CV
b. 1986 – Honolulu, HI
Solo/Collaborative Exhibitions:
2023
THE OCULAR HARPSICHORD REVISITED, VisArts, Rockville, MD;
A BRIEF STUDY OF TIME, IA&A at Hillyer, Washington DC;
2020
THE LIGHT AT THE END WAS A FIRE, Rhizome, Washington DC;
2019
CONSTITUENTS (collaboration with Alex Braden), Gateway Arts Center, Brentwood, MD;
2018
BIPEDAL SOUNDSCAPES (collaboration with Alex Braden), Arlington Art Truck (Inaugural Project), Arlington, VA;
2016
NO SHARPS, NO FLATS (collaboration with Alex Braden and Adam Richard Nelson Hughes), Transformer DC;
2015
SOMETHING SLIGHTLY FAMILIAR, Flashpoint Gallery, Washington DC
2014
LEARNING TO PLAY, Cecille R. Hunt Gallery, Saint Louis, MO;
MAY I HAVE THE PIANO DELIVERED TO YOU?, Artisphere, AIR Studio, Arlington, VA
Residencies
2023
Collecting Fragments of Time: Practicioner in Residence, Media Archeology Lab, Boulder, CO;
Collecting Fragments of Time: Building the Digital Archive, GlogauAIR Online Residency, Berlin, Germany;
2018
Arlington Art Truck, Mobile Residency, Arlington, VA;
2015
The Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation Arts Center, Artist in Residence, Montgomery College;
2014
Transformer Exercises Program, E:11 Sound Art, Washington D.C;
2013
ARTISPHERE – Artist in Residence (through April 2014);
GlogauAIR MFA Studio Berlin;
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2023
THE INVINCIBLE VISIBLE, Transformer Benefit Auction and Exhibition at American University, Washington DC;
AFTER THE END: SOUND SCENE 2023, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington DC;
SCORE!, but, also & STABLE Arts, Washington DC;
UPBRINGING, Rhizome DC, Washington DC;
2022
TRANSFORMER20, Corcoran College of Art and Design at GWU, Washington DC;
ARTgineering 2.0, Otis Street Arts Project, Mt. Rainer, MD;
SSSSSS // SMALL SCALE SITE SPECIFIC SCULPTURE SHOW, but, also, Washington DC;
2019
DIALOGUES curated by Jordan Amirkhani, Stable Arts, Washington DC;
2018
TRANSFORMER’S 15th ANNUAL SILENT AUCTION & BENEFIT, The Corcoran, Washington DC;
SONDHEIM ARTSCAPE PRIZE SEMI-FINALIST EXHIBITION; Decker and Meyerhoff Galleries, MICA, Baltimore, MD;
2017
TRANSFORMER’S 14th ANNUAL SILENT AUCTION & BENEFIT, Katzen Arts Center, Washington DC;
SONDHEIM ARTSCAPE PRIZE SEMI-FINALIST EXHIBITION; Decker and Meyerhoff Galleries, MICA, Baltimore, MD;
WOMEN NOW, Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton, VA;
2016
TRANSFORMER’S 13th ANNUAL SILENT AUCTION & BENEFIT, Katzen Arts Center, Washington DC;
LIFE SOUNDTRACK: PRINCE BOWIE, Healing Arts Center, Washington DC;
SONDHEIM ARTSCAPE PRIZE SEMI-FINALIST EXHIBITION; Decker and Meyerhoff Galleries, MICA Baltimore, MD;
LADIES FIRST, Gallery Neptune & Brown, Washington DC;
ALCHEMICAL VESSELS, Healing Arts Center, Washington DC;
BERLIN AND BACK AGAIN, Goethe-Institut DC;
DRAWING BOARD, DCAC, Washington DC;
2015
TRANSFORMER’S 12th ANNUAL SILENT AUCTION & BENEFIT, Washington DC;
E PLURIBUS UNUM, Vilnius Academy of Arts in Vilnius, Lithuania;
FOCUS FORWARD, Kennedy Center Hall of Nations, Washington DC & VW Headquarters, Herndon, VA;
THE LANGUAGE OF LINE: A DRAWING EXHIBITION, Neptune Fine Art, Washington DC;
SELECT 2015: WPA’S 34th ANNUAL ART AUCTION & GALA, Terrace Gallery, Artisphere, Arlington, VA;
2014
JAMES MCLAUGHLIN MEMORIAL STAFF SHOW, The Phillips Collection, Washington DC;
TRANSFORMER’S 11th ANNUAL SILENT AUCTION & BENEFIT, Katzen Arts Center, Washington DC;
FERMATA; CODA, Artisphere, Terrace Gallery, Arlington, VA;
2013
MFA STUDIO BERLIN, Glogauair Project Space, Berlin, Germany;
CROSSING THE BIFRÖST, American University Museum, Washington DC;
THE PIA MATER, The Fridge, Washington D.C;
IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING, Forum Gallery, SUNY Purchase College, NY;
2012
ON LOAN, Area 405 – Juror: Sarah Tanguy , Baltimore, MD 21202;
ANY THOUGHTS? ANYONE?, American University Museum, Washington DC;
2011
EVERYBODY IS RUNNING AWAY FROM EVERYBODY ELSE, Katzen Arts Center Rotunda, Washington DC;
2008
LAUMEIER STUDENT SHOWCASE, Laumeier Sculpture Park, Saint Louis, MO;
STATISTICAL RECORDS OF PERFORMANCE, Metropolitan Gallery, Saint Louis;
2007
INFRASTRUCTURES, Metropolitan Gallery, Nu-Art Series, Saint Louis, MO;
