resume and bio

Education:

MFA Metal
State University of New York at New Paltz
New Paltz, NY
May 2003


BA with concentration in studio art
Oberlin College
Oberlin, Ohio
May 1996




Exhibitions:

2012

Gilded Grace
Alloy Gallery
Newport, RI
July 22 - August 26, 2012
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Figurative Jewelry
Shaw Jewelry Gallery
Northeast Harbor, ME
July 19 - August 1, 2012

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Gifts of Art
University of Michigan Health System
Ann Arbor, MI
June 18 - August 13, 2012
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Earrings Galore
Heidi Lowe Gallery
Rehoboth, DE
June 9 - August 1, 2012

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Bloom
Alloy Gallery
Newport, RI
June 15 - July 14, 2012
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Craft Boston
Seaport World Trade Center
Boston, MA
March 23- 25, 2012

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American Craft Council Show
Atlanta, GA
March 9 - 11, 2012

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American Craft Council Show
Baltimore Convention Center
Baltimore, MD
February 22- 26, 2012

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2011

Sparkle Plenty: Organism

Quirk Gallery
Richmond, VA
November 3 - December 24, 2011

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Mathematic Purity
Shaw Jewelry
Northeast Harbor, ME
August 18- September, 2011

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24 Jewelers = 24 Chains
Blue Heron Gallery
Deer Isle, ME
July 2-15, 2011

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Art by Attrition
Kobo Gallery at Higo
Seattle, WA
May 16- June 25, 2011

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CoOperation Tableware
Fancy Gallery
Seattle, WA
April 11- May 31, 2011

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Ring a Day
Punch Gallery
Seattle, WA
May 5- 29, 2011

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Gemolicious Bling Bling
Vespermann-Cooper Gallery
Atlanta, GA
April 16- May 31, 2011

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Recontextualizing the Found Object
Martha Gault Art Gallery
Slippery Rock University
Slippery Rock, PA
March 21- April 8, 2009

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Craft Boston
Seaport World Trade Center
Boston, MA
March 24- 27, 2011

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American Craft Council Show
Baltimore Convention Center
Baltimore, MD
February 22- 27, 2011

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2010

Ornament Show

Silver Blue & Gold
Laguna Beach, CA
December, 2010

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Fine Craft Show
The Memorial Art Gallery
Rochester, NY
November 5- 7, 2010

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The Plastic Show
Velvet da Vinci Gallery
San Francisco, CA
October, 2010

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Hard Brilliance: Diverse Approaches in Contemporary Enameling
Pratt Fine Arts Center
Seattle, WA
February 4- 26, 2010

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2009

Salt City Craft Market
Syracuse, NY
October 24, 2009


Artist of the Month

Decordova Museum Store
Lincoln, MA
June, 2009

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Art Bars 2009
Ithaca Fine Chocolates
Ithaca, NY

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2008


The Art of Jewelry

A is for Artists Gallery
Bainbridge Island, WA
September 1-30, 2008

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Artistry 2008
Holiday Sale of Fine Craft & Art
Guilford, CT
October 20, 2008 - January 11, 2009



2006

Multiples
Heidi Lowe Jewelry
Rehoboth Beach, DE
November, 2006- January, 2007

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Craft Forms 2006
Wayne Art Center
Wayne, PA
December 2, 2006- January 24, 2007


2006 Holiday Café
171 Cedar Arts Center
Wayne, PA
December 2, 2006- January 24, 2007


Holiday Sale
Gallery M.I.M.
Corning, NY
November 30- December 22, 2006


24th Annual Designer Holiday Craft Show

Melbourne, FL
November 3 - December 31, 2006


Holiday Ornaments in the Retail Gallery
The Society of Arts and Crafts
Boston, MA
November- December, 2006


“New Wave” The 2nd International Enamel Biennial
Chardin Art Gallery
Tbilisi, Georgia
October 7-17, 2006


Craft Art Western New York 2006
Burchfield-Penney Arts Center
Buffalo, NY
September 16, 2006 - January 7, 2007


On Fire! Contemporary Enameling
Gallery M.I.M.
Baltimore, MD
September 8- October 21, 2006


By Invitation Only
Artisan Gallery at Woman Made
Chicago, IL
September 1- November 9, 2006


Two Person Show: Gerald Mead and Emily Watson
171 Cedar Arts Center
Corning, NY
May 19- June 24, 2006


100 Brooches

January 20 - February 28, 2006
Pacini Lubel Gallery
Seattle, WA
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2005

