BIO
Emily Wise (b.1988) was born and raised between upstate New York and Baltimore, Maryland. She received a BFA in Painting from the Pacific Northwest College of Art in Portland, Oregon, where she currently lives and works. Driven by curiosities around femininity, intimacy, and the mysteries of the natural world, Wise paints carefully posed bodies amidst surreal flora, using unexpected fluorescent colors to both surprise and disarm. Beneath their vibrant surfaces, Wise’s paintings craft layered stories of women building relationships with themselves and their follow women in spaces somewhere between the realities of waking life and the limitless possibilities of dreams.
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Emily Elizabeth Wise
b. 1988, Baltimore, MD | Lives in Portland, Oregon
EDUCATION
2015 BFA, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 You Too Will Become a Dove on Fire - Simard Bilodeau Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA
Hair of the Banshee - Chefas Projects, Portland, OR
2023 Hands That Hold the Melting Rope - Chefas Projects, Portland, OR
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Toi Moi Nous - Simard Bilodeau Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA
Future Fair, Simard Bilodeau Contemporary, New York, NY
2023 Friend of a Friend - Carnation Contemporary, Portland, OR
2022 Group exhibition, Fishbowl Gallery, Portland, OR
2018 View From Here - c3 Initiative, Portland, OR
I’m Glad I Came - ADX Gallery, Portland, OR
2015 BFA Thesis Exhibition, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR
HONORS & AWARDS
2024 Hopper Prize Finalist