Emma Steinkraus (b. 1987) Assistant Professor of Fine Art Hampden-Sydney College

Education 2016 MFA, Painting and Drawing, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 2010 BA with Highest Honors, Studio Art, Williams College, Williamstown, MA 2008 Maryland Institute College of Art (Exchange Student)

Awards and Residencies 2019 Eliza Moore Fellowship for Artistic Excellence ($10,000), Oak Spring Garden Foundation, Upperville, VA Blue Mountain Center Artist-in-Residence, Blue Mountain Lake, NY Good Hart Artist-in-Residence, Harbor Spring, MI Faculty Research Fellowship ($3,000), Hampden-Sydney College, Hampden-Sydney, VA 2018 Cow House Studios Artist-in-Residence, Enniscorthy, Ireland Kocher Visiting Artist Fellowship ($2,500), Coe College, Cedar Rapids, IA 2015 Iowa Arts Fellowship ($37,000), University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 2015 Pajama Factory Artist-in-Residence, Williamsport, PA 2012 Henry Luce III Center for the Arts and Religion Artist-in-Residence, Washington DC 2011 Pyramid Atlantic Keyholder Artist-in-Residence, Silver Springs, MD Bethesda Painting Award ($3,000), Bethesda, MD 2010 Hubbard Hutchinson Memorial Fellowship ($18,500), Williams College, Williamstown, MA Berkshire Art Association Fellow, Highest Honors 1960s Scholar in the Arts, Williams College, Williamstown, MA 2009 Steamboat Scholar Fellowship ($12,000), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, MA 2008 Frederick M. Peyser Prize in Painting ($3,000), Williams College, Williamstown, MA Berkshire Art Association Fellow, Highest Honors

Solo and Two Person Exhibitions 2019 Florilegium, Brinkley Gallery, Hampden-Sydney, VA ​

2018 Happy Animal, Marvin Cone Gallery, Cedar Rapids, IA ​ 2016 Exuberant Spring, Deep Space Gallery, Iowa City, IA ​ Catalpa, Burdock, Clover, Worm, Levitt Gallery, Iowa City, IA ​ 2015 Eco-Occult, Levitt Gallery, Iowa City, IA ​ Chirologia, Levitt Gallery, Iowa City, IA ​ 2014 Emma Steinkraus, Art Ventures, Fayetteville, AR ​ 2013 There’s a Reason Eden was a Garden, Evolve Gallery, Washington DC ​ 2011 Close, Dadian Gallery, Washington DC ​

Group Exhibitions 2018 Super Natural, Warner Gallery, Millbrook, NY ​ Journeys and Imprints, Art Ventures, Fayetteville, AR ​ 2016 Body Language, Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA ​ 2015 AIR Show, Pajama Factory, Williamsport, PA ​ MA Graduate Show, Eve Drewelowe Gallery, Iowa City, IA ​ 2014 21c Vitrines, 21c Museum Hotel, Bentonville, AR ​ From the Studios, Dadian Gallery, Washington DC ​ 2011 Bethesda Painting Awards, Artery Plaza Gallery, Bethesda, MD ​ Nest, Target Gallery at the Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, VA ​ 2010 This Goes on the Refrigerator, Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, MA ​ Berkshire Art Association Fellowship Show, Lichtenstein Center, Pittsfield, MA ​ 2009 MICA Reaccreditation Exhibit, Studio Center Gallery, Baltimore, MD ​ ​ 2008 ...The Horse You Rode in on, Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, MA ​ ​

Teaching and Relevant Experience 2018-present Assistant Professor of Fine Arts, Hampden-Sydney College, VA Courses taught: Drawing 1, Drawing 2, Painting 1, Painting 2, 2D Design and Color Theory, Art and Ecology 2018 Adjunct Assistant Professor, Painting, Williams College, MA

