EMILY DIERKES 1518 W 36th Street Baltimore, Maryland 21211 USA 1.443.465.4707 [email protected] www.emilydierkes.com EDUCATION May 2017 Master of Fine Arts, Interdisciplinary Studio Art Towson University (projected graduation May 2017) Baltimore, Maryland May 2006 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Magna Cum Laude Syracuse University, College of Visual and Performing Arts Syracuse, New York 2004​-05 Junior Year Study Abroad Syracuse University in Florence Firenze, Italia June 2002 High School Diploma Roland Park Country School Baltimore, Maryland EXPERIENCE 2015-18 Art Instructor, High School AP Studio, Foundations, Fashion Design, Painting & Drawing Roland Park Country School, Baltimore, Maryland 2009​-18 Art Instructor, Middle School Growing Girls and Gardens Summer Program Roland Park Country School, Baltimore, Maryland 2017 Adjunct Professor, Drawing for Non-Majors Towson University, Baltimore, Maryland 2014-16 Gallery Manager Storage Space Gallery, CFA 4033 Department of Art + Design Towson University, Baltimore, Maryland 2014 Teaching Assistant​, 2​D Process, James von Minor, Professor Towson University, Baltimore, Maryland 2011-​12 Art Instructor Abrakadoodle, Ellicott City, Maryland 2008-​10 Artist/Studio Assistant Nefeli Massia, Towson, MD, Soledad Salome, Baltimore, Maryland 2000-​03 Camp Art Department Head, Instructor Camp Alleghany, Lewisburg, West Virginia AWARDS / RESIDENCIES 2011 Kempinski Young Artist Programme Kempinski Hotels Group, Geneva, Switzerland Baltschug Kempinski Hotel, Moscow, Russia 2006 Hiram Gee Senior Painting Award, ​Syracuse University, VPA College Syracuse, New York SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2017 Emily Dierkes: Busy Work Holtzman MFA Gallery, Towson University, Towson, Maryland 2016 Facets: Paintings by Emily Dierkes Greenbelt Community Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 2014 Emily Dierkes: (Art) History Pop Physique, Baltimore, Maryland 2011 Emily Dierkes: Missing in Moscow Baltschug Kempinski Hotel, Moscow, Russia 2010 Alumna Art Exhibit Roland Park Country School, Baltimore, Maryland 2009 Pink Clouds Remixed The Hexagon, Baltimore, Maryland 2008 ​Paintings by Emily Dierkes El Rancho Grande, Baltimore, Maryland 2006 Glimpses: Senior Thesis Show Syracuse Stage Gallery, Syracuse, New York GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2018 Fall Member Show Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis Maryland 2017 Under $500 Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, Maryland Young Blood: Recent MFA Graduate Show Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, Maryland 2016 MFA Exchange Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 2015 Parameters Jordan Faye Contemporary, Baltimore, Maryland 2015 Points of Departure New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico 2014 A Celebration of Art Cylburn Arboretum, Baltimore, Maryland 2013 Station North Salon Show Wind​Up Space, Baltimore, Maryland 2012 A Celebration of Art Cylburn Arboretum, Baltimore, Maryland 2012 In​Haus Artists Show Brickhaus Artspace, Baltimore, Maryland 2012 Station North Salon Show Wind​Up Space, Baltimore, Maryland 2011 Self​Portrait as Rock Star Current Space Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland 2010 The Hexagon Salon The Hexagon, Baltimore, Maryland 2010 Baltidelphia The Hexagon/MyHouse Gallery Baltimore, Maryland / Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2008 24 Hour Art Load of Fun Studios, Baltimore, Maryland 2005 Senior Painting Show Shaffer Gallery, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York BIBLIOGRAPHY Martyn Andrews, television interview, RT Russia Today, Moscow, Russia, June 15, 2011. Elena Fedotova, “Emily Dierkes in Moscow,” Artchronika Magazine, no. 24, June 2011. Elena Kirilova, “Portraits of Temporary People,” The Moscow News, June 9, 2011. FOREIGN LANGUAGE AND TRAVEL Proficient in Italian and Spanish. Traveled to: Israel, Italy, Germany, Netherlands, France, Russia, Turkey, England, Spain, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Austria, Mexico, Bermuda, and the Caribbean. .