D. EMERSON MYERS
Phone 443 680 3750 / +41 090 9686 2063
River Garden City Sakura-no-oka #1101, Shimaya 6-2-90 Konohana-ku, Osaka, Osaka, Japan 554-0024
1602 Park Ave. Baltimore MD 21217
contact@emersonmyersart.com
EXHIBITION RECORD
Emerson David Myers is a painter, sculptor, printmaker, digital artist, and educator who is currently living in the United States and Japan. He received his MFA in Interdisciplinary Studio Art from the Maryland Institute College of Art, and a Masters of Art Education from Boston University. His work focuses on socio-political issues, revolving around a continued and pressing desire to educate and inform his audience.
Most of his inspiration comes from his varied professional background and education. An degree in Political Science and 20th Century History, a decade as an Art and Social Science teacher, years as a certified carpenter's apprentice, a design manager for a local newspaper, as well as a decade living broad has molded his approach to art and choices of subject matter. Lately he as been significatly influenced by the contradiction of chaos and order, and tradition and modernity found when taking in the expansive city of Tokyo.
Solo Shows
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
WAC Exhibition, 2016, 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
First Year 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
Private Collections
The Butler Institute of American Art
Prizes and Media
Celeste Prize 2014 Special selected, Sculpture, #Inches (100 Kilotons)(#Layers)=YIELD
Artworks, Baltimore PTV Season 3, Episode 6, November 6, 2014 - Featured Artworks
Infinity Art Gallery, Figurative Expo 2013 Winner
Artist Portfolio Magazine Full Page Feature, 2013
Interview, Hartiska, NY Fashion and Arts Magazine, 2013
Tokyo/International Rock Challenge, Best Stage Set Design Award, 2009
Ceramics Association Prize, Thunder Bay Ontario, 2002
North Country Prize for Ceramics, 2002