Emily Hawkins is an 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 most recently exhibited her work at the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, The Curated Fridge, Modern West Fine Art and Ogden Contemporary Arts.

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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