Photo by Meredith Beaton Marx
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Emily Manning-Mingle is a multi-disciplinary artist and educator, whose artistic development has been shaped by friendship bracelets, roommates and the history of oil painting.
She was born in the bustling city of Manhattan and grew up in the suburbs of New York City. She graduated from Boston University's School of Visual Arts with a BFA in Painting and an MFA in Studio Teaching. Manning-Mingle 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. Her work has been exhibited in Massachusetts, New York, Texas, North Carolina, Mississippi and Italy. She has received several awards, including the Foundation for an Open America Painting Award, a Best in Show award from the Mosesian Center 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. From 2018-2019 she was a member of Space.us and was summer an artist in resident at Gallery263 in 2019. |
"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."
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I create bold, inquisitive, often joyful, paintings. A response to my physical surroundings, current emotional state, and extensive collections (of physical materials and reference images), I build paintings by composing improvisational layers of color, shape and line. My practice is heavily influenced by color theory, global textiles and a deep desire to find connection and meaning between disparate things.
The abstractions I paint are composed of repeated shapes, contrasting colors and clashing patterns. The pairing of opposites--organic lines that intersect geometric shapes and the juxtaposition of highly saturated colors next to more muted tones--creates a pulsing visual rhythm and sense of vibration. I often listen to music while I work and notice my attention fade in and out--sometimes I am completely focused on the lyrics, listening closely to the words, grasping at the writer's intended meaning, and sometimes the music fades into the background, becoming a wallpaper of sounds that surrounds me in the studio. |
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
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
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 Blue, juried by Sarah Montross, Senior Curator at deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Cambridge, MA
Field Notes: Lovers, Teachers and the Consciousness In Between, juried by Chanel Thervil, Boston, MA
2019 USM National Juried Painting Exhibition, juried by Bill Scott, Hattisburg, MS
Storytelling in Textiles, The Martin Group, Boston, MA
Artists Who Teach, Ellington-White Contemporary, Fayetteville, NC
2019 Member Exhibition, Mosesian Center for the Arts, Watertown, MA
20th Annual Frances N. Roddy Open Competition(juried by Josephine Halverson), Concord
Center for the Visual Arts, Concord, MA
Mary Schein Fall Salon2019, University Place Gallery, Cambridge, MA
Donuts, Lincoln Art Project, Waltham, MA
Residency Exhibition 2019(juried by Jamison Cloud, Catherine Graffam, Emily Manning-
Mingle, Jack Milligan, and Jeffrey Nowlin), Gallery263, Cambridge, MA
City of Boston Emerging Artist Exhibition, Scollay Square Gallery, Boston, MA
Spectrum, University Place Gallery, Cambridge, MA
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, University Place 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
Field Notes: Lovers, Teachers and the Consciousness In Between, juried by Chanel Thervil, Boston, MA
2019 USM National Juried Painting Exhibition, juried by Bill Scott, Hattisburg, MS
Storytelling in Textiles, The Martin Group, Boston, MA
Artists Who Teach, Ellington-White Contemporary, Fayetteville, NC
2019 Member Exhibition, Mosesian Center for the Arts, Watertown, MA
20th Annual Frances N. Roddy Open Competition(juried by Josephine Halverson), Concord
Center for the Visual Arts, Concord, MA
Mary Schein Fall Salon2019, University Place Gallery, Cambridge, MA
Donuts, Lincoln Art Project, Waltham, MA
Residency Exhibition 2019(juried by Jamison Cloud, Catherine Graffam, Emily Manning-
Mingle, Jack Milligan, and Jeffrey Nowlin), Gallery263, Cambridge, MA
City of Boston Emerging Artist Exhibition, Scollay Square Gallery, Boston, MA
Spectrum, University Place Gallery, Cambridge, MA
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, University Place 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 People’s Choice Award, Mosesian Center for the Arts Member Show
2019 Best in Show, Mosesian Center for the Arts Member Show, chosen by Julie Fei-Fan Balzer
2019 2019 Mary Schein Fall Salon Spotlight Award, chosen by Ben Sloat, Director of the MFA in Visual Arts at Lesley University
2019 Artist in Residence, Gallery263, Cambridge, MA
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
2019 Best in Show, Mosesian Center for the Arts Member Show, chosen by Julie Fei-Fan Balzer
2019 2019 Mary Schein Fall Salon Spotlight Award, chosen by Ben Sloat, Director of the MFA in Visual Arts at Lesley University
2019 Artist in Residence, Gallery263, Cambridge, MA
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
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
Department of Art Education
Professional Experience & Memberships
2018-p Artist Member, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA
2010-p Artist Member, Boston Critique Group, Boston, MA
2018-19 Artist Member, Spaceus, Cambridge, MA
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
2010-p Artist Member, Boston Critique Group, Boston, MA
2018-19 Artist Member, Spaceus, Cambridge, MA
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
2014 Life of Materials, Gallery263, Cambridge, MA
2014 Life of Materials, Gallery263, Cambridge, MA
Collections
2009 The Foundation for an Open America, Boston, MA
2008 Permanent Collection at the Scuola Internationale di Grafica, Venice, IT
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
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
