About |
My practice is a dedication to the grandeur and complexity of life.I layer and combine materials to depict objects, scenes, and sensations I see and feel during time I spend in spaces of solitude. I challenge myself to describe fleeting moments and geological time using ethereal materials and labor-intensive processes. Often working in series, I find the subtle variation that results from repetition intriguing and optimistic, akin to a spiritual practice of daily meditation or prayer. Each multiple is a celebration of life, a new possibility, an insistence of hope. My work invites viewers to linger. In my paintings, prints, and installations, light shimmers and vibrates through glazed pigment and transparent fibers. Form and texture are built by layering ink, oil paint, and fabric dye. The rocks, bones, flowers, feathers, and other natural elements that I collect and depict in my work allude to my desire to better understand the natural world and celebrate the cycles of life. I make marks with paint brushes, thread, q-tips, spray bottles, palette knives, sponges, squeegees, rollers, and calligraphy pens. I layer and stitch disparate parts together. The resulting images exist in a perpetual cycle of coming together < > falling apart. They coalesce into a recognizable whole and fracture into abstract shards. Bumps, cracks, seams, sags, and ripples disrupt the viewing experience, creating spaces for closer looking to occur. |
Bio |
Emily Manning-Mingle (b. 1987) is a multi-disciplinary artist and educator. Emily was born in Manhattan and grew up in the suburbs of New York City. She attended Boston University's School of Visual Arts, completing a BFA in Painting (2009), an MFA in Studio Teaching (2010), and an MFA in Painting (2022).
Recently, her work has been exhibited at Abigail Ogilvy (Boston), Katzman Contemporary (Dover, NH), and Morgan Lehman (NYC). She has received several awards, including the Foundation for an Open America Painting Award, a Best in Show award from the Dorothy and Charles Mosesian Center for the Arts, and a full-tuition President's Scholarship from Anderson Ranch. She is an active member of the Boston Critique Group, an artist member of the Cambridge Art Association, and a junior varsity member of New Craft Artists in Action. She has completed residencies at Gallery263 (Cambridge, MA) and MGSoA Four Pillars (Mount Gretna, PA), and is currently a 2024 Canopy Program Artist. As an educator, Manning-Mingle has over a decade of experience teaching art to preK-high school students in public schools, after-school programs, and Boston University's Visual Arts Summer Institute. She currently lives and works in Boston, MA. |
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