Curriculum Vitae

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

• 2021 – Black and White World: ink paintings by Emily Rapport, Eat Paint Studio, Chicago, IL. Anticipated opening July 15.
• 2019 – Everything Is, landscape paintings by Emily Rapport, Eat Paint Studio, Chicago, IL
• 2018 Evanston + Vicinity Biennial, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
• 2018 “Artists’ Atlas,” The State Street Gallery, Chicago, IL
• 2018 Rockford Midwestern Biennial, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL
• 2017 Solo Exhibition, “Subject to Change,” Firecat Projects, Chicago, IL
• 2016 “House and Home,” Main Street Gallery, Clifton Springs, NY
• 2016 Solo Exhibition, “Neighborhoods,” Lipman Hearne, Chicago, IL
• 2015 “1+1=Community,” OPEN WALL, 47th Ward Office, Chicago, IL
• 2014 “Painting Delilah’s,” Delilah’s, Chicago, IL
• 2014 Labletter Launch Exhibition, hosted by the Labletter Journal of Art and Literature, Chicago, IL
• 2013 Two-person exhibition, “Urban Landscapes,” painting by Emily Rapport & Photography by Andrew Steiner, Beauty & Brawn Gallery, Chicago, IL
• 2012 “OpenWall, art in the 47th Ward,” 47th Ward Office, Chicago, IL
• 2011 “SICK!,” Leo Kogan Project Space, Amsterdam
• 2009 Two-person exhibition, “Two-story City,” Chicago Artists’ Month,
• Chicago, IL
• 2009 “Best Emerging Painters,” ATC Splat Flats, Chicago, IL
• 2005 Art Murmur Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
• 2005 Two-person exhibition, “Figurative Paintings,” work by Emily Rapport and Marion Kryczka, Chicago, IL
• 2005 Group Show, Mars Gallery, Chicago, IL
• 2005 B.F.A. Exhibition, Gallery 2, School of the Art Institute of Chicago,
• Chicago, IL
• 2002 “The Human Spirit”, Gallery 15, Rochester, NY
• 1999 Gateway Gallery, Rochester, NY
• 1998 Gallery Arabesque, Geneva, NY
• 1996 Solo Exhibition, “Figurative Painting,” Arts & Cultural Council for Greater Rochester, NY

EDUCATION

• 2005 BFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL
• 1994-95 Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York
• 1991-93 School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL

PROFESSIONAL AWARDS // GRANTS // SCHOLARSHIPS

• 2015 IAP Grant, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, Chicago, IL
• 2011 Arts Advocate Award, Ravenswood ArtWalk, Chicago, IL
• 2009 “Best Emerging Painters,” ATC Splat Flats, Chicago, IL
• 2006 CAAP Grant, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, Chicago, IL
• 2004 Merit Scholarship, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL
• 2004 Around the Coyote, Curator’s Choice Artist, Chicago, IL
• 2003 Around the Coyote, Curator’s Choice Artist, Chicago, IL
• 1997 First Place Painting Award, Rochester Spring Exhibition, Rochester, NY
• 1994 Full Scholarship, Cooper Union, NY
• 1991 Merit Scholarship, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL
• 1991 Scholarship, Rochester Community Savings Bank, NY
• 1991 Creativity Scholarship, NYSSSA at Fredonia

COLLECTIONS

• Lipman Hearne, Chicago, IL
• Delilah’s, Chicago, IL

PUBLICATIONS + WRITING

• Inscapes Exhibition Catalog designed by Eat Paint Studio, introductory essay by Emily Rapport, artwork used by permission of the artists. March 2021.
• Memory and Meaning: William Dolan and Karen Perl in “Chicago Streets and Ways”, published April 12, 2020, New Art Examiner
• Different for Girls: “Touch Your Mirror” Reflects on Female Adolescence, published April 5, 2020, New Art Examiner
• Distilled Magazine, Issue 8, artwork featured alongside the best whiskey bar in the world, Delilah’s, Chicago, Fall 2019
• Studio Visit Magazine, Issue 41, Open Studios Press, 2018
• Featured artist, American Scholar Magazine, Winter 2018 Issue

CURATORIAL

• 2021 – Inscapes, group exhibition of work by Claire Elliott, Vanessa Shinmoto, and Alexandra Stevenson at Eat Paint Studio, 5036 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago. Curated by Emily Rapport, exhibition essay published on EatPaintStudio.com.
• 2021 – Inscapes Exhibition Programming: Two Artist Talks with Claire Elliott, Vanessa Shinmoto, and Alexandra Stevenson via Zoom. View online here.
• 2019 – THIRST, group exhibition of work by Tamara Wasserman, Cynthia Weiss, Lea Basille-Lazarus at Eat Paint Studio, 5036 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago. Curated by Emily Rapport, exhibition essay published on EatPaintStudio.com
• 2019 – Wide Awake Dreaming, photographs by Andrew Steiner at Eat Paint Studio, 5036 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago. Curated by Emily Rapport, exhibit catalog designed and edited by Emily Rapport and Andrew Steiner, exhibition essay published on EatPaintStudio.com
• 2019 – Marion Kryczka: Paintings and Drawings, exhibition by Marion Kryczka at Eat Paint Studio, 5036 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago. Curated by Emily Rapport, exhibition essay published on EatPaintStudio.com
• 2019 – MY WAY, exhibition of work by Bo Whang at Eat Paint Studio, 5036 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, curated by Emily Rapport
• 2012 – The Labletter, February 2013 Issue, Guest Painting Editor

PRESS

• “The House as a Subject of Portraiture,” an Essay Exploring the Recent Painting of Emily Rapport, by Vicki Schneider, published in Neoteric Art, June 2018
• “Emily Rapport at Firecat Projects,” Unpublished New City Art Reviews, by Chris Miller, May 2017
• “Interview with Emily Rapport,” Neoteric Art blog, January 2011
• “Interview with an Artist,” Columbia College newspaper
• “Eat Paint Studio,” by Nola Akiwowo, CenterStage.com
• “Emily Rapport,” by Mary Susan Littlepage, GapersBlock.com
• “Fresh Paint” blog review of the SAIC 2005 BFA Exhibition.
• “The Human Spirit,” exhibition review, Ron Netsky, City Newspaper, Rochester, NY

RELATED EXPERIENCE

• Gallery Owner, Eat Paint Studio, 2018 – current
• Volunteer/Executive Director (2006/07), Ravenswood ArtWalk, Chicago, IL, 2005 – 2010
• Volunteer, Cornelia Arts Building, Chicago, IL, 2009 – 2011
• Volunteer, Chicago Womens’ Caucus for the Arts, Chicago, IL, 2004 – 2006