Emily Lovejoy

Emily Lovejoy, b. 1988, is a New Orleans based multidisciplinary artist focusing on painting, photography and ceramics. She earned a Bachelor’s degree in Fine Art with an emphasis on painting from the University of New Orleans in 2012. Since then she has managed galleries, curated multiple group exhibitions. Lovejoy mainly examines identity through her portrait work, where the contrast between real and surreal is confronted through a lens of bold imagery and hypnogogic colors. Her subjects, seemingly existing in parallel worlds, tempt the viewer to stay and interpret their own projections. The goal is to invoke an emotional response with contemporary composition, and modern surrealism. In her painting as well as her photography it is essential for Lovejoy to record her subjects and capture not only their likeness, but also a sense of their personality and they time they live in. Her most recent body of work veers from portraiture and into the natural world, a shift that may be attributed to working in various mediums over the last 3 years. As a photographer Emily focuses on architecture, portraiture, and still life.

Solo Exhibitions and Special Exhibitions
2014 After Ego – Treo Gallery, New Orleans, La (dual exhibition)
Emily Lovejoy- Selected Works – Victory Nola, New Orleans, La

2013 G.L.A.R.E – Lovejoy Day Spa, New Orleans, La
Digital Dollhouse – Magazine Street Headshots, New Orleans, La

Group Exhibitions
2014 Red Bull Curates Canvass Cooler - Eiffel Society, New Orleans, La
High Water – The Art Gallery, New Orleans, La
Aesthetic Affairs – Inner Recess, New Orleans, La
Back of Town – Treo Gallery, New Orleans, La
art Has A Home – Baton Rouge, La
Suggestive – Inner Recess, New Orleans, La
Made in Mind Market & Meet Up – New Orleans, La

2013 Presence – The Big Top, New Orleans, La
Mad Girl Productions: Sugar Art and Fashion Show – Secret Society NYFW- New York, NY
Secret Walls (February)– The Big Top, New Orleans, La
Generation – Eiffel Society, New Orleans, La
Secret Walls (March) – The Big Top, New Orleans, La
Secret Walls (April) – The Big Top, New Orleans, La
WEST Austin Studio Tour – Austin, TX
Mad Girl Productions: Sugar Does America 2 (New Orleans) – Eiffel Society, New Orleans, La
Girl and Chocolate Teams Present – Pretty Sweet US Tour 2013-The Big Top, New Orleans, La
art Has A Home – B...