Emerson Myers is a Canadian artist based in Osaka, Japan. His work combines richly tactile surfaces with carefully ordered underlying structures, creating works that can be appreciated for their beauty alone while quietly encoding deeper systems and ideas.
Before becoming an artist, Emerson worked in newspaper design, activism, carpentry, and education. He later earned an M.Ed. in Art Education from Boston University and an MFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art, where he shifted from representational work toward concept-driven practice.
His work transforms complex social, political, and spatial systems into measured visual compositions. Whether examining Cold War nuclear policy or the hidden order of railway networks, he seeks to build beautiful objects whose conceptual armature remains present but never essential to their enjoyment.
Emerson teaches art with Kwansei Gakuin University and works from his self-built studio in Osaka.
EMERSON MYERS
contact@emersonmyersart.com
MFA Maryland Institute College of art Mount Royal, MA Boston University
EXHIBITION RECORD
Solo Shows
Route & Rhythm, 2025, GR Kitano Art Gallery, Kobe, Japan.
Destinations, 2014, Baltimore World Trade Center Tower Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Cartographic Compositions, 2014, Delaplaine Art Gallery, Fredrick, Maryland, USA
Tokyo, 2013, Ruther Marder Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Group Shows
Kadoma Art Fes Winner Exhibition, Lumiere Hall, Osaka, 2026
35th All Japan Art Salon Painting Exhibition, National Art Center, Tokyo 2026
68th Shin-Kyo Art Association Touring Exhibition- Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts, 2025, Osaka, Japan
Expo, Israel Pavilion, 2025, Osaka Japan
WAC Exhibition, 2017, Ressei, Kyoto, Japan
Three People Three Dimensions, 2016, In-Line Gallery, Osaka, Japan
The 13th Annual Art Inter/National Exhibition, 2014, Boxheart Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Printmaking Exhibition, 2013, Lockhart Gallery, SUNY, Geneseo NY, USA
Under Pressure, Juried Printmaking Exhibition, 2013, West Windsor Art Center, Trenton, NJ, USA
Bold in Black and White, 2013, Blue Line Arts Gallery, Sacramento, USA
Art Angels Art Night, 2013, Hickok Cole, Washington DC, USA
Memento Mori, 2013, Project Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Beyond the Threshold, 2013, S Art Space, Sohotel Gallery, Manhattan NY, USA
Architexture, 2013, Project Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Twisted, 2013, Project Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Story Book Poem Illustration Exhibition, 2012, West North 5th Gallery, Baltimore, USA
Fred Lazarus IV Building Exhibition, 2012, T. Rowe Price Gallery, Baltimore, USA
Mount Royal Exhibition, 2012, Riggs Gallery, Baltimore, USA
My Space Juried Show, 2010, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Lakehead University Juried Show, 2003, Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Thunder Bay, Canada
Lakehead University Juried Show, 2002, Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Thunder Bay, Canada
Public Collections
The Butler Institute of American Art
Hara Model Railway Museum, Yokohama
MAZE Franchise Public Art Collection
Prizes and Media
Kadoma Art Fes Grand Prize Winner, 2026
Dopa Magazine. Home and Studio Interview Feature. p. 73-80, Spring 2026 issue
7th All Japan Art Competition. Commendation (佳作)
35th All Japan Art Salon Painting Prize Commendation (佳作), National Art Center, Tokyo
Grand Prize, Kansai Art Competition, Shin-Kyo Art Association Touring Exhibition, 2025
Special Selected, Sculpture, Celeste Prize 2014 , #Inches (100 Kilotons)(#Layers)=YIELD
Artworks, Baltimore PTV Season 3, Episode 6, November 6, 2014 - Featured Artworks
Winner Infinity Art Gallery, Figurative Expo 2013
Artist Portfolio Magazine Full Page Feature, 2013
Tokyo/International Rock Challenge, Best Stage Set Design Award, 2009
Ceramics Association Prize, Thunder Bay Ontario, 2002
North Country Prize for Ceramics, 2002
STUDIO IN OSAKA