Courses taught: ARTS 14 Painting: Exploring Materials & Techniques Visiting Artist, Painting, Coe College, Cedar Rapids, IA 2014-2017 Visual Arts Editor for Company Editions, online journal for contemporary ​ ​ poetry and art 2017 Visiting Artist in Painting and Drawing, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 2016-2017 Gallery Director, Coe College, Cedar Rapids, IA 2015-2016 Instructor of Record, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA Courses taught: Elements of Art, Basic Drawing Figure Drawing Instructor, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA 2012 Visiting Assistant Professor, Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington DC 2009 Curatorial Assistant, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, MA

Curatorial 2018 Re|Collect, an exhibition of Lex Thompson’s photography, Sinclair Gallery, Coe ​ College, Cedar Rapids, IA (Feb 7- Mar 13) 2017 Daughters of Mmiri, an exhibition of work by Alexandria Eregbu, Sinclair Gallery, ​ Coe College, Cedar Rapids, IA (Oct 28 - Nov 18) Intersections, an exhibition of work by Joe Lacina, Eaton-Buchan Gallery, Coe College, Cedar Rapids, ​ IA (Oct 28 - Nov 18) cypress, an exhibition of work by Sarah Sense, Sinclair Gallery, Coe College, Cedar ​ Rapids, IA (Sep 9 - Oct 7) Unusual Place, an exhibition of work by Fidencio Fifield-Perez, Sinclair Gallery, ​ ​ ​ Coe College, Cedar Rapids, IA (Sep 9 - Oct 7) Between Crystalline Peaks, an exhibition of work by Nicole Shaver, Eaton-Buchan Gallery, Coe ​ College, Cedar Rapids, IA (Jan 13-Feb 5) 2016 Index of Influence: Archiving Pablo Neruda’s Poetry and Politics, co-curated with Ranelle Knight-Lueth, ​ Coe College, Cedar Rapids, IA (Oct 21- Nov 3)

Conference Papers & Artist Talks 2019 Plexiglas #4, Artist Talk and Conversation with poet Imani Elizabeth Jackson, Gray Center for Arts and Inquiry, University of Chicago “Celebrating the Garden: Narrative Painting and Ecology,” Artist Talk at the Crooked Tree Art Center, Traverse City, MI Artist Talk, Blue Mountain Center, Blue Mountain Lake, NY “God’s Lowliest Creatures:” The Insect Paintings of Maria Sibylla Merian and Giovanna Garzoni in the Context of 17th Century Female Advocacy and Exchange, conference paper at the College Art Association ​ Conference, New York, NY Artist Talk, Hampden-Sydney College, Hampden-Sydney, VA 2018 Artist Talk, Millbrook School, Millbrook, NY

Bibliography 2019 The Idle Class Magazine, Fall 2019 - The Visual Arts Issue, interview ​ 2018 Hampden-Sydney Poetry Review, Cover Art ​ 2017 Barton, Taylor, “Loose Change: EVL MTN & Emma Steinkraus, Fear No Lit, March ​ ​ 2, 2017 2016 The Essay Review, Cover ​ Bat City Review, Featured Art, Issue 12 ​ 2015 Exchanges: A Journal of Literary Translation, Cover Art, Winter 2015 ​ Knittle, Davy, Cyclorama, the operating system press, Cover Art ​ ​ Saelaow, Anurak, Schema, the operating system press, Cover Art ​ ​ Yakovlev, Anton, Neptune Court, the operating system press, Cover Art ​ ​ Cuillier, Joseph, The Sensitive Boy Slumber Party Manifesto, the operating system ​ ​ press, Cover Art 2013 Hope, Eric, “East City Interviews: Emma Steinkraus,” East City Art, March 26, 2013 ​ ​

Publications 2019 “The Protofeminist Insects of Giovanna Garzoni and Maria Sibylla Merian,” Art Herstory, August 9, ​ ​

2019 2018 “What is made visible: Artist Justin Tyler Bryant talks about fugitive aesthetics, early influences, and what he’s excited about now.” Idle Class Magazine, October 2018. ​ ​ 2015 “How Does a Collector Decide What to Buy?,” The Iowa Source, October 2015 ​ ​ 2014 “Symbols Near Collapse: Text and Meaning in Brian Prugh’s Recent Work,” Exhibition Catalogue for The Ocean is What I Meant By ​