Emmy Mikelson

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Education  
2005-2008 MFA, Hunter College, CUNY
2000-2004 BFA, University of Iowa
   
Curatorial  
2013 Oblique Strategies, curator, The Peter Fingesten Gallery, Pace University, New York, NY
2011 And Another Thing, co-curator with Katherine Behar, The James Gallery, The Graduate Center, New York, NY
2010 The Tiller Effect, curator, NY Studio Gallery, New York, NY
2009-2010 Notes from the Archive: James Frazer Stirling, Architect and Teacher, curatorial consultant, Yale Center for British Art, Yale University, New Haven, CT
   
Selected Exhibitions
2013 Forthcoming, Two-person exhibition, Valentine Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
  Forthcoming, Art Biologic, Limner Gallery, Hudson, NY
  Forthcoming, Just Panic and Get It Over With, a Derek Nicoletto project, 287 Spring Gallery, New York, NY
  Rainbow Juice, a project by Birgit Rathsmann and David Lukowski, Helper Project Space, Brooklyn, NY
2012 1,2 or 3 Seconds, video project presented by Striking Mechanism (independent label for art and music)
  Faculty Show, Peter Fingensten Gallery, Pace University, New York, NY
  GLAAD Auction 2012, juried exhibition, Metropolitan Pavilion, New York, NY, catalogue
  A Preternatural Hunch, solo exhibtion, RuSalon Project Space, Greenpoint, Brookyn, NY
2011 GLAAD Auciton 2011, juried exhibition, Metropolitan Pavilion, New York, NY, catalogue
  Mining Between, Arts@Renaissance Exhibition Space, Brookyn, NY
  Fenced and Stitched, International Studio and Curatorial Program (ISCP), Brooklyn, NY
2010 All the Trimmings, LZ Project Space, NY Studio Gallery, New York, NY
  GLAAD Auction 2010, juried exhibition, Metropolitan Pavilion, New York, NY, catalogue
  Stalemate, solo exhibition, Louis Zuflacht Studios, NY Studio Gallery, New York, NY
  Let's go Enjoy Nature! Seraphin Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2009 All the Trimmings, Louis Zuflacht Studios, NY Studio Gallery, New York, NY
  The Exquisite Corpse, Paul Robeson Galleries, Rutgers University, NJ, catalogue
  GLAAD Auction 2009, juried exhibition, Metropolitan Pavilion, New York, NY, catalogue
  In Bloom, solo exhibition, NY Studio Gallery, New York, NY
2008 MISC Video and Performance 2008, NY Studio Gallery, New York, NY
  MFA Thesis Exhibition, Times Square Gallery, Hunter College, New York, NY
2007 Bridge Art Fair, Gallery Boreas, London, England
  Pittsfield Art Fair, Gallery Boreas, Pittsfield, MA
  CPR, video screening, Gallery Boreas, Pittsfield, MA
2006 School Days, Jack Tilton Gallery, New York, NY
  DiVA Fair Miami, Gallery Boreas
  Little Invert(ed), solo exhibition, Gallery Boreas, Lenox, MA
2005 A Lover's Discourse, solo exhibition, Gallery 450 Shore, IA
2004 Bound and Spent, solo exhibition, Armature Gallery, IA
  Pecking Order, solo exhibition, Ruby's Pearl: Site Specific Gallery, IA
   
Invited Speaker
04.19.2013 Discussant, closed round-table, Inventive Methods: Data, Calculation and Bodies, The Graduate Center, CUNY, New York, NY
02.20.2013 Guest Curator Talk, Art Department, Pace University, New York, NY
04.35.2012 Panelist, film screening and panel discussion, Abendland (2011), Street Views Film Series, co-curated by Paul Dallas and Anthony Titus, Maysles Cinema, Harlem, NY
03.04.2010 Artist Lecture, Art Department, Pace University, New York, NY
   
Publications  
  And Another Thing, exhibition catalogue, Punctum Books Publishing, Spring 2013. Essays by Katherine Behar, Bill Brown, Patricia Clough, Robert Jackson, Emmy Mikelson
   
  The Exquisite Corpse: Paul Robeson Galleries 30th Anniversary Exhibition, exhibition catalogue, Rutgers University, November 2009
   
Press  
  Corbett, Rachel. "Brian Eno's 'Oblique Strategies' Card Game Prompts Pace University Exhibition," ArtInfo.com, Jan 2013
  Corbett, Rachel. "The Art of Things at CUNY Graduate Center," ArtNet.com, Sept. 2011
  Williams, Amber. "Taxidermy contest in Brooklyn brings out the exotics," NYU scienceline.org, Feb. 2011
  Lipinski, Jed. "Stuffed, to the Limits of Imagination," City Room, NYTimes.com, Dec. 2010
  Chaudhury, Nadia. "At the Secret Science Club's 5th Annual Taxidermy Contest," The L Magazine, online, Dec. 2010
  Rosof, Libby. "Let's Go Enjoy Nature at Seraphin," theartblog.org, July 2010
  Shinn, Phebe. "Another Assemblage of Art Shows," University City Review, July 2010
  Sutton, Benjamin. "Wicked Artsy: In Dark Humor," The L Magazine, online, Apr. 2009
  Tompkins, Calvin. "Artists in Their Youth," The New Yorker, Feb. 2006
  Pollack, Barbara. "Student Princes, Art + Auction," Mar. 2006
  "School Days at Tilton Gallery," ArtNet.com, Jan. 2006
  "School Days at NYC's Tilton Gallery," ArtInfo.com, Feb. 2006
   
Awards/Nominations
2010 Mosted Twisted Award, 5th Annual Carnivorous Nights Taxidermy Contest
  Nominee, Best Emerging Artist (Mixed Media), GLAAD, In/Out: Exhibition and Auction
2009 Nominee, Best Emerging Artist (Painting/Drawing), GLAAD, In/Out: Exhibition and Auction
  Studio Residency, January-April, NY Studio Gallery, New York, NY
2008 Nominee, Dedalus Foundation Master of Fine Art Fellowship
2004 Honors Thesis/Project Grant, University of Iowa
2003 Eve Drewlowe Scholarship
2002 Iowa Center for the Arts Scholarship
2000 Iowa Center for the Arts Scholarship