AMZE EMMONS
panel session d2: Prints and the built environment
Amze Emmons is a Philadelphia-based, multi-disciplinary artist with a background in drawing and printmaking. His images evoke a sense of magical/minimal realism inspired by architectural illustration, comic books, cartoon language, information graphics, news footage, consumer packaging, and instruction manuals. Emmons received a BFA from Ohio Wesleyan University and a MA and MFA from the University of Iowa. He has held numerous solo exhibitions and group exhibitions at commercial galleries, non-profit institutions, and experimental artist-run spaces. Emmons has received several awards including a Fellowship in the Arts from the Independence Foundation; an Individual Creative Artist Fellowship from the Pennsylvania Arts Council; and a Fellowship at the MacDowell Colony. He is currently an Associate Professor at Tyler School of Art at Temple University. Emmons is also a co-founder and co-contributing editor of the popular art blog, Printeresting.org.
www.amzeemmons.com
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