100 Brooches
October 1 – December 31, 2005
Bellagio Gallery
Asheville, NC


August 15 – September 10, 2005
East Carolina University School of Art and Design
Greenville, NC

June 1- July 17, 2005
Velvet da Vinci Gallery
San Francisco, CA
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2005 Holiday Café

171 Cedar Arts Center
Corning, NY
December 9- 22, 2005


Craft USA ’05 National Craft Triennial
Silvermine Guild Arts Center
New Canaan, Connecticut
October 16- November 18, 2005


SOFA Chicago 2005
represented by Snyderman Works Gallery
October 28- 30, 2005


Experimental Jewelry
The Jewelry Studio
Rehoboth Beach, Delaware
July 2- August 20, 2005


Enamel: Beyond the Object
SPACES Gallery
Cleveland, Ohio
June 24 - August 5, 2005
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In Print/In Person: A Continuing Examination of Contemporary Enamel
The Thomas Riley Gallery
Woodmere, Ohio
June 24 - July 21, 2005

Resources: Steel, Rubber, Coal and Salt

Cleveland Museum of Natural History
Cleveland, Ohio
June 11- August 21, 2005


June Exhibition
www.Projekt30.com
June 9- July 31, 2005
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Sacred Icons: A Collective Vision of Symbolic and Ritual Objects

Artisans Center of Virginia
Waynesboro, Virginia
May 19 - June 29, 2005

Artisan Gallery: Inauguration
Woman Made Gallery
Chicago, Illinois
April 8 - May 12, 2005


2004

National Enamelist Guild Show

2004 Juried Exhibition: Vitreous Enamel
Rockville Arts Place
Gaithersburg, Maryland
August 1 - August 28, 2004

Jewelry with Purpose: “jewelry that transcends wearable art”
online exhibition at <<http://www.postpicasso.com/artontheline>>
March 1 - May 3, 2004


2003

M~Urge

Gallery M, opening exhibition four person show
Cleveland, Ohio
September 19 - October 19, 2003

Student Juried Enamels Slide Exhibition

juried by Linda Darty
presented at the Enamelist Society Conference and the Newark Museum of Art
Summer 2003

Juried Student Slide Exhibition

curated by Linda Darty
presented at SNAG 2003, San Francisco
June 2003

MFA Thesis Exhibition, “the graphic body”
Chandler Gallery, Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art
State University of New York at New Paltz
New Paltz, New York
May 9 - 14, 2003




Publications:

New Rings: 500+ Designs from Around the World, ed. by Nicolas Estrada, Thames and Hudson, 2011

Vogue Gioiella,
May 2009

500 Plastic Jewelry Designs: A Groundbreaking Survey of a Modern Material, Lark Books, 2009

500 Enameled Objects:
A Celebration of Color on Metal, Lark Books, 2009

Best of America:
Jewelry Artists and Artisans, Kennedy Publishing, 2007

Contemporary Enameling:
Art And Techniques, Lilyan Bachrach. Schiffer Books, 2006

500 Brooches:
Inspiring Adornments for the Body, Lark Books, 2005

Metalsmith, Exhibition in Print 2004, Volume 24 no.4



Awards and Grants:

2006 Career Advancement Mini-Grant (Strategic Opportunity Stipend)
New York Foundation for the Arts

2001-2002 Graduate Student Research and Creative Projects Awards
State University of New York at New Paltz



Teaching Experience:

Instructor, Fun Summer Jewelry
State University of New York at New Paltz
Summer Session I 2003


Teaching Assistant, Basic/Intro Metals

State University of New York at New Paltz
Summer Session II 2002


Teaching Assistant, Basic Metals
State University of New York at New Paltz
Fall 2001



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Emily Watson photo

Born 1974 in Chapel Hill, NC and raised in Charlottesville, VA.
I currently reside in Columbus, OH.

My work draws on two main sources of inspiration: geography and
anatomy. While very different in scope and tangibility, both allow me to reference the physical world and our place in it.

My work in vitreous enamel combines subtle fields of color with hand-drawn elements; each is carefully finished to create a rich stone-like surface quite different from conventional enamel work.

This interest in texture, surface and touchability carries over to my carved pieces, which blend unconventional materials with traditional ones, old with new, precious with non-precious. I work with a wide array of materials, including sterling and argentium silver, copper, wood, acrylic, bakelite, corian, vulcanite, bone, horn, jet, and stone.