2006
WAC, Three Sinks Gallery, Saint Louis, MO;
VSA EXHIBITION, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington DC;
GRIT, Fort Gondo Compound for the Arts, 3151 Cherokee Street, Saint Louis, MO;
VARSITY ART X, Gallery Urbis Orbis, Art Saint Louis;
Selected Performances:
2023
CLOCKWORK as part of SCORE!, but, also & STABLE Arts, Washington DC;
2017
SOME MACHINES CANNOT BE FINE-TUNED, Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton, VA;
2015
A DUEL BECOMES A BATTLE, in Julie Wolfe’s GREEN ROOM, A Hemphill Project, Washington DC;
2013
PRELIMINARY DECONSTRUCTION, American University Museum, Washington DC;
REQUIEM FOR A TOY PIANO, The Fridge DC;
2012
A BRIEF DEMONSTRATION SERIES, American University, Washington DC;
NUTCRACKER OPEN STUDIO SERIES, American University, Washington DC;
2005
COMPOSITION FOR A PIANO WITHOUT STRINGS, Webster University, Saint Louis;
NADADADA: THE COMFORT OF LIMITS, THE LIMITS OF COMFORT, The Factory, Saint Louis;
Touring Exhibition | DESTINATION ANYWHERE, Jury Panel | Agnes Gund, Annie Gawlak, and William A. Newman:
2008
Hillstrom Museum of Art, Gustavus Adolphus College, Saint Peter, MN;
Museum of Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX;
Anna Lamar Switzer Center for Visual Arts, Pensacola, FL;
University of Tennessee at Martin, TN;
Studio San Giuseppe Art Gallery, Mt. Saint Joseph College, Cincinnati, OH;
2007
Miami University of Ohio Art Museum, Oxford, OH;
Monteagle City Hall, Monteagle, TN;
Kansas City YMCA, Kansas City, KS;
2006
The Smithsonian Institution, S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW, Washington, DC;
Awards, Grants, Scholarships, Residencies, and Lectures:
2023
Practitioner in Residence: Collecting Fragments of Time at the Media Archeology Lab, University of Colorado, Boulder
Visiting Artist Lecture: Art and the Machine, American University, Washington DC
2022
Artist Talks, SSSSSS at but, also, Washington DC
2019
DCCAH Arts and Humanities Fellowship
Collaborations and Investigations in Sound (in conversation with Alex Braden), National Gallery of Art
Artist Talk, Brentwood Arts Exchange
2018
Arlington School Lectures: Kenmore Middle School, Thomas Jefferson Middle School
2017
Private Lecture for VSA Award Winners, Kennedy Center
2016
NO SHARPS, NO FLATS Artists Talk, Transformer DC
2015
The Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation Arts Center, Artist in Residence, Montgomery College
Visiting Artist Lecture and Workshop, Montgomery College, Silver Spring
2014
Luce Center Artist Talk, The Smithsonian Museum of American Art
Visiting Artist Lecture, Webster University, Saint Louis, MO
2013
Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant,
Catharina Baart Biddle Art Award,
Graduate Student Research Award – American University
2012
Graduate Student Research Award,
Babs Van Swearingen Graduate Scholarship – American University
2011
Graduate Mellon Research Award,
Babs Van Swearingen Graduate Scholarship – American University
2008
Laumeier Student Showcase, Award Recipient
2006
Destination Anywhere, Award of Excellence
Education:
MFA | Studio Art | American University | Washington DC | 2013
BFA | Studio Art | Sculpture | Leigh Gerdine College of Fine Arts | Webster University in Saint Louis | 2008
Press:
Maloney, Dan. “Hackaday Podcast Episode 248: Cthulhu Clock Radio Transharmonium, Thunderscan, and How to Fill Up in Space”. 15 December 2023
Day, Lewis. “The Trans-Harmonium is a Strange Kind of Radio Musical Instrument”. Hackaday. 13 December 2023
Jenkins, Mark. “In the Galleries: An Artist Clocks in on a Visual Concept of Time”. 19 August 2023
Celarier, Eric. EAST CITY ART REVIEWS—ARTGINEERING V2.0 AT OTIS STREET ARTS PROJECT. 29 November 2022
Jenkins, Mark. “In the Galleries”. 25 November 2022
Jenkins, Mark. "In the Galleries", Washington Post, 1 April 2022
Cirruzzo, Chelsea. “11 Vitual and IRL Things To Do This Weekend”. The DCist. 19 November 2020
Rousseau, Claudia, Ph.D. "East City Art Reviews - Dialogues at Stable". 5 February 2020
Bahrampour, Tara. “A warehouse of their own: D.C. Artists launch a co-working and exhibition space”. Washington Post. 11 October 2019.
