Curriculum Vitae
Education
2018 MFA, Drawing, Kendall College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, MI
2012 BFA with Distinction, Drawing, Kendall College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, MI
Teaching Experience
2021- Adjunct Professor, Hope College, Holland, MI (Courses Taught: Printmaking)
2020- 21 Adjunct Professor, Kendall College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, MI (Course Taught: Figure Drawing II)
2019- Adjunct Professor, Henry Ford College, Dearborn, MI (Courses Taught: Drawing I, Drawing II)
2018 Drawing Instructor, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Interlochen, MI (Courses Taught: High School Drawing Studio, Intermediate Drawing Studio)
2015-18 Teaching Assistant, Kendall College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, MI (Courses Taught: Drawing I, Drawing II, Figure Drawing I, Figure Drawing II, Figure Drawing III & IV, Studio Drawing I&II, Thesis Drawing I&II)
2016-17 Teaching Substitute, Kendall College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, MI (Courses Taught: Drawing II, Figure Drawing I, Figure Drawing II, Figure Drawing III & IV)
Work Experience
2022 - Studio Technician, Hope College Art and Art History Department, De Pree Art Center, Holland, MI
2022 - Gallery Preparator, De Pree Gallery, Hope College, Holland, MI
Awards/Grants/Fellowships
2018 Vermont Studio Center Residency Full Fellowship, Johnson, VT
2018 Ferris State University Purchase Award
2017 ArtPrize Artist Seed Grant, Provided by the Frey Foundation, Grand Rapids, MI
2016 Residency Full-Ride Scholarship, Golden Apple Artist Residency, Harrington, ME
2016 Graduate Student Merit Award, Kendall College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, MI
2015-18 Graduate Student Fellowship, Kendall College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, MI
2012 Studio Excellence Award, Kendall College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, MI
2012 *1st Place, MEGA (Michigan Emerging Graduate Artists), Kendall College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, MI
2012 *3rd Place, Fourth Annual Figurative Drawing and Painting Competition, Lore Degenstein Gallery, Susquehanna University, Selingsgrove, PA
Selected Exhibitions
2022 Formation, Kinfolk House Gallery, Fort Worth, TX
2022 On Bare Foot, De Pree Gallery, Hope College, Holland, MI
2021 Juried Exhibition, 12th Annual Drawing Discourse, International Contemporary Drawing Exhibition, University of North Carolina
2020 Solo Installation, Anastasis, Resurrection Life Church, Grandville, MI
2020 Solo Exhibition, Chorbah-Chadash, Ferris State University, Big Rapids, MI
2019 Juried Exhibition: 91st Michigan Contemporary Art Exhibition, Muskegon Art Museum, Muskegon, MI*
2019 Juried Exhibition: Inhabit, Manifest Gallery, Cincinatti, OH
2018 Group Exhibition: Faculty/Staff Exhibition, Interlochen Dow Center for Visual Arts Gallery, Interlochen, MI
2018 Group Exhibition: MFA Thesis Exhibition, Fed Galleries, Kendall College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, MI
2018 Solo Exhibition: Tĕmahh, Federal Galleries, Kendall College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, MI
2018 Juried Exhibition: Art Now: Drawing, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI
2017 ArtPrize 9, Grand Rapids Art Museum - Grand Rapids, MI
2017 Juried Exhibition: HOME, Lubeznik Center for the Arts - Michigan City, IN - Juried Exhibition
2017 Vestige, Kendall College of Art and Design Lobby, Grand Rapids, MI
2017 Juried Exhibition: Michigan Emerging Graduate Artists, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI
2017 Requested: Artumentary, Saginaw Art Museum, Saginaw, MI
2016 Juried Exhibition: 2016 Williams Prize, The Artist for Artists Projects, Slipe Gallery at the Hartford Art School, West Hartford, CT
2015-16 Art[ery]: Kendall College of Art and Design Graduate Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
2013 Juried Exhibition: American Art Today: Figures, The Bascom – A Center for the Visual Arts, Highlands, NC
2013 Juried Exhibition: Real People 2013, The Old Court House Figurative League, Woodstock, IL
2013 Juried Exhibition: 4th Culture Studios at [SCENE] Metrospace, East Lansing, MI
2013 Solo Exhibition: The Others, Gainey Gallery, Byron Center, MI
2012 Juried Exhibition: Fourth Annual Figurative Drawing and Painting Competition, Lore Degenstein Gallery, Selinsgrove, PA*
2012 Group Exhibition: BFA Studio Excellence Exhibition, The Federal Bdg. KCAD, Grand Rapids, MI*
2012 Juried Exhibition: MEGA, Gallery 114, KCAD of FSU, Juror: Mary Hood, Grand Rapids, MI*
2012 Juried Exhibition: West Michigan Area Show, Kalamazoo Institute of the Arts, Juror: Vincent Desidario, Kalamazoo, MI
2012 Group Exhibition: Art.Downtown, C.O.D.A. Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
2011 Requested: Free Radical, Hoi Polloi Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
2011 Group Exhibition: ArtPrize 3, Green Lion Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
2011 Two Person Exhibition: Awareness, Perception and Imperfection, with artist Conor Fagan, Gallery 104, KCAD, Grand Rapids, MI
2011 Juried Exhibition: 7th Annual Rites of Passage, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2010 Juried Exhibition: Great Lakes Drawing Biennial, University Gallery, Eastern Michigan University. Juror: Hartmut Austen. Ypsilanti, MI
Bibliography
• 7th Annual Rites of Passage Catalog, Manifest Press, 2011.
• Austin, Kyle. Alumni Profile: Emily Mayo (MFA) on How Embracing Impermanence Helped Her Evolve as an Artist. Kendall College of Art and Design, 11 Feb. 2020. Click Here for Article
• Drawing Discourse: 12th Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Drawing. Blurb, 2021, p. 94.
• Heather Artushin. "Emerging Artists Shine at MEGA 2017." Grand Rapids Magazine, 27 June 2017, pp. 26-27.
• Manifest International Drawing Annual 13. Manifest Press, 2019, pp. 100-02.
• Curated Selection of Works by Kurt Beers: Emily Mayo." ArtMaze Mag Issue 2, April 10, 2017, pp.62.
• Rockman, Deborah. Drawing Essentials. 4th ed., Oxford University Press, 2020, pp. 329-31.
• Rockman, Deborah. Drawing Essentials: A Complete Guide to Drawing, Oxford University Press, 2015.
• Rockman, Deborah. Drawing Essentials: A Guide to Drawing from Observation, Oxford University Press, 2012.
Lectures/Presentations/Panels
2022 Artist Talk - On Art and Faith, Kinfolk House, Fort Worth, TX. October 11th
2017 Panel, "ArtPrize and Contemporary Art in Society", Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, MI. September 19
2017 Artist Lecture, corporate reception at Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, MI. September 22
Residencies
2018 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT, USA
2016 Golden Apple Artist Residency, Harrington, ME, USA
Professional Experience
2017 Curatorial Internship, Urban Institute of Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI
2017 Dean Search Committee, Kendall College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, MI
2016-18 President, Graduate Student Association, Kendall College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, MI
Collections
Ferris State University
Exhibitions Juried/Curated
2017 Curator, 2017 Michigan Emerging Graduate Artists (MEGA), Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI
2017 Curator, To Mark: A Graduate Drawing Exhibition, Alluvium Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
2016 Juror, Storage: Egan Franks Solo Exhibition, Alluvium Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
2016 Juror, Mine, Alluvium Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI