Work Experience
2020 – 2024 Artist/Adorner, Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church, Carrollton, OH
2020 – 2023 Visual Arts Instructor, St. John Paul II Catholic High School, Huntsville, AL
2016 – 2020 Instructor of Record, Studio Art and Art History, Ohio University, Athens, OH
Education
2020 M.A. in Art History, Ohio University, Athens, OH
2019 Campus L’Infinito Italian Language School, Recanati, Le Marche, Italy
2018 M.F.A. in Studio Art with an Emphasis in Painting + Drawing, Ohio University, Athens, OH
2017 The Craft of Making and Restoring Book Bindings, San Gemini Preservation Studies, San Gemini, Umbria, Italy
2014 B.F.A. in Studio Art with a Specialization in Painting, Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, MO
Exhibitions and Panels (*solo/two person exhibitions, **invitational)
2019
**Faces Not Forgotten, Catapult Gallery, Cape Girardeau, MO
The Faces Not Forgotten project asks artists to create a portrait of a casualty of gun violence. Portraits are then digitally printed on fabric and incorporated into quilts that travel to exhibitions around the country. The original portraits are then donated to the families of the victims.
2018
Majestic National Juried Exhibition, Majestic Galleries, Nelsonville, OH, Juror: Julie Dummermuth
**In the Field, BFA/MFA Painting + Drawing Alumni Exhibition, Majestic Galleries, Nelsonville, OH
*MFA Thesis Exhibition, Trisolini Gallery, Ohio University, Athens, OH
2016
**“The Catholic, the Atheist, and Quiet” Panel discussion, Arts Council of Southeast Missouri, Cape Girardeau, MO
Majestic National Juried Exhibition, Majestic Galleries, Nelsonville, OH, Juror: Dennis Harrington
2Legit2Quit: Second Year Graduate Exhibition, Ohio University Art Gallery, Ohio University, Athens, OH
Subliminal: Hidden Messages, Arts Council of Southeast Missouri, Cape Girardeau, MO, Juror: Ali Cavanaugh
Feels Like the First Time: First Year Graduate Exhibition, Trisolini Gallery, Ohio University, Athens, OH
Paint is Thicker Than Water, Esther Green Museum and Archives, Rio Grande, OH
2015
**Mentors Exhibition, Catapult Creative House, Cape Girardeau, MO
**Alumni Show, River Campus Art Gallery, Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, MO
Annual Juried Student Exhibition, Rosemary Berkel and Harry L. Crisp II Museum, Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, MO, Juror: Chris Kahler/Eastern Illinois University
*beguiled, revisited, Media Arts Gallery, La Croix Church, Cape Girardeau, MO
2014
2014 Regional Juried Exhibition, Arts Council of Southeast Missouri, Cape Girardeau, MO, Juror: Blake and Hannah Sanders/Orange Barrel Industries
*BFA Exhibition, River Campus Art Gallery, Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, MO
*overwhelming (exaltation), Open Serena Art Collective, Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, MO
Annual Juried Student Exhibition, Rosemary Berkel and Harry L. Crisp II Museum, Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, MO, Juror: Kyle Triplett/Kansas State University
2013
2013 Regional Juried Exhibition, Arts Council of Southeast Missouri, Cape Girardeau, MO, Juror: Dr. Joni Hand/Southeast Missouri State University
**SEMO Student Exhibition, Missouri Arts Council, Cape Girardeau, MO, Curator: Justin Henry Miller/Southeast Missouri State University
Southeast Missouri State University Art Guild Exhibition, River Campus Gallery, Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, MO
Artists of the 21st Century, West Tennessee Regional Arts Center, University of Tennessee at Martin, Humboldt, TN, Juror: Nikki May/artist
Annual Juried Student Exhibition, Rosemary Berkel and Harry L. Crisp II Museum, Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, MO, Juror: Russell Nelson/Truman State University
**Transcendence, Huhn Harrison Gallery at West Bank Bistro, Cape Girardeau, MO, Curator
**Faces: Traditional and Contemporary Approaches to Portraiture, Huhn Harrison Gallery at West Bank Bistro, Cape Girardeau, MO
2012
**Devoted Transients, Cateye Glasses Studio, Cape Girardeau, MO
Emily Thomason 