Jenkins, Mark. “In the galleries: ‘Time Capsule’ retrospective highlights jazz’s influence on Frank Stewart”. The Washington Post - Sunday Edition. 20 December 2019.
Augenstein, Neal. “From Dischord Records to Art Truck, Arlington hones cutting-edge arts trek”. WTOP. 5 April 2018.
Jean-Philippe, McKenzie. “A Truck Carrying a Pedal-Powered Turntable is Cruising Around Arlington, Explaining Art”. Washingtonian. 5 April 2018.
Potter, Erin. “Interview with Bipedal Soundscapes Artists”. Bike Arlington. 10 April 2018.
Arlington Art Truck, Interview by Lindley Estes, Issue 63 • May 2018 • Arlington
Carrigan, Margaret. “Galleries: A Cassette-Based Symphony that Erodes with Time”. Hyperallergic. 26 April 2016.
Jenkins, Mark. “In the Galleries: Artwork that’s destined for failure”. The Washington Post –Sunday Edition. 17 April 2016. E16:
Capps, Kriston. “’No Sharps, No Flats’ At Transformer to April 30: This sound installation explores the relationship between cassette loops and time”. Washington City Paper. 25 March 2015.
Goukassian, Elena. “27 deconstructed boomboxes are playing 27 new songs by 27 D.C. musicians at Transformer”. Express (A Publication of the Washington Post). 24 March 2016.
Chung, Francis. “Photos: Sonic Installation No Sharps, No Flats Opens at Transformer”. The DCist. 18 March 2016.
Williams, Stephanie. DC Musicians Come Together for the Bold Art Exhibition “No Sharps, No Flats”. DC Music Download. 15 March 2016.
Jenkins, Mark, “Artist’s colorful ‘science project’ is a commentary on world’s water supply”, The Washington Post, 2 December 2015:
Jenkins, Mark, “In the Galleries: From the everyday to the fantastical”, The Washington Post, 31 May 2015, p. E4,
Goukassian, Elena, “Emily Francisco: Something Slightly Familiar”, State of the Arts 2014 Fall Arts Guide, Washington City Paper (page 31), September 12, 2014.
Artbeat With Lauren Landau, September 17, 2014, WAMU 88.5
"Luce Artist Talks: Emily Francisco", Eye Level, Smithsonian American Art Museum, September 12, 2014,
"Luce Artist Talks: Emily Francisco", The Paper Blog: Art & Design Magazine, September 11, 2014.
Fischer, Jonathan L., “Bluebrain Returns with Sweeping Sound Art Installation”, Washington City Paper, February 4, 2014:
Hohmeier, Danielle, "St. Louis Celebrates 'Sculpture City 2014'", Atomic Dust, January 3, 2014.
“Weekend Pass”, Express (A Publication of the Washington Post), November 14, 2013 (page E16)
Rosslyn BID, Featured Story: Culture, "May I have the Piano delivered to You? - Q & A with Artisphere Artist in Residence Emily Francisco":
Dingfelder, Sadie, “Jump into the Clouds”, Express (A Publication of the Washington Post), September 19, 2013:
Galbi, Douglas, “Emily Francisco Piano Overture”, Ode Street Tribune, September 17, 2013:
Capps, Kriston, “May I have the Piano Delivered to You at Artisphere?”, Washington City Paper, August 16, 2013:
Thomas, Holly E, "Boost Your Arts IQ with the Fridges Amazing New Show", Refinery29.