EMILY GHERARD
EDUCATION
2004 - University of Washington, Master of Fine Arts
2002 - Rhode Island School of Design, Bachelor of Fine Arts
SOLO, TWO PERSON & COLLABORATIVE EXHIBITIONS
2023 Closer to the Bone, J. Rinehart Gallery, Seattle, WA
2021 Not A Billboard, J. Rinehart Gallery, Seattle, WA
2020 We Have Always Been Broken, Oxbow Gallery, Seattle WA
Seattle Deconstructed Art Fair, featuring Emily Gherard and
Kim Van Someren by J. Rinehart Gallery, Seattle WA
2017 It All Burns, Bridge Productions, Seattle WA
Opposing Forces: Collaborative Work by Amanda Knowles
and Emily Gherard, Soil Art Gallery, Seattle WA
2016 Making Presence Known, Bridge Productions, Seattle WA
2015 Until the Well Runs Dry, Calypte Gallery, Seattle WA
Emily Gherard and Brian Cypher, i.e. gallery, Edison WA
from IT IS CALLED JOY; A Collaboration by CL Young
and Emily Gherard, Violet Strays Gallery, Online
2013 Wherever green is worn; Drawings by Emily Gherard, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle WA
Drawings and Paintings by Emily Gherard and Stephanie Peirce, Russell Day Gallery,
Everett Community College, Everett WA
2012 New Work, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle WA
2010 New Paintings, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle WA
2008 Concrete, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle WA
Overgrowth: Collaborative work by Emily Gherard and
Kim Van Someren, Ballard Works, Seattle WA
2006 New Prints and Drawings by Emily Gherard, Sev Shoon Gallery, Seattle WA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Women of the Pacific Northwest, Bo Bartlett Center, Columbus, GA (scheduled)
The Corner Show, D.D.D.D, New York City, NY (scheduled)
2023 BIMA Spotlight, Juried Exhibition, Bainbridge Art Museum, Bainbridge WA
2022 Scale, J. Rinehart Gallery, Seattle WA
Dinner with Agnes Martin, The Vestibule, Seattle WA
2021 Always On: Art and Motherhood, SOIL Gallery, Seattle WA
2019 Inherent Visions, The 2019 Neddy at Cornish Exhibition, Cornish Playhouse
Gallery, Seattle WA
Bellingham National 2019, Water’s Edge: Landscapes for Today, juried by Bruce
Guenther, The Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, WA
2018 1 ROOM: A group exhibition of works by studio e gallery and other Northwest artists,
studio e gallery, Seattle WA
Deeper Than the Wall, Group Show featuring Emily Gherard, Sue Danielson, Kim Van
Sommeren, Bridge Productions, Seattle WA
2017 Many Lands; Guest curator Ben Gannon, Bridge Productions, Seattle WA
2016 Tectonic \ Group Show with Julie Alpert, Tim Cross, Sue Danielson, Emily Gherard, C. Davida
Ingram, Dave Kennedy, Kat Larson, Ashleigh
Robb, and Krista Svalbonas, Bridge Productions Gallery, Seattle WA
2015 Good Neighbor, Hedreen Gallery at Seattle University, Seattle WA
Extracurricular: NSC Art Faculty Exhibition, North Seattle College Gallery, Seattle WA
Emily Gherard and Brian Cypher, i.e. gallery, Edison WA
Drawn to Scale; Studio E Gallery, Seattle WA
Artwork from Duwamish Residency, Gallery 4 Culture, Seattle WA
2014 Group show, Emily Gherard, Kimberly Trowbridge, and Stephanie Peirce, Blindfold Gallery, Seattle WA
To Be Alone Together, Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner WA
2012 Small Voids by Todd Jannausch, Traveling Art Installation in Seattle WA, Portland OR, and Oakland CA
Tenses of Landscape, University of Arkansas Fine Arts Center Gallery, Fayetteville, AR
2011 Material Witness, Shircliff Gallery, Vincennes University, Vincennes IN
2010 Group Show: Emily Gherard, Michelle Bolinger and Margaret Watson, Francine Seders Gallery,
Seattle WA
2009 Group Gallery Show, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle WA
2008 Fine Line, Pratt Gallery at Tashiro Kaplan Studios, Seattle WA
Artist at Building C, 6311 Gallery, Seattle WA
Painting as Presence, A National Exhibition Juried by William Bailey, Creative Arts Workshop
Gallery, New Haven CT
2007 PRINT!, Juried by Sarah Suzuki, Kittredge Gallery, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma WA
Print Invitational, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle WA
2006 Destruction; Group Show, 4 Culture Gallery, Seattle WA
Non-non Referential Painting, Crawlspace Gallery, Seattle WA
2004 MFA Thesis Show, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle WA
CAA Northwest Regional Juried Show, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Seattle WA
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Crystal Bridges, Bentonville, AR
Swedish Hospital, Seattle, WA
Swedish Hospital, Edmonds, WA
Microsoft, Redmond, WA
US Bank Center, Seattle, WA
AWARDS/ HONORS
2021 Joan Mitchell Fellowship, Joan Mitchell Foundation
Finalist. Individual Awards, Sustainable Arts Foundation
2020 Nominee. Joan Mitchell Painters & Sculptors Grants, Joan Mitchell Foundation
2019 Finalist. The Neddy at Cornish, Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle WA
2014 Grants for Artist Projects, Artist Trust, WA
Nominee. The 2014 Stranger Genius Award, Seattle WA
2013 Finalist. The Neddy at Cornish, Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle WA
2010 Finalist. Betty Bowen Award, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
2006 Poncho Special Recognition Award, Seattle, WA
Finalist. Betty Bowen Award, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
2002 Excellence in Drawing Award, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence RI
RESIDENCES
2023 The Sam and Adele Golden Foundation for the Arts Residency, New Berlin, NY
2015 Artist in Residence. Jentel Artist Residency Program, Sheridan, WY
2012/21 Artist in Residence. a yearly residency, Duwamish Residency, Seattle WA
2009 Artist in Residence. The Ora Lerman Charitable Trust Artist Residency, Laceyville, PA
SELECTED PANELS/ PUBLIC ARTIST LECTURE
2017 Public Artist Lecture. Art Talks with Juan Alonso organized by Gage Academy of Art, Seattle WA
2015 Panelist. Conversation with Artists from Drawn to Scale Show. Studio E Gallery, Seattle WA
Public Artist Lecture. Conversations with Painters, Project Space/ Salon Refu, Olympia, WA
Public Artist Lecture. Jentel Presents, Sagebrush Community Art Center, Sheridan, WY
Public Artist Lecture. PechaKucha Night La Conner: LOOK HERE. Museum of Northwest Art,
La Conner, WA
Art Lecture. Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
Art Lecture. North Seattle College, Seattle, WA
2014 Public Presentation. A Rock is a Mountain, SAM Remix at OSP, Seattle WA
Panelist. What Makes its Presence Known: Emily Gherard, Helen O'Toole, and Josephine
Halvorson.
