Emily Hawkins is a multi-disciplinary artist working across 2D and 3D media.
She is currently an MFA candidate at Brigham Young University. She graduated
with a BFA from the University of Utah in 2004. She has exhibited her work at the
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, The Curated Fridge, Modern West Fine Art
and Ogden Contemporary Arts. She was recently awarded a fellowship at the
Oxbow School of Art and Artist Residency.
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Education
2026 MFA, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
2004 BFA, University of Utah, SLC, UT
Solo Exhibitions
2022 Modern West Fine Art, RE/PLAY, SLC, UT
2021 Saranac Art Projects, Kitchen Things, Spokane, WA
2017 Temple Hill, Domestic Gestures: A Visual Inquiry, Oakland, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025 Modern West Fine Art, A Woven History, SLC, UT
The Curated Fridge, Spring Show, April
PAL Gallery, The Birch Effect, Provo, UT
Weight Room Gallery, Annual Student Exhibition, Provo, UT
Alma Gallery, Spring Showcase, Provo, UT
Bountiful Davis Art Center, Joy Full, Bountiful, UT
Weight Room Gallery, Crushin’ it, Provo, UT
2024 Guest Room: Domestic Miracle, Der Greif, October
Springville Museum of Art, 38th Annual Spiritual & Religious, Springville, UT
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, In Memory, SLC, UT
Guest Room: Supersight, Der Greif, July
Mesa Contemporary Arts, Materializing Mormonism: Trajectories in
Contemporary Latter-day Saint Art, Mesa, AZ
Bountiful Davis Art Center, 49th Annual Statewide, Bountiful, UT
Weight Room Gallery, Annual Student Exhibition, Provo, UT
Weight Room Gallery, This Should Have a Title, Provo, UT
Ogden Contemporary Arts, Artist Factory: Transference, Ogden, UT
2023 Salt Lake Community College, President's Art Show, SLC, UT
Modern West Fine Art, Time Code, Online
Bountiful Davis Art Center, 48th Annual Statewide, Bountiful, UT
Springville Museum of Art, 99th Annual Spring Salon, Springville, UT
Stay Home Gallery, Together/Alone, Online
Upstairs at Modern West, Perception, SLC, UT
2022 Salt Lake Community College, President's Art Show, SLC, UT
Bountiful Davis Art Center, 47th Annual Statewide, Bountiful, UT
2021 Anthony's Fine Art, Certain Women, SLC, UT
Chase Gallery, Bright Spot, Spokane, WA
2020 Terrain Gallery, Art in the Time of Quarantine, Spokane, WA
2019 Terrain Gallery, Collages, Spokane, WA
2018 Terrain Gallery, Figure Studies, Spokane, WA
2017 Terrain Gallery, Devotion in Motion Series, Spokane, WA
2016 Terrain Gallery, Lionhead, Spokane, WA
Temple Hill, Give Thanks for the Family, Oakland, CA
2011 Saranac Art Projects, Love Ate, Spokane, WA
Awards & Residencies
2025 Artist Fellow, Oxbow School of Art, Saugatuck, MI
2025 NES Artist Residency, Skagaströnd, Iceland
2024 Minerva Teichert Award for Creative Work, Provo, UT
2023 Award of Merit, 99th Annual Spring Salon, Springville Museum of Art, Springville, UT
Presidential Scholarship, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, CO
2022 Artist Residency, Modern West Fine Art, Salt Lake City, UT
First Place, Bountiful Davis Art Center 47th Annual, Bountiful, UT
2021 Juror Award Honorable Mention, Certain Women, Salt Lake City, UT
Teaching
2025 Graduate Instructor, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
2024 Graduate Instructor, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
2023 Teaching Assistant, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
Artist Factory Instructor, Ogden Contemporary Arts, Ogden, UT
2022 Instructor, Kids Art Workshop, Emily Hawkins Studio, Lehi, UT
2021 Volunteer Art Assistant, Clayton Middle School, SLC, UT
Instructor, Kids Art Workshop, Songbird Art Studio, Spokane, WA
Press
Flynn, Nolan. "Memory and Landscape: Reflections from the Utah State University East Gallery." 15 Bytes. December 10, 2024. http://artistsofutah.org/15Bytes/index.php/memory-and-landscape-reflections-from-the-utah-state-university-east-gallery/
Roka, Les. "The act of memory as art: Current Utah Museum of Contemporary Art exhibitions offer impressive scope for viewer to absorb." The Utah Review. October 7, 2024.https://www.theutahreview.com/the-act-of-memory-as-art-current-utah-museum-of-contemporary-art-exhibitions-offer-impressive-scope-for-viewer-to-absorb/
Artful, BYU-TV, Season 5, October 2024
Modern West Interview, July 2023
Artist Factory Interview, Ogden Contemporary Arts, June 2023
Artist Factory Teacher Feature: "Into the Woods" with Emily Hawkins
Modern West Interview, August, 2022
Rossiter, Shawn. "At Modern West Residency, Emily Hawkins Experiments with Memorials to Childhood." 15 Bytes. May 18, 2022. https://artistsofutah.org/15Bytes/index.php/at-modern-west-residency-emily-hawkins-experiments-with-memorials-to-childhood/
Wichert, Geoff. "BDAC’s Juried Annual Leaves an Impression." 15 Bytes. May 16, 2021.
https://artistsofutah.org/15Bytes/index.php/bdacs-juried-annual-leaves-and-impression/
Publications
2025 In Memory: Remembering as a Creative Act, UMOCA
2021 From Confrontation to Catharsis, Surface Design, Fall
Artist Feature, Exponent II, Vol. 40, No. 3, Winter
2020 Artist Feature, Exponent II, Vol. 40, No. 2, Fall
Artist Feature, Exponent II, Vol. 38, Summer
Collections
Weber Morgan Children's Justice Center
Community Engagement
2022 Artist Member, Saranac Art Projects, Spokane, WA
Kids in Quarantine: Junk Sculpture Project, Spokane, WA
Curbside Portrait Project, Spokane, WA
2021 Board of Directors, Art Salvage, Spokane, WA