emilyjanowick.com
b. Murray, KY
Lives in Queens, NY
EDUCATION
2019 MFA, Hunter College, New York, NY
2013 BFA, 2D Art, Painting Concentration, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
2012 Yale Summer School of Art and Music, Norfolk, CT
SOLO EXHBITIONS
2024
Wet Blanket, Parent Company, New York, NY
chevron, International Waters, Brooklyn, NY
2022
Blood Makes the Grass Grow, Foyer-LA, Los Angeles, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025
Spitting Flowers, Peer Review x Beverly’s, New York, NY
2024
Ends Well, Field Projects, Germantown NY
2023
Bedroom Bathroom Show, Triangle Projects, Miami, FL
NADA Foreland, International Waters, Catskill, NY
Exhibitionists, Walter’s, Amsterdam, NY
Local Objects, International Objects, Brooklyn, NY
Friend of the Artist: 15th A.I.R. Biennial, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2022
Two Sculptures, two person exhibition with Leah Dixon, Walter’s, Far Rockaway, NY
In With the Old, Richard and Dolly Maas Gallery at SUNY Purchase, NY
2021
Narcissus Pseudonarcissus, Vale of Cashmere, Brooklyn, NY
PAD Retrospective, Walter Elwood Museum, Contemporary wing, Amsterdam, NY
MAN, Hang Ten Art Fair, International Waters, Rockaway, NY
2020
Container Garden, two person exhibition, International Waters, Brooklyn, NY
2019
laissez faire et laissez passer, Curated by Nicole Kaack, 205 Hudson Gallery, New York, NY
Copilot, Famous Chimps, New York, NY
The Whitney Houston Biennial, La Mama Galleria, New York, NY
Waterworks, PAD Gallery, New York, NY
Making Spaces, 205 Hudson Gallery, New York, NY
2018
Hope Floats, Crush Curatorial, Curated by Patrick Mohundro and Anna Hugo, Amagansett, NY
Overflow, Special Special Gallery, New York, NY
Bringing it to the Fields, Mountain Dell Farm, Hancock, NY
Electrolytes are Lost When U Sweat, Bushwick Sculpture Garden, Brooklyn, NY
2017
The Whitney Houston Biennial, Chashama Projects, New York, NY
I Like the Dreams of the Future, Middle Part Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
AWARDS & HONORS
2022 Nominee, Rema Hort Mann Emerging Artist Award
Foundation for Contemporary Arts Award
2012 Terry Burnette Memorial Residency Award
Ellen Battell Stoeckel Fellowship
University of Tennessee Materials Award
RESIDENCIES
2025 (Forthcoming) Carrizozo Artist In Residence, Carrizozo, NM
2022 Catwalk Institute Residency, Catskill, NY
2012 Yale Norfolk Summer School of Art and Music, Norfolk, CT
AWARDS & HONORS,
2022 Nominee, Rema Hort Mann Emerging Artist Award
2013 Terry Burnette Memorial Residency Award
2012 Ellen Battell Stoeckel Fellowship
2012 University of Tennessee Materials Award
2022 Catwalk Institute, Catskill, NY
2012 Yale Summer School of Art and Music, Norfolk, CT
PUBLICATIONS
2025
Greenberger, Alex. “Despite a Wave of Closures in New York, Small Galleries Here Are Flourishing,” ARTnews, 4 February 2025, https://www.artnews.com/list/art-news/reviews/small-galleries-return-new-york-smilers-1234731326/cory-arcangel-theresa-duncan-and-oliver-payne-at-smilers/
Steinhauer, Jillian. “What to See in N.Y.C. Galleries in January,” New York Times, 16 January 2025, https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/02/arts/nyc-galleries-january.html
Butler, Sharon. ”NYC Selected Gallery Guide: January 2025,” Two Coats of Paint, 8 January 2025, https://twocoatsofpaint.com/2025/01/nyc-selected-gallery-guide-january-2025.html
2024
Chandler, Wells. “Emily Janowick is the Vine,” The Electric Pencil, 30 July 2024, https://www.theelectricpencil.com/reviews/emily-janowick-is-the-vine
Butler, Sharon. ”NYC Selected Gallery Guide: May 2024”, Two Coats of Paint, 30 April 2024, https://twocoatsofpaint.com/2024/04/nyc-selected-gallery-guide-may-2024.html
2022
”Must See,” Editors, Art Forum, https://www.artforum.com/artguide/foyer-la-19909/blood-makes-the-grass-grow-207021
2020
Cascone, Sarah. “Editors' Picks: 16 Things Not to Miss in New York's Art World This Week.” Artnet News, 11 Feb. 2020, news.artnet.com/art-world/editors-picks-february-10-1773630.
Castillo, Monica. “The Latest Hunter MFA Thesis Exhibition Highlights Collectivity.” Hyperallergic, 2 Jan. 2020, hyperallergic.com/534367/the-latest-hunter-mfa-thesis-exhibition-highlights-collectivity/.
2014
Allison Galgiani. “Five Shows Jerry Saltz Should See in Bushwick this Weekend!” Bushwick Daily, 26 September, 2013, https://bushwickdaily.com/arts-culture/1634-five-shows-jerry-saltz-should-see-in-bushwick-this-weekend/
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2024
A Bug and Beyond, CLE ARSKY, Brooklyn, NY
2023
Hot Dog Bun Hammer Nail, Barely Fair, Chicago, IL
2022
In with the Old // (Nearly) Six Years of Project Art Distribution, Yeh Art Gallery, St. John’s University, Queens, NY
In With the Old: Five Years of Project Art Distribution, Richard and Dolly Maas Gallery at SUNY Purchase, New York
Lonesome Dove x PAD, Richard and Dolly Maas Gallery at SUNY Purchase, New York
Worm Food and the Bully Moon, BAITBALL II, Polignano a Mare, Italy
2021 to Present
Lonesome Dove, a project space in Ridgewood, Queens, NY
2018
Freddie vs Jason, Dolly Gallery, New York City, NY
Bobby’s World, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, New York City, NY
The Big Short, The Artist’s Institute, New York City, NY
2017
En Passant: Open Lavatory, Hunter College, New York, NY
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AS AUTHOR
Peer Review: Volume I, “Lidija Ristic, Walking Hands,” Spring 2023
Funny Looking Dog Quarterly, “The End of the World,” Spring 2021
Stone Highway Review, “The most lonesome dumpster,” Fall 2015
Harpur Palate, “Cache in Coney Island,” Spring 2015
Sundress Publications chapbook competition, “The Rule of Threes,” 2014