University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA
2012 Panelist. On Representation and Abstraction. Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA
Public Artist Lecture /Critic. University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
Public Artist Lecture. North Seattle Community College, Seattle, WA
Public Artist Lecture. Pratt Fine Art Center, Seattle, WA
2007 Panelist. “Printmaking Conversation”, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA
2006 Public Artist Lecture. Betty Bowen Memorial Award Artist Presentation, Seattle Asian Art
Museum, Seattle, WA
PUBLICATIONS/ REVIEWS/ INTERVIEWS
2019 Vansynghel, Margo. Without Paul Allen, Seattle Art Fair Opens
to Questions about its Future, Crosscut, Web. August 2019
Beyond the Studio Podcast, Emily Gherard talks Motherhood, being Vulnerable and Avoiding
Jealousy. Podcast January 2019.
2018 Carey, Brainard. Yale Radio; Lives of the Artists, Interview
with Emily Gherard, Web. July 2018
2017 Davis, Darren. The Seattle Art Fair is the City’s Biggest Art Market. Too Bad Not Everyone’s Buying,
Seattle Met, July 2017
Manitach, Amanda. Emily Gherard: Making Presence Known at Bridge Productions, Art ltd.,
10th Anniversary Issue Jan/Feb 2017
2015 Faigin, Gary. Tiny Skagit County town Nurtures Fledgling Art Scene, Seattle Times. Print.
September 18th, 2015
2014 Hytone, David. The Makers Podcast. A conversation with Emily Gherard. Episode 5 and 7.
Web. December 2014
Langner, Erin. The Intimate Humanness of Rocks and Walls: Q and A with Emily Gherard,
New American Painter. Web. December 2014
Graves, Jen. Emily Gherard, 2014 Strange Genius Award Nominee in Art. Print. Seattle Art and
Performance, Summer 2014. Issue No.10. July 2014
Frizzelle, Christoper. The 2014 Stranger Genius Award Nominees Are... Stranger. Web. May 2014
2013 Graves, Jen. Top 10 Works of Art, Stranger. Web. December 2013
Graves, Jen. A Blizzard, Ash Bloody Meat, Emily Gherard is Possessed by Unreal Pictures,
Stranger Magazine. Print. October 2013
Veltkamp, Joey. Video Interview with Emily Gherard made by The Reel Grrls for the Neddy at
Cornish, Web. September 2013
2012 Baker, Brett. Tenses of Landscape, Interview with Sam King and Christopher
Lowrance, Painters' Table. Web. October 2012
King, Sam. Tenses of Landscape; Interview with participating artists. MW Capacity.
Web. October 2012.
Frenz, Lesley. Between a Rock and a Soft Place: Emily Gherard. Artsy Forager. Web. July 2012
Rumold, Danila. Interview with Emily Gherard. Contemplative Process. Web. March 2012
2011 Clements, Neil. Interview with Emily Gherard. (Standard) Interview. Web. September 2011
2009 Drury, Fritz and Stryker, Joanne. Drawing; Structure and Vision. Upper Saddle River, N.J Pearson
Prentice Hall. 2009
2008 Birke, Judy. Paean to Painting. New Haven Register 18 May 2008. Print. New Haven, CT
Demetre, Jim Jones, Gherard at Francine Seders. Artdish Northwest Forum on Visual Art. Web. 2008
2007 Graves, Jen. Slog News and Art. The Stranger. Web. 2007
Demetre, Jim. MFA Annual Exhibit Catalog. University of Washington. 2004
SELECTED TEACHING POSITIONS
Cornish College of the Arts
Position: Teacher, 2023-present
North Seattle College, Seattle WA
Position: Adjunct Faculty, 2011-present
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Position: Visiting Artist, 2018
Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
Position: Adjunct Faculty, 2014
Bellevue College, Bellevue, WA
Position: Adjunct Faculty, 2013-2014
Everett Community College, Everett WA
Position: Adjunct Faculty, 2010-2015
North Seattle Community College, Continuing Education, Seattle WA
Position: Instructor, 2010-2012
Pratt Fine Art Center, Seattle WA
Position: Instructor, 2007-2012
University of Washington, School of Art, Seattle WA
Position: Teacher of Record, 2002-2004