Emily Alexander is an interdisciplinary artist born in Sacramento, California. She received a BFA in fine art photography from Academy of Art University with an emphasis on traditional processes and analog film. Her work explores the space where imagination, memory and reality intersect.
She has been shown in the United States and abroad. Currently lives in Boston.
Reality
Imagination
Memory
Education
2009 BFA in Photography, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA
Scholarships
2005 Portfolio Scholarship, Summer, Academy of Art University
*2017 Completed a thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail spanning over 2,000 miles from Georgia to Maine
Exhibitions
Solo Shows:
2015 Bloc 11, Boston, MA
2015 Who Collects, Museum of Science, Boston, MA
2013 Jon P. Moore Gallery, Amesbury, MA
2012 Flour, Boston, MA
Group Shows:
2018 Photo-Emphasis, Familiar/Familial, Juror: Rachel Jump
2016 One Million Photographers, Online Gallery
2016 S'mores & Fireflies Competition, Honorable Mention, L.A. Photo Curator, Los Angeles, Curator: Laurie Frietag
2016 Line & Curves Exhibition, PH21 Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2016 Six Word Story, Front Porch Gallery, Carlsbad, CA
2016 Flash-Flash-Flash, Tumblr online gallery
2016 Booooooom, March Exhibition, online gallery
2015 Postcard Collective, Winter Exchange Participant
2015 Reality Check, VIEW Art Center, New York
2015 Marvelous Things, PhotoPlace Gallery Annex, Middlebury, VT, Juror: Aline Smithson
2014 Snow Exhibition, Lenscratch
2014 International Toy Camera Festival, Nave Gallery, Somerville, MA, Jurors: Meg Birnbaum, Lee Kilpatrick
2011 Open Studios, Boston, MA
2011 HOPE for Japan: Photography Show & Benefit Auction, Curated by Atsuko Morita, San Francisco, CA
2010 Grain Over Noise, Curated by Piper Robbins, San Francisco, CA
2010 Space Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2006 Annual Spring Show, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA
Appalachian Trail 2017
Thru-hiked the 2,193 miles of Appalachian Trail spanning from Georgia to Maine
Publications
Smithson, Aline (juror), Marvelous Things: the Art of Still Life, 2015 p. 51
Teaching
2012 Intro to Photography, Northeast Metropolitan Vocational School, Wakefield, MA
Volunteer
Museum of Science Photographer, Collections Department
Artist Assistant
2011-Current, Karen Keough, Painter
2009 Semar Prom, Sculpture/Installation Artist
Internships
2010 Louis Klaitman, Photo Collector
Memberships
Arts and Business Council Member