Emily Ginsburg Explained

Emily Ginsburg (born New York, NY) is a conceptual artist who lives in Portland, Oregon. She was selected for the Portland2016 Biennial by curator Michelle Grabner.^[1] And her work was noted as a highlight of the Oregon Biennial in 2006.^[2] Jennifer Gately, the curator of that Biennial, noted that Ginsburg's work, "reveals a deep interest in the signs and symbols of communication, scientific illustration, architectural notation, electronics, and the human nervous system."^[3] Ginsburg's "work often functions as a map or code for understanding an aspect of an individual or collective consciousness."^[4]

In 2010, Ginsburg completed Conduit, a public artwork installed on the University Services Building's exterior on the Portland State University campus in Portland, Oregon.Ginsburg's work has been included in books such as Data Flow: Visualizing Information in Graphic Design and The Map as Art, Contemporary Artists Explore Cartography.^{[5] [6]} Ginsburg is a Professor and Chair of Media Arts, teaching in the Intermedia, Printmaking, MFA in Visual Studies, and MFA in Print Media programs at Pacific Northwest College of Art.^[7] She holds a Master of Fine Arts in Printmaking from Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan and a Bachelor of Arts in Art History from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut.

Career

Ginsburg has been a professor at Pacific Northwest College of Art for 25 years.

Notable solo exhibitions

• Mixed Feelings, Nine Gallery, Portland, Oregon, 2013^[8]
• Busy Signals, Washington State University Gallery, Pullman, Washington, 2009^[9]
• Habitual, Fairbanks Gallery, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, 2008
• Currents, Seattle Municipal Tower, Percent for Art Commission for Seattle City Light, Seattle, Washington (permanent installation)
• Social Studies, Nine Gallery, Portland, Oregon, 2005^[10]
• Slowness, The Art Gym, Marylhurst University, Marylhurst, Oregon, 2002^[11]
• Blotto, Manuel Izquierdo Gallery, Portland, Oregon, 2001
• Wavelength, Studio Art Centers International/Florence, Florence, Italy, 1999
• Or Current Resident, Metropolitan Center for Public Art, The Portland Building, Portland, Oregon, 1994
• Whirl, Centrum Gallery, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, Oregon, 1993

Notable group exhibitions

• Portland2016 Biennial, Disjecta, 2016^[12]
• Choreograph: Emily Ginsburg and Jane Lackey, The Art Gym, Marylhurst, 2010
• Oregon Biennial, Portland Art Museum, 2006^[13]

Notable collections

• Franklin Furnace Archive at the Museum of Modern Art, New York New York
• Museo da Gravura de Curitiba, Curitiba, Brazil
• University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
• Rhode Island School of Design, Providence Rhode Island
• Gilkey Center for Graphic Arts, Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon Printmaking Workshop, New York, New York
• Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
• Archer M. Huntington Gallery, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
• Print Club of Albany, Albany, New York
• California State University at Long Beach, Long Beach, California
• Colgate University Art Museum, Hamilton, New York
• National Academy of Fine Arts, Hang Zhou, China
• City of Portland, Portable Works Collection, Portland, Oregon
• City of Seattle, Seattle Municipal Tower, Seattle, Washington

External links

• Artist's website, (29 Apr 2017)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Baer. April. Disjecta Announces Artists For 2016 Biennial. Oregon Public Broadcasting. Oregon Public Broadcasting. 29 April 2017.
2. Web site: Speer. Richard. A Biennial that Breathes. Willamette Week. Willamette Week. 29 April 2017.
3. Book: Price. Lorna. 2006 Oregon Biennial. 2006. Portland Art Museum. Portland, OR. 93. 29 April 2017-->.
4. Web site: Spiess. Jessie. Mixed Feelings. Untitled. Pacific Northwest College of Art. 29 April 2017.
5. Book: Gestalten. Data Flow. 2008. Thames & Hudson. 978-3-89955-217-1. 256. 29 April 2017-->.
6. Book: Harmon. Katherine. The Map As Art: Contemporary Artists Explore Cartography. 2009. Princeton Architectural Press. New York, NY. 9781568987620. 256.
7. Web site: Faculty . Pacific Northwest College of Art. Pacific Northwest College of Art. 29 April 2017.
8. Web site: Spiess. Jessie. Mixed Feelings. UNTITLED. Pacific Northwest College of Art. 29 April 2017.
9. Web site: Art Galleries . The Spokesman-Review. The Spokesman-Review. 1 May 2017.
10. Web site: Bovee. Katherine. Emily Ginsburg at Nine Gallery. PORT. PORT. 29 April 2017.
11. Book: Hopkins. Terri M.. Slowness : Ginsburg, Watt, Harrison, Boas, Mead. 2003. The Art Gym, Marylhurst University. Marylhurst, Oregon. 27. 29 April 2017.
12. Web site: Portland2016 Biennial. Disjecta. Disjecta. 29 April 2017.
13. Book: Price. Lorna. 2006 Oregon Biennial.. 2006. Portland Art Museum. Portland, OR. 93.