Emily Hawkins
studio@emilywhawkins.com
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BIO
Emily Hawkins is a Utah-based multidisciplinary artist. Her work addresses universal themes of identity, loss and longing, and the expectations women carry within themselves as influenced by cultural conditions. Her work has appeared in several publications and gallery shows, including Modern West Fine Art, and Ogden Contemporary Arts.
EDUCATION
2027 MFA, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT (expected graduation 2027)
2004 BFA, The University of Utah, SLC, UT
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 Modern West Fine Art, RE / PLAY, SLC, UT
2021 Saranac Art Projects, Kitchen Things, Spokane, WA
2017 Temple Hill Visitor's Center, Mother's Work: Devotion In Motion, Oakland, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, In Memory, SLC, UT (upcoming)
Mesa Contemporary Arts, Materializing Mormonism: Trajectories in Contemporary Latter-
day Saint Art, Mesa, AZ (upcoming)
Weight Room Gallery, Annual Student Exhibition, Provo, UT
BYU Mayhew Creative Arts, Fossils From Everyday Life No. 3, Provo, UT
Weight Room Gallery, This Should Have A Title, Provo, UT
Ogden Contemporary Arts, Artist Factory: Transference, Ogden, UT
2023 Salt Lake Community College, President's Art Show, SLC, UT
Modern West Fine Art, Time Code, Online Exclusive, SLC, UT
Bountiful Davis Art Center, 48th Annual Statewide Art Competition, Bountiful, UT
Springville Museum of Art, 99th Annual Spring Salon, Springville, UT
Stay Home Gallery,Together/Alone, Paris, TN
Upstairs at Modern West, Perception, SLC, UT
2022 Salt Lake Community College, President's Art Show, SLC, UT
Bountiful Davis Art Center, 47th Annual Statewide Art Competition, Bountiful, UT
2021 Anthony's Fine Art, Certain Women: Reflections of a Mother In Heaven, SLC, UT
Chase Gallery, Bright Spot, Spokane, WA
2020 All the Soarings of My Mind Begin In My Blood, Bonneville Salt Flats, UT
Terrain Gallery, Art in the Time of Quarantine, Spokane, WA
2019 Terrain Gallery, Collages, Spokane, WA
2018 Terrain Gallery, Figure Studies, Spokane, WA
2017 Terrain Gallery, Devotion in Motion, Spokane, WA
2016 Terrain Gallery, Lionhead, Spokane, WA
Temple Hill, Give Thanks For The Family, Oakland, CA
2011 Saranac Art Projects, Love Ate, Spokane, WA
2004 Art Access Gallery, Graduation Show, Salt Lake City, UT
Gittins Gallery, University of Utah Art Department Juried Student Art Exhibition, SLC, UT
AWARDS
2024 Minerva Tiechert Prize for Creative Work, 3rd Place, Provo, UT
2023 Open Studio Award, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
Award of Merit, 99th Annual Spring Salon, Springville Museum of Art, Springville, UT
Presidential Scholarship, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, CO
2022 First Place, Bountiful Davis Art Center, 47th Annual Statewide Competition, Bountiful, UT
2021 Juror Award Honorable Mention, Certain Women, Salt Lake City, UT
ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE
2022 RE/PLAY, Modern West Fine Art, SLC, UT
TEACHING
2024 Instructor (graduate student), BYU, Provo, UT
2023 Teaching Assistant, BYU, Provo, UT
Artist Factory Instructor, Ogden Contemporary Arts, Ogden, UT
Kids Art Workshop Instructor, Emily Hawkins Studio, Lehi, UT
2022 Kids Art Workshop Instructor, Emily Hawkins Studio, Lehi, UT
2021 Volunteer Art Assistant, Clayton Middle School, SLC, UT
Kids Art Workshop Instructor, Songbird Art Studio, Spokane, WA
WORKSHOPS
2023 Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Experimental Monoprint, Snowmass, CO
2022 Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Form and Metaphor in Pots of Purpose, Snowmass, CO
PRESS
2023 Modern West Interview, July
BYU-TV’s Artful, Season 5 (upcoming)
Artist Factory Interview, Ogden Contemporary Arts
Artist Factory Teacher Feature: "Into the Woods" with Emily Hawkins
2022 Modern West Interview, August
At Modern West Residency, Emily Hawkins Experiments with Memorials to Childhood, 15
Bytes, May 18
BDAC’s Juried Annual Leaves an Impression, 15 Bytes, May 16
2021 From Confrontation to Catharsis, Surface Design, Fall
Artist Feature, Exponent II, Vol. 40, No. 3, Winter
2020 Artist Feature, Exponent II, Vol. 40, No. 2, Fall
2018 Magic Circus, Marie Claire Ideés France Edition, Number 131, April
Artist Feature, Exponent II, Vol. 38, Summer
2015 This Girl, The House That Lars Built, October 15
DIY Feature, Hello Wonderful, October 15
DIY Feature, Primary Clothing, October
COMMUNITY OUTREACH
2021 Board of Directors, Art Salvage, Spokane, WA
Artist-in-Residence, Songbird Music & Art Studio, Spokane, WA
Artist Member, Saranac Art Projects, contemporary art cooperative, Spokane, WA
2020 Kids in Quarantine: Junk Sculptures, Spokane, WA
Curbside Portrait Project, Spokane, WA
Art in the Time of Quarantine, Fundraiser, Spokane, WA
2017 - 2019 Volunteer art program coordinator, Mullan Road Elementary School, Spokane, WA