nature artist & illustrator

bio

Raised on the mesas of rural western Colorado, Emily became close with many organisms and their lessons of life. These relationships with the plants and animals of her home were what motivated her early art, as she was suddenly able to communicate her world to a wide audience. With an interest in ethnobiology and rural practices, Emily creates art to make our natural surroundings more accessible; to encourage viewers to re-evaluate their relationships with plants, animals, and environments. Using the language of her work-painting, illustration, new media, video, installation, and performance- she will translate for the natural world and fill in the gaps between understandings.

Emily graduated from the University of Colorado, Boulder in 2018 with her BFA in Studio Practices, and has recently completed a Graduate Certificate in Science Illustration from California State University, Monterey Bay. She has assisted in the curation of BMoCA and Media Archeology Lab events in Boulder, and has previously organized projects that raised over $2,500 towards youth art classes in her hometown of Hotchkiss, Colorado. She has shown her work in group, solo, and juried shows in Denver, Boulder, and across western Colorado since 2012.