EMILY GORDON (b. 1997)
emgordon5597@gmail.com
EDUCATION
MFA Art Studio, University of California-Davis
BFA Studio Art-Ceramics, University of Wisconsin-Stout
SOLO AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2023 Nicrocosms: On Scavenging and Renewal, Bodega Bay, CA
People, Places, Things, Detroit, MI
2022 Ravenous, pop-up collaborative show, Davis, CA
And Salt the Earth Behind You, Shepard Art Center, Sacramento, CA
2021 PinPoint, video installation at the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art 
2020 Being and Nothingness, NCECA Exhibition, Studio 23, Richmond, VA
2019 The Undressed, the University of Wisconsin-Stout, Menomonie, WI
So Called Elements of Time, Bud and Betty Michele's Student
Artist in Residence, University of Wisconsin-Stout, Menomonie, WI Strap Up, Girly, Minneapolis
College of Art and Design, Minneapolis The Weight of Sweetness, Eau Claire, WI
2018 Tenderness and Rot, Menomonie, WI

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023 Monte Vista Projects, Group Exhibition, Bendix Building, Los Angeles, CA
While We Are Dreaming, Visionary Projects | The Yard, New York, NY 
2022 University of California-Davis Film Festival, Varsity Theater, Davis, CA
Topophilia, MFA Art Studio Exhibition, Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum 
2021 University of California Davis Film Festival, Davis, CA
RAW: National MFA Juried Exhibition, Bozeman, MT
Speculative Futures, Present Imaginations, St. Kates University, St. Paul, MN
2020 Guarded, Juried Exhibition, Fallout Urban Center, Minneapolis, MN 
2019 Your Head is Older than Your Feet, University of Wisconsin-Stout
In Other Words, University of Wisconsin-Stout, Menomonie, WI 
National Clay Juried Exhibition V; Red Lodge Clay Center 
North/East Juried Exhibition; CIRCA Gallery, Minneapolis, MN 
Footprints; Pablo Center at the Confluence; Eau Claire, WI 
American Craft Council; RiverCentre, St. Paul, MN
Past and Present, NCECA Exhibition, Caufield Clay, St. Paul. MN 
Unapologetic, NCECA Exhibition, Northrup King Building, Minneapolis, MN 
Everything Dies; Cherry House, Eau Claire, WI
2018 No Ceilings; New Rule Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

St.Louis Park Art Exhibition, Jean Michael Gallery, Minneapolis, MN 
End of the Year Juried Exhibition; University of Wisconsin-Stout
American Craft Council; RiverCentre; St. Paul, MN
AWARDS/ACKNOWLEGEMENTS

2022 Robert Arneson Award, University of California-Davis
St.Elmo’s Fellowship Finalist through the University of Texas-Austin

LaShelle May Purchase Prize Finalist Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum 
Bilinski Fellowship Collaboration Project Recipient, Bodega Bay Marine Lab Reserve
2021 Nominee for Dedalus Foundation MFA Fellowship in Painting and Sculpture 
Dean Graduate Summer Fellowship Recipient, University of California-Davis

Coordinator in group panel for California Studio through University of California 
Panelist for Art and Design week, University of Wisconsin-Stout
Mary Lou Osborn Award, University of California-Davis

2020 McNair Graduate Fellowship Recipient, University of California-Davis
Artist Relief Grant recipient through Springboard for the Arts
Visiting Artist Lecture, University of Wisconsin-Stout 
2019 Vermont Studio Center Artist Grant Recipient
Regina Brown Undergraduate Fellowship Recipient through the National Conference on the
Education of the Ceramic Arts (NCECA)

2018 Bud and Betty Micheles Student Artist in Residence Recipient
End of the Year Juried Exhibition Second Place Recipient
National Association School of Art and Design Review Member
Mikes Art and Design Stipend Recipient

2016 McNair Research Scholarship Recipient 
2016-19 2015 American Indian Education Fund Scholarship
CURATION
2020 Variations on a theme, Priya Thoreson, Gallery 610
2019 Alternate Closures, Emily McBride, Gallery 610
This Body is Mine Alone? Kristen Anderson Larson, Gallery 610 
Prefer Not To, Isaac Everhart, Gallery 610
Folding Truth, Bennett Pearson, Gallery 610
PUBLICATIONS
2022 Hyperallergic UC Davis MFA Thesis Review 
2021 Hyperallergic California Studio; Sky Slices
PROVE Collective Emerge Zine Juried Poetry and Artwork Publication '
2020 Pablo Art Center Journal, Eau Claire WI

2019 Prometheus, Juried Arts Publication
University of Wisconsin-Stout Journal of Student Research
COLLECTIONS
2019 Michele’s Hall, University of Wisconsin-Stout
University of Wisconsin-Stout Library Arts Permanent collection
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