Emily Wobb
Portland, OR
emilywobb.com
Education
Carnegie Mellon University School of Art, BFA 2013
Student International Training, Ghana: Social Transformation and Cultural Expression 2012
Exhibition
Solo
22 Floors, ANX Gallery, Portland, OR, 2017
Bad Dreams, Duplex Gallery, Portland, OR, 2017
Embryonic Galaxies, White Gallery, Portland, OR, 2015
In Pursuit, Mr. Roboto Projects, Pittsburgh, PA, 2013
Neat Heights, Heat Heights, The Frame Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA, 2012
To Distract, The Frame Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA, 2011
Group
The Wild, W139, Amsterdam, NL, 2017
Quiet Until Something Falls, Collaboration with Maggie Heath, Erickson Gallery, Portland, OR, 2017
Opening Party, Boathouse Microcinema, Portland, OR, 2017
Salon: Portland2016 Biennial, The Studio Visits, Disjecta, Portland, OR, 2016
ENVIRONS, Occasional Gallery, Burlington, WA, 2016
What I Know Is, S1, Portland, OR, 2015
Eight Takes, Melanie Flood Projects, Portland, OR, 2015
Tending Home, Surplus Space, Portland, OR, 2015
Pile Art, Private Home, Detroit Michigan, 2013
I'm Feeling Lucky, Regina Gouger Miller Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA, 2013
One Fine Mess, Private Southside Home, Pittsburgh PA, 2011
Independent
Escaladed, Mt Scott Fuel Co, Portland, OR, 2017
X5 Mulch, Munich Motorsports, Portland, OR, 2015
Minivan Drop, Wayne's Cranes and Tree Removal, Pittsburgh, PA, 2013
Infinity Motocross, Carnegie Mellon University School of Art Grand Lawn, Pittsburgh, PA, 2012
Opening In a Bull Pen, Longhorn Corral Bar and Grille, Butler, PA, 2012
Curatorial
ANX Gallery, Portland, OR, 2017 - Present, A collaboration with Sami Lee Woolhiser
Bronco Gallery, 2015 - 2016, A collaboration with Maggie Heath
Lectures/Seminars
Alliance of Artists Communities Annual Conference. Pop-up Project: Bronco Gallery, Portland OR, 2016
Pacific Northwest College of Art, Collaboration in Alternative Spaces, Portland, OR, 2015 & 2016
CT + CR Colloquium at Caldera Arts Center, Expanded Curation, Sisters, OR, 2015
Honoraria
Regional Arts & Culture Council Project Grant, 22 Floors, Portland, OR, 2017
Prequel Artist Incubator Participant, Portland, OR, 2015
Precipice Fund, Habitat, Kello Goeller, Portland, OR, 2015
The Frank-Ratchye Fund for Art @ the Frontier, Minivan Drop, Pittsburgh, PA, 2013
Emily Phyllis Howard Art Award, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, 2013
Anne Ophelia Dowden Art Award, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, 2012
Small Undergraduate Research Grant, Summer School, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, 2012
Sophomore Art Award, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, 2011
Chautauqua School of Visual Arts, Painting Residency, Chautauqua, NY, 2011
Pennsylvania Governor's School for the Arts, Painting Major, Erie, PA, 2008
Press
First Thursday Picks January 2017, PORT, 2017
Duplex Gallery to show Emily Wobb exhibition Bad Dreams, Creative Digest, 2017
In the Studio: Emily Wobb, Duplex Gallery, 2016
Virtual Reality Hits the First Thursday Art Walk, Willamette Week, 2016
The Art Gallery Inside a Ford Bronco, Portland Monthly, 2016
What I Know Is, PORT, 2015
The Bronco Gallery Gets Around, 60 Inch Center, 2015
Eight Takes at Melanie Flood Projects, 60 Inch Center, 2015
This Ought To Be A Real Smasher, Pittsburgh TribLive, 2013
Wobb's work features whimsical imagery, The Tartan, 2011
Related Experience
Axiom Custom Products, Project Manager, Portland, OR, 2017 - Present
Art Design Portland (ADX), Custom Fabrication Project Manager, Portland, OR, 2014 - 2017
Surplus Advisory Board, Portland, OR, 2015
White Box, Gallery Volunteer, Portland, OR, 2014
Surplus Space, Gallery Volunteer, Portland, OR, 2014
Jesse Sugarmann, Artist Assistant, Bakersfield, CA, 2013
Carnegie Mellon University, Woodshop & Metal Shop Monitor, Pittsburgh, PA, 2011-2013
Diana Al-Hadid, Studio Intern, New York, NY, 2012
Max Gimblett, Archive Intern, New York, NY, 2012
Giovanni Forlino, Studio Intern, New York, NY, 2012
Tom Sachs Space Program, Docent, New York, NY, 2012