EDUCATION

2008 MFA, Hunter College, CUNY, NYC

2004 BFA, The University of Iowa

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2012
A Preternatural Hunch, solo exhibtion, RuSalon, Greenpoint, Brookyn, NY

2011
OUT Auciton 2011, GLAAD, Metropolitan Pavilion, New York, NY

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

OUT Auction 2010, GLAAD, 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

OUT Auction 2009, GLAAD, 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

CURATORIAL

2011
Co-Curator, And Another Thing, The James Gallery, The Graduate Center, CUNY, forthcoming catalogue

2010
Curator, The Tiller Effect, NY Studio Gallery, New York, NY

2009-2010
Curatorial Consultant, exhibition and publication, "Notes from the Archive: James Frazer Stirling, Architect and Teacher," Yale Center for British Art, Yale University, New Haven, CT

PRESS

-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
-Crosshill, Tom. Emmy Mikelson at New York Studio Gallery, blog, (www.tomcrosshill.com), Apr. 2009
-Tompkins, Calvin. Artists in Their Youth, The New Yorker, Feb. 2006
-Pollack, Barbara. Student Princes, Art + Auction, Mar. 2006
-Artnet.com magazine, mention for School Days at Tilton Gallery, Jan. 2006
-Artinfo.com news article, School Days at NYC's Tilton Gallery, Feb. 2006

AWARDS/HONORS

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