About

Emily Manning-Mingle was born in the bustling city of Manhattan, New York. She graduated from Boston University's School of Visual Arts with a BFA in Painting and an MFA in Studio Teaching. Emily has taught art to preK-high school students in public schools, after-school programs and BU's Visual Arts Summer Institute for the past ten years. She currently lives in Boston, MA.

Emily's work has been exhibited in Massachusetts, New York, Texas, and Italy. Her work is part of a site-specific installation at Boston University and has received several awards, including a Constantin Alajalov Scholarship, the Foundation for an Open America Painting Award, and a 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 (NCAA). From 2018-2019 she was a member of Space.us in Cambridge, MA and is excited to be an artist in resident at Gallery263 this summer!

"A painting is a quiet dialogue in which volumes of information are slowly and silently revealed, yet its entire essence can be experienced within a moment's glance. I believe my paintings are done in a language more closely in tune with my soul then the language of my tongue. For me, the act of painting is not just a means to a product; it is also a meditative process of communication."
-Sedrick Huckaby, 2004

Inspired by observations, memories, and daily routines, Emily creates work that reinterprets traditional patterns and describes her experience of inhabiting domestic spaces. Born into a family of resourcefulness, thrift and industry, she enjoys collecting, altering, and re-purposing scraps; turning discarded paper, clothing, paint, magazines, letters, and other supplies into improvisational new compositions embedded with personal history. Employing various techniques, including painting, sewing, collage and assemblage, she explores themes associated with domesticity, routine, gender and consumption and draws attention to spaces and objects that are typically overlooked.

Education

2010 MFA in Studio Teaching, Boston University, Boston, MA
2009 BFA in Painting, with minors in Printmaking & Art History, Boston University, Boston, MA
2008 Semester Abroad, Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Venice, Italy

Solo Exhibitions

2019 labor & Light, Barewolf Brewery, Amesbury, MA
2017-18 Paper Quilts, Darwin's, Cambridge, MA
2013 Faces & Spaces, The Sanctuary Gallery, Croton, NY
2009 biographical, Gallery 5, Boston, MA

Selected Group Exhibitions

2019 Inspired Views, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA
   Small Works Salon, Chandler Gallery, Cambridge, MA
   this is how it starts, Kathryn Schultz Gallery, Cambridge, MA
  11:11--The Depth of Perception (juried), Fountain Street Gallery, Boson, MA
2018 Those Who Can, Teach, NAVE Gallery, Somerville, MA
  RED (juried), Kathryn Schultz Gallery, Cambridge, MA
  No Place Like Home, Mosesian Center for the Arts, Watertown, MA
  Mary Schein Fall Salon (juried), Kathryn Schultz Gallery, Cambridge, MA
  A Few Conversations Between Women, 808 Gallery, Cambridge, MA
  CAA Emerging Artists 2018 (juried), 808 Gallery, Cambridge, MA
  Still-Life: Captured Moments, University Place Gallery, Cambridge, MA
  Inspired Views, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA
  STITCH: Syntax / Action / Reaction, New Art Center, Newton, MA
  Sanctuary (juried), Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA

2017 Diamonds, Rings & Courts: Sport is More Than a Game, Dr. M.T. Geoffrey Yeh Art Gallery, Queens, NY
Handled (juried), Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA
Postcards for Maud, Chandler Gallery, Cambridge, MA
Caught in a Dream, Dorchester Art Project, Dorchester, MA
A Call to Nature, Mass Audubon, Belmont, MA

2016    Clearly Defined, VanDernoot Gallery, Cambridge, MA
Homespun, Bardo Gallery, Cambridge, MA
Performing the Home, NAVE Gallery Annex, Somerville, MA
CounterCraft: Voices of the Indie Craft Community, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA
Here & Now, lululemon (Prudential Center), Boston, MA
Boston Biennial V (juried), Atlantic Works Gallery, East Boston, MA

2015       Abstracted (juried), UFORGE Gallery, Jamaica Plain, MA
Images of Grief and Healing (juried), Chandler Gallery, Cambridge, MA
Space, Object & Artifact, NAVE Gallery, Somerville, MA
CRIT Pop Up Show, Gallery263, Cambridge, MA

