Emily Moores is an artist and the author and co-curator for the Cincinnati 5 Artist Series. Moores earned her MFA in 2014 from the University of Cincinnati and her BFA in 2008 from the Cleveland Institute of Art. She has exhibited her work nationally, including the Contemporary Arts Center (Cincinnati, OH), the Cleveland Foundation, and the Dougherty Arts Center (Austin, TX). Emily Moores was a recipient of the Ohio Cultural Arts Individual Artist Award and the ArtPrize Seed Grant. Moores was a resident artist at the Vermont Studio Center in 2012 and previously organized the Corporeal Texture Conference, which hosted both national and international panelists.
Solo & Two Person Exhibitions
2020 TBD, Park National Gallery, University of Cincinnati, Clermont, Batavia, OH
2019 Sweet-Tempered, 1305 Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Felt Embrace, Weston Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2017 Arctic Turbulence, Ali's Bridal, Artprize, Grand Rapids, MI
with Samantha Parker Salazar
Cathedral, Rosewood Gallery, Dayton, OH
2016 Iceberg, Cohen Gallery, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH
with Samantha Parker Salazar
2015 Constructed Arrangements, Harvest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Selected Group Exhibitions
2019 Something Utopian, The Neon Heater, Findlay, OH
2018 Altered States, Loudoun House, Lexington, KY
2017 Summerfair, Weston Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2014 Artprize, Grand Rapids Downtown Market, Grand Rapids, MI
HWD: A Regional Sculpture Competition, Rosewood Gallery, Kettering, OH
Director’s Choice, Reed Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Lush, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
2013 Recycled Landscapes, 840 Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
All Fall Down, Meyers Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2012 Collective Sense, Gallery D, Austin, TX
The Drawing Show, Pump Project, Austin TX
Southerland Page, Generous Art, Austin, TX
2011 Origin Art, Quattro Gallery, Austin, TX
Star Gallery, Austin Bergstrom International Airport, Austin, TX
Blast from the Past, Morgan Conservatory, Cleveland, OH
Under Pressure, Pump Satellite Project, Austin, TX
2010 People’s Gallery Exhibition, Austin City Hall, Austin, TX
Multiple Originals XV, Dougherty Art Center, Austin, TX
2009 Morgan Dialogues, Morgan Conservatory, Cleveland, OH
2008 Works in Progress, Zygote Press, Cleveland, OH
IN-Turn, Zygote Press, Cleveland, OH
New Blood, Arts Collinwood, Cleveland, OH
The Recognitions: (un)originality and community, Cleveland Foundation, Cleveland, OH
2006 324 Gallery, Cleveland, OH
2005 E Gordon Gallery, Cleveland, OH
Residencies
2012 Vermont Studio Center
Scholarships, Grants & Awards
2017 Ohio Individual Excellence Award, Ohio Arts Council
Seed Grant, Art Prize
2014 Summerfair Artist Grant, Summerfair Cincinnati
Director’s Choice Award, DAAP
2012 Research Award Graduate Student Association
2008 Nancy Dunn Memorial Scholarship for Travel
2007 The Francis Wise Lang and H. Jack Lang Scholarship for Painting
Albert K. Murray Educational Fund
2006 Cleveland Hillel Louis E. Emsheimer Memorial Competition, Second Place
2005 Ohio Choice Grant
Margaret Eaton Taplin Scholarship
Publications & Interviews
“Emily Moores. Felt Embrace” Weston Gallery. Aronoff Center. August 2019
https://www.cincinnatiarts.org/weston-art-gallery/exhibitions/detail/emily-moores-felt-embrace
“Emily Moores” The Gathered Gallery. June, 26 2019
https://www.thegatheredgallery.com/single-post/2019/06/26/Emily-Moores?fbclid=IwAR2NStEvCzWt-EPAXwkLIA6MRBIVPbn7D2jkT5omUNvz_C-j9oPuzb1_Doc&utm_campaign=adf5bc0a-c2f8-4d2b-85dd-aa094c641eb6&utm_source=so
"Five Local Artists, Two Installations, and One Creative Community Are Coming Together for this Unique Experience" Cincinnati Magazine. July 23, 2018
https://www.cincinnatimagazine.com/artsmindsblog/five-local-artists-two-installations-and-one-creative-community-are-coming-together-for-this-unique-experience/
"Elementz featured in new Cincinnati 5 book" Elementz. August 1, 2018
https://elementz.org/cincinnati-5-book-release/
"Five More Local Artists Featured In Vol. 2 Of 'Cincinnati 5: First Person'" Around Cincinnati. WVXU. May 2017
https://www.wvxu.org/post/five-more-local-artists-featured-vol-2-cincinnati-5-first-person#stream/0
“Emily Moores, Cathedral” Rosewood Gallery. City of Kettering. April 2017
https://www.playkettering.org/question/emily-moores-cathedral/#/city/answers/past-gallery-2017/emily-moores-cathedral
"Artprize Shoot" Sincerely Ashley. October 1, 2017.
https://www.sincerelyashley.com/blog/artprize-nine-shoot
"Slice of Cincinnati: Wave Pool" by Cassie Lipp. City Beat, March 10, 2016.
https://www.citybeat.com/home/blog/13028677/slice-of-cincinnati-wave-pool
“Public Art Event Invites 8 Locals” Cincinnati, A Gannet Company, July 2014
https://www.cincinnati.com/story/entertainment/arts/2014/07/07/public-art-event-invites-locals/12285765/
Local Exposure. WVXU.January 2014
https://www.wvxu.org/post/corporeal-texture-new-ways-get-art#stream/0
Origin Magazine. July/August 2011. p 50.
“The Abiguous Object” Cantanker Magazine. Issue 11
Bembnister, “New Blood” Cleveland Scene. Volume 39, Number 29: July 16-22, 2008. p 20
Other
2016-7 Cincinnati 5, Author, Cincinnati, OH
2014 Corporeal Texture Conference, Organizer, Cincinnati, OH