Biography
Born 1977 in Singapore
Lives and works in St Petersburg, Russia and Pittsburgh, PA
Solo Exhibitions
2014
The New Chelyuskinites, The American Jewish Museum of Greater Pittsburgh
The New Chelyuskinites, Notes From the Ice, Loft Project Etagi, St Petersburg
2012
How to Speak to Child about the Communism?, with Natalia “Gluklya” Pershina, (Performance) Mattress Factory Museum, Pittsburgh
Polytechnical Fairytales, Anna Akhmatova Museum and Leningradskaya Public Library #1, St Petersburg, Russia
Strange Radiance, with John Pearson, 943 Liberty Ave, A Gallery of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
2010
Mama/Rock N’ Roll Wolf, Rus-Komplekt, St Petersburg, 2010
The Nanny, the Goat, the Kid and the Kitten, HIAP Project Room, Cable Factory, Helsinki
2009
4,000 km from the Mouth, Klaus von Nichssagend Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2006
Slidepool, Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
1998
Emily Newman, James Fuentes Gallery, New York City
Group Exhibitions
2014
In Translation, Mayakovsky Library, St Petersburg
Manifesta 10, The European Contemporary Art Biennial, State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg (Public Program)
2012
The World Moves; Migration as Cultural Evolution, National Center for Contemporary Art, Nizhny Novgorod
Summer Sun, curated by Hadley Holliday, Taylor de Cordoba, Los Angeles, CA
Polytechnical Fairytales, Anna Akhmatova Museum, St Petersburg
Strange Radiance, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Pittsburgh, PA
The Bristol Biennial, Bristol, UK
Hairy Blob, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago IL
2011
2011 Pittsburgh Biennial, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
2008
Freeze Frame, Art Basel Miami Beach
Akklimitizatsia, CAG Gallery, St Petersburg
Moscow Biennial of Young Artists, Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow
2007
Public Park, Scoop, Los Angeles
Notes from the Overpass; Art from St Petersburg and Los Angles, Gallery G18, Helsinki, Finland
Force of Nature, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland
2006
Hot and Cold Rooms, Los Angeles
Summer Suite, Glendale College of Art, Los Angeles
2005
The Picture is the Problem,curated by Walead Beshty, Pelham Arts Center, NY
2004
Multiples, Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Incognito, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Bergamot Station, Los Angeles, CA
Supersonic, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
Experimental Video and Performance Evening, Dangerous Curve Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2003
Material: Process, Claremont College, Pomona, California
Bibliography
2013
Beck, Kim, Voyage of the Chelyuskin Club: A Conversation with Emily Newman, Temporary Art Review, June, 2013
2011
Shaw, Kurt, Bienial showcases work in film, video, photography, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, July, 2011
2009
Jitlina, Olga, Emily Newman, Sobaka.Ru Magazine, October, 2009
Howe, David Everitt, 4,000 Km from the Mouth, Art Review, April, 2009
Scholis, Brian, 4,000 Km from the Mouth, Artforum, March, 2009
Morse, Trent, Trents Top Gallery Picks, Williamsburg Greenpoint News + Arts, February, 2008
Knight, Christopher, Artworks with wattage, Los Angeles Times, June 21, 2004
Education
2004
MFA, California Institute of the Arts, Los Angeles, CA
2000
BA, Bard College, Annadale on the Hudson, NY
more detailed information on Emily Newman’s projects can be found at emilynewmanartist.com