Emily Shopp

Using print and collage with organic imagery, I construct thoughtful visual spaces. Drawing from my experience with anxiety, I am interested in our psychological relationship with the natural environment. I experience calm through immersion in nature and the collection of organic materials. Variation, repetition, and layering of delicate natural linework with semi-transparent paper creates converging lines and shapes that culminate in endless pathways for the eye and mind to follow. The nature of these compositions requires close, quiet consideration. By harnessing the calming effect of natural objects and environments, I invite the viewer into an intimate meditative space.

2013 - Bachelor of Fine Arts, Printmaking and Painting, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX

2019 The Other Art Fair, Brooklyn Expo Center, Brooklyn, NY

2019 The New South 4, Kai Lin Art, Atlanta, GA

2019 The Other Art Fair, Mana Contemporary, Chicago, IL

2019 2019 Atlanta Print Biennial, Kai Lin Art, Atlanta, GA

2019 Innovations in Printmaking, Cade Art Gallery, Arnold, MD

2018 Bulletin, Fulton Street Collective, Chicago, IL

2018 Spudnik Press Cooperative Annual Benefit: Bad Wedding, Low Res, Chicago, IL

2018 Collective Ground, Spudnik Press Cooperative, Chicago, IL

2018 Fierce and Frail: Of Beings, Beast, and Seed, Verum Ultimum Art Gallery, Portland, OR

2018 23rd Arts in Harmony 2018 Annual International Show – The North Show, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Hopkins, MN

2018 Paper/work: Works on/of Paper, Alabama Women’s Caucus for Art, Huntsville, AL

2018 Chicago: A Cross-Town Exchange, Spudnik Press Cooperative, Chicago, IL

2017 National Juried Exhibition, Larkin Arts, Harrisonburg, VA

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