Emily Ginsburg (born New York, NY) is a conceptual artist who lives in Portland, Oregon. She was selected for the Portland2016 Biennial by curator Michelle Grabner.[1] And her work was noted as a highlight of the Oregon Biennial in 2006.[2] Jennifer Gately, the curator of that Biennial, noted that Ginsburg's work, "reveals a deep interest in the signs and symbols of communication, scientific illustration, architectural notation, electronics, and the human nervous system."[3] Ginsburg's "work often functions as a map or code for understanding an aspect of an individual or collective consciousness."[4]
In 2010, Ginsburg completed Conduit, a public artwork installed on the University Services Building's exterior on the Portland State University campus in Portland, Oregon.Ginsburg's work has been included in books such as Data Flow: Visualizing Information in Graphic Design and The Map as Art, Contemporary Artists Explore Cartography.[5][6] Ginsburg is a Professor and Chair of Media Arts, teaching in the Intermedia, Printmaking, MFA in Visual Studies, and MFA in Print Media programs at Pacific Northwest College of Art.[7] She holds a Master of Fine Arts in Printmaking from Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan and a Bachelor of Arts in Art History from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut.
Career
Ginsburg has been a professor at Pacific Northwest College of Art for 25 years.
Notable solo exhibitions
- Mixed Feelings, Nine Gallery, Portland, Oregon, 2013[8]
- Busy Signals, Washington State University Gallery, Pullman, Washington, 2009[9]
- Habitual, Fairbanks Gallery, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, 2008
- Currents, Seattle Municipal Tower, Percent for Art Commission for Seattle City Light, Seattle, Washington (permanent installation)
- Social Studies, Nine Gallery, Portland, Oregon, 2005[10]
- Slowness, The Art Gym, Marylhurst University, Marylhurst, Oregon, 2002[11]
- Blotto, Manuel Izquierdo Gallery, Portland, Oregon, 2001
- Wavelength, Studio Art Centers International/Florence, Florence, Italy, 1999
- Or Current Resident, Metropolitan Center for Public Art, The Portland Building, Portland, Oregon, 1994
- Whirl, Centrum Gallery, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, Oregon, 1993
Notable group exhibitions
- Portland2016 Biennial, Disjecta, 2016[12]
- Choreograph: Emily Ginsburg and Jane Lackey, The Art Gym, Marylhurst, 2010
- Oregon Biennial, Portland Art Museum, 2006[13]
Notable collections
- Franklin Furnace Archive at the Museum of Modern Art, New York New York
- Museo da Gravura de Curitiba, Curitiba, Brazil
- University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
- Rhode Island School of Design, Providence Rhode Island
- Gilkey Center for Graphic Arts, Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon Printmaking Workshop, New York, New York
- Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
- Archer M. Huntington Gallery, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
- Print Club of Albany, Albany, New York
- California State University at Long Beach, Long Beach, California
- Colgate University Art Museum, Hamilton, New York
- National Academy of Fine Arts, Hang Zhou, China
- City of Portland, Portable Works Collection, Portland, Oregon
- City of Seattle, Seattle Municipal Tower, Seattle, Washington
References
- ^ Baer, April. "Disjecta Announces Artists For 2016 Biennial". Oregon Public Broadcasting. Oregon Public Broadcasting. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
- ^ Speer, Richard. "A Biennial that Breathes". Willamette Week. Willamette Week. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
- ^ Price, Lorna, ed. (2006). 2006 Oregon Biennial. Portland, OR: Portland Art Museum. p. 93.
- ^ Spiess, Jessie. "Mixed Feelings". Untitled. Pacific Northwest College of Art. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
- ^ Gestalten (2008). Data Flow. Thames & Hudson. p. 256. ISBN 978-3-89955-217-1.
- ^ Harmon, Katherine (2009). The Map As Art: Contemporary Artists Explore Cartography. New York, NY: Princeton Architectural Press. p. 256. ISBN 9781568987620.
- ^ "Faculty". Pacific Northwest College of Art. Pacific Northwest College of Art. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
- ^ Spiess, Jessie. "Mixed Feelings". UNTITLED. Pacific Northwest College of Art. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
- ^ "Art Galleries". The Spokesman-Review. The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
- ^ Bovee, Katherine. "Emily Ginsburg at Nine Gallery". PORT. PORT. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
- ^ Hopkins, Terri M. (2003). Slowness : Ginsburg, Watt, Harrison, Boas, Mead. Marylhurst, Oregon: The Art Gym, Marylhurst University. p. 27. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
- ^ "Portland2016 Biennial". Disjecta. Disjecta. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
- ^ Price, Lorna, ed. (2006). 2006 Oregon Biennial. Portland, OR: Portland Art Museum. p. 93.
External links
- Artist's website, (29 Apr 2017)
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