CV
Represented by Christina Parker Gallery in St. John’s, NL, and Jones Gallery in Saint John, NB
Education
2016 Bachelor of Arts Honours (with distinction) Double Major in Studio Art and
English, University of Guelph
Awards/Grants/Residencies
2021 Fogo Island Arts Residency, FIA
2021 Arts NL Awards Artwork Commission, Arts NL
2020 Professional Project Grant, Arts NL
2020 Project Grant, City of St. John's
2019 Professional Project Grant, Arts NL
2019 Finalist, Arts NL CBC Emerging Artist of the Year Award
2019 Project Grant, City of St. John's
2018 Elbow Room Residency, The Rooms
2018 Artist Residency, 2 Rooms Contemporary Art Projects (for The Gathered Gallery)
2017 "Adapting Heritage" Conference Award, Heritage Foundation of NL
2017 Professional Project Grant, Arts NL
2017 May Artist of the Month, Visual Artists of Newfoundland and Labrador
2017 Emerging Artist Residency Award (for The Gathered Gallery), Spark Box Studio
2016 Painting Award Nominee, BMO 1st Art! Invitational Student Art Competition
2016 Faculty Award for Painting, Juried Art Show, University of Guelph
2016 Jurors Award, Honourable Mention, Juried Art Show, University of Guelph
2016 Winner, Fine Arts Network Logo Design Competition, University of Guelph
2015 Art in the Bullring Juried Art Competition, University of Guelph
Exhibitions
2021 Due Diligence, Christina Parker Gallery, July (upcoming), St. John’s, NL
2020-21 Give Me Shelter, Confederation Centre Art Gallery, Charlottetown, PEI
2020 Arts and Letters Awards Exhibition (cancelled due to COVID-19), The Rooms, St. John's, NL
2019 Looking Forward (solo show), November, Christina Parker Gallery, St. John's, NL
2019 Close to Home, July - August (solo show), English Harbour Arts Centre, English
Harbour, NL
2018-19 Unsettled (solo show), September - January, The Rooms, St. John's, NL
2017 Church Street Festival Exhibition (solo show), August, Bonavista, NL
2017 A House of Another Colour (solo show), May-June, Eastern Edge Gallery, St.
John's, NL
2016 Sane & Normal: Painting IV Show, March, Boarding House Gallery, Guelph, ON
2015 Drawn Up (two person show), October, Zavitz Gallery, University of Guelph, ON
2015 Black and White, October, Zavitz Gallery, University of Guelph, ON
2015 Cut From the Same Cloth, July-August, English Harbour Arts Centre, NL
2015 Tenfold, February, Zavitz Gallery, University of Guelph, ON
Professional Experience
2021 After Art School Program, Co-founder, The Gathered Gallery
2020 Studio Mates Critique Group Program, Co-founder, The Gathered Gallery
2019/20 Beer Can Label Design, QVVB and the St. John’s Women’s International Film
Festival, St. John’s, NL
2019 Mural for Church Street Festival, August, NL
2019 Mural for Bare Mountain Coffee House, NL
2017-19 Board Member, Visual Artists Newfoundland & Labrador, NL
2016-19 Program and Promotions Coordinator, Anna Templeton Centre for Craft, Art,
and Design, NL
2016-18 Board Member, Eastern Edge Gallery, NL
2017 Mural for HOLD FAST Contemporary Art Festival, August, NL
2016 Artist Support Team Lead, HOLD FAST Contemporary Art Festival, August, NL
2016 Cultural Ambassador, The Rooms, July-August, NL
2016 Volunteer, The Dayroom Gallery, NL
2016 Co-Coordinator, Sane & Normal Exhibition, March, Boarding House Gallery
2015 Manager, English Harbour Arts Centre, July-August, NL
2015-16 Co-Coordinator, 48th Juried Art Show, University of Guelph
2015-16 Volunteer, Fine Arts Network, University of Guelph
2015 Volunteer, MFA Open Studios and Shenkman Lecture, March, University of
Guelph
2015 Coordinator, Student Art Exhibition, May, Clarenville High School
2015 Co-Curator, Print Exchange, March, Plymouth College of Arts, UK, and
University of Guelph, ON
2014-15 Volunteer, Art Gallery of Guelph
2014-15 Volunteer, Boarding House Gallery
2014-15 Secretary, Fine Arts Network, University of Guelph
2014 Public Sculpture, United Way Giving Tuesday collaboration with University of
Guelph’s 50th, Anniversary, December
Speaking/Presenting
2020 Artist Talk (for The Gathered Gallery), University of Guelph, March, Guelph, ON
2018 Artist Talk, The Rooms, October, St. John’s, NL
2018 Artist Talk, CNA Craft & Apparel Design Program, October, St. John’s, NL
2018 Artist Talk (for The Gathered Gallery), Sir William Coaker Foundation, August,
Port Union, NL
2018 Artist Talk (for The Gathered Gallery), University of Guelph, March, Guelph, ON
2018 Artist Talk (for The Gathered Gallery), Etobicoke School of the Arts, March,
Toronto, ON
Writing/Publishing
2021 Someday Homes Fill My Dreams: Artwork and Poetry of Emily Pittman,
Komatik Press, NL
2020 It’s Just A Fish, B’y, Newfoundland Quarterly, NL
2016-19 Co-Founder, The Gathered Gallery, www.thegatheredgallery.com
2017 I can still remember his name clear as day, A Collection of Interviews, February
2016 Internship, The Overcast Newspaper, July-September, NL
2015 Co-Assistant Editor, Pop Up Art, Guelph, ON
2015 Co-Literary Editor, Kaleidoscope, Undergraduate Journal of the Visual and
Literary Arts, Issue 05, University of Guelph
Instruction
2019 - 2021 Instructor, Art & Design Essentials Certificate, College of the North Atlantic, NL
2016-19 Variety of classes, workshops, and camps for adults and children at the Anna
Templeton Centre for Craft, Art & Design, St. John's, NL
2018 Open Minds Program, The Rooms, St. John’s, NL
2018 Workshop Instructor, Art Ex Festival, Grand Fall-Windsor, NL
2016 Visiting Artist, Labrador Creative Arts Festival, November, NL
Bibliography
2021 Artistry Formed by Newfoundland, Ft. Emily Pittman, Robert Greeley
2020 Drawn To It, Video Feature, CBC News, February
2019 "The Emerging Artist Awards Finalists", CBC News, June
2019 "Q and A with artist Emily Pittman", Newfoundland Quarterly, February
2018 Unsettled Publication, The Rooms, September
2018 “Emily Pittman In The Elbow Room”, The Overcast, June
2018 “Emily Pittman’s “Unsettled” to be featured at The Rooms”, The Packet, July
2017 "Colours of Consumption: Emily Pittman explores the aesthetics of
architecture" (cover feature), Visual Arts News, Fall Issue
2017 Riddle Fence, A Journal of Arts & Culture, Issue #27, August
2017 "Artist Emily Pittman strips down architecture for new Eastern Edge exhibition,"
2017 Artist of the Month Interview, VANL, May
2017 "An Interview with the Founders of The Gathered Gallery," University of Guelph
2017 Interview by County FM, Creative Couples Segment, Picton, ON, May
2016 "Achieving Creative Success Isn't Impossible—Here's How to Do It," Sweet
Magazine, November
2015 Interview by Kenneth Jeffrey (FY-CA), University of Guelph Studio Art, October
Collections
The Rooms Provincial Art Gallery
City of St. John's
Private Collections
Membership
Visual Artists of Newfoundland and Labrador
Eastern Edge Gallery
Writer's Alliance of Newfoundland and Labrador