2014      Folk (juried), Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA
Woven (juried), UFORGE Gallery, Jamaica Plain, MA
Life of Materials, Gallery263, Cambridge, MA

2013      Wood (juried), Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA
Alumni Showcase (juried), Gallery 5, Boston, MA
Salon 21 (juried), NAVE Gallery, Somerville, MA

2012      Alumni & Faculty Show (juried), Rubin-Frankel Gallery, Boston, MA
Boston Critique Group Show, The Lilypad, Cambridge, MA

2011      Chain Letter, Samson Projects, Boston, MA

2010      Thirteen Under Thirty (juried), Rubin-Frankel Gallery, Boston, MA
Boston Young Contemporaries, 808 Gallery, Boston, MA
4x6, Gallery263, Cambridge, MA

2009      Boston Biennial 2009 (juried), Atlantic Works Gallery, East Boston, MA
BFA Thesis Exhibition, Stone Gallery at Boston University, Boston, MA
Sustain/Ability (juried), Rubin-Frankle Gallery, Boston, MA
The Sixth Arches Student Print Show (juried), 808 Gallery, Boston, MA

2008      Final Show, Galleria Sotoportego, Venice, IT
  Arrivi & Partenze (Arrivals & Departures), former Lebanon Pavilion, Venice, IT

2007      Boston University Undergraduate Show, Commonwealth Gallery, Boston, MA
  The Fifth Annual Student Print Show (juried), 808 Gallery, Boston, MA
The Power of the Diminutive, Rubin-Frankle Gallery, Boston, MA

Public Works

2009 Repose and Relaxation, Student Village II at Boston University, Boston, MA

Residencies, Awards & Grants

2019     Artist in Residence, Gallery263 (summer 2019)
2019     Brookline Education Fund Grant, Brookline, MA
2019     President's Scholarship, Anderson Ranch, CO
2009-10 Dean's Scholarship, Boston University, Boston, MA
2008-10   Constantin Alajalov Scholarship, Boston University, Boston, MA
2009      Foundation for an Open America Painting Award, The Foundation for an Open America, Boston, MA
2009      Conference Participation Award, Undergraduate Research Opportunities at Boston University, Boston, MA
2008-09 Dean's List with Distinction, Boston University, Boston, MA
2006-08 Dean's List, Boston University, Boston, MA
2007      Honorable Mention, The Power of the Diminutive, Rubin-Frankle Gallery, Boston, MA

Teaching Experience

2010-p K-8 Visual Arts Specialist, Public Schools of Brookline, Brookline, MA
2015-p Instructor of Painting, Visual Arts Summer Institute (VASI) at Boston University, Boston, MA
2017 Lecturer in Art Education, Boston University, Boston, MA
2009-18 Instructor of Drawing, Visual Arts Summer Institute (VASI) at Boston University, Boston, MA
2011 Painting TA to Lindsey Warren, Visual Arts Summer Institute (VASI) at Boston University, Boston, MA

Lectures

2016 Visiting Artist Lecture, The Teaching Artist: Advice for Maintaining a Personal Practice, Boston University's
Department of Art Education

Professional Experience

2009-14 Program Assistant & Lead Counselor, Visual Arts Summer Institute (VASI) at Boston University, Boston, MA
2005-07 Gallery Guard, Sherman Gallery at Boston University, Boston, MA

Curatorial Experience

2017 Caught in a Dream, Dorchester Art Project, Dorchester, MA

Collections

2009 The Foundation for an Open America, Boston, MA
2008 Permanent Collection at the Scuola Internationale di Grafica, Venice, IT

Press

2014 Creating Meaningful Relationships with Stuff: Life of Materials, Sarah Athens, Mate Corzon, Jan. 22, 2014
http://mediathatlistens.com/life-of-materials

2011 Making a Case for the Artist Abroad, Corinne Steinbrenner, BU Today, March 2, 2011
http://www.bu.edu/today/2011/making-a-case-for-the-artist-abroad