, OH
2019 “Show Me What You Got!”, Parma Art Scene, Parma Observer, Parma, OH
2018 52 Weeks/ 52 Works Desk Calendar, AGC The Creative Advantage, Cleveland, OH
2017 News Article, Standingrock.net, Kent, OH, http://www.standingrock.net/Exhibitions.html
2017 Instagram Page, Standing Rock Cultural Arts Gallery, Kent, OH
https://www.instagram.com/p/BZH-JclgCkr/?hl=en&taken-by=kentsrca
2017 Instagram Page, Standing Rock Cultural Arts Gallery, Kent, OH
https://www.instagram.com/p/BZCTSwpgN46/?hl=en&taken-by=kentsrca
2017 Twitter Page, Main Street Kent, Kent, OH
https://twitter.com/MainStreetKent/status/905077814961025024
2017 Facebook Page, Standing Rock Cultural Arts Gallery, Kent, OH
2017 Facebook Page, Standing Rock Cultural Arts Gallery, Kent, OH
2016 Web Image, Autismakron.org, Akron, OH
2015 Facebook Page, My Daily Grind, Perrysburg, OH