Emily is an artist, musician, and educator based in Washington DC. Born in Honolulu and raised in the midwest, they relocated to the mid-atlantic from Southern California in 2011 while working in screenprinting shops, apparel factories, and behind the scenes in art museums. Their work has been reviewed by Hackaday, The Washington Post, and Hyperallergic. Emily's work has been discussed at the Media Archeology Lab, Smithsonian American Art Museum, and at The National Gallery of Art. A five-time Janet and Walter Sondheim Award semi-finalist, they have installed solo exhibitions at The Delaware Contemporary , IA&A Hillyer, VisArts, Flashpoint, Webster University, and Artisphere, among others. Their work has also been included in group exhibitions at The Phillips Collection, The Kennedy Center, Vox Populi, Transformer, The Smithsonian, The Peale,  The Corcoran, and various additional organizations ranging in scale.

Emily grew up in an unsafe household in the Missouri Lead District. They were raised by the community theater and band kids until they turned 18, got a job at a dive bar, and moved to St. Louis. Emily is neurodivergent, experiences aural and vestibular migraines, and survived a fire while recovering from their second surgery to resolve complications caused by benign breast disease. Moving through the world as a queer single parent, their work salvages, amplifies, and shares moments of joy. As a musician, Emily's primary instrument is a portable, hand-built, 2.5 octave pseudo-vibraphone made with spare bars, scrap wood, and hardware store screws.

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