EMILY RICE
emilyriceart.com
emilymccallrice at gmail dot com
IG: @ricelikethefood
Education
2023 / MFA Studio Art: Concentration Painting+Drawing, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, TN
2016 / BFA Art and Spanish, Birmingham-Southern College, Birmingham, AL
2013-14 / Advanced Liberal Arts, La Universitat de Barcelona, Catalunya, ES (Academic Year)
Solo+Duo Exhibitions
2024 / Summoned Lines, solo, LL Proyectos, Tegucigalpa, HN (forthcoming)
2023 / MFA Thesis: Gleaning the Spirit, solo, Ewing Gallery of Art+Architecture, Knoxville, TN
2023 / The Master Series: Primordial Ocean, with Saloni Parekh, The In Art Gallery, online
2022 / Givens, solo, Golden Chain Gallery, Tri-Star Candoro Marble Building, Knoxville, TN
2022 / Primordial Ocean, with Saloni Parekh, Gallery 1010, Knoxville, TN
2021 / Being and Becoming, solo, Le Swamp Gallery, Knoxville, TN
2021 / Chrysalis, solo, Gallery 1010, Knoxville, TN
2019 / Spaces We Know, with Keith Thomson, Stephen Smith Fine Art, Fairfield, AL
2018 / The Loft Show, with Tyler Dozier, MAKEbhm, Birmingham, AL
2018 / Neighbor, solo, Manitou Supply Co., Birmingham, AL
2017 / Artist in Residence Show, solo, Atelier Petronilla Hohenwarter, Waldkirchen, Bavaria, DE
2017 / Third Floor Project Space, solo, 21st Street Studios, Birmingham, AL
2016 / The Loft Show, with Leah Thornton, Phoenix Lofts, Birmingham, AL
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 / Tennessee Triennial, jurors Hanna Seggerman+Landin Eldridge, Gallery 1010, Knoxville, TN
2023 / 76th Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition, Ewing Gallery of Art+Architecture, Knoxville, TN
2022 / Water Is Life, Gallery 1010, Knoxville, TN
2022 / Whatchamacallits, juror Hanna Seggerman, Gallery 1010, Knoxville, TN
2021 / Garden Show, GATOP, juror Jason Brown, Knoxville, TN
2021 / 74th Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition, Ewing Gallery of Art+Architecture, Knoxville, TN
2020 / MFA First Year Exhibition, curator Mike C. Berry, UT Downtown Gallery, Knoxville, TN
2019 / Connections, curator Ty Smith, 21st Street Studios, Birmingham, AL
2018 / Exhibition 21, curator Sara Garden Armstrong, Ground Floor Contemporary, Birmingham, AL
2018 / MAINx24, HK Architects, Chattanooga, TN
2018 / Yellow House Show II, Yellow House Gallery, Birmingham, AL
2018 / Making Room: Stories about Ghosts, Ground Floor Contemporary, Birmingham, AL
2018 / Identities: Where You From?, curator Willie Williams, Studio 2500, Birmingham, AL
2018 / Tables and Translations, Thomas Jefferson Tower, Birmingham, AL
2018 / Color Door Collective, Thomas Jefferson Tower, Birmingham, AL
2018 / Nurture, curator Doug Baulos, 21st Street Studios, Birmingham, AL
2017 / Art at Night, curator Willie Williams, Studio 2500, Birmingham, AL
2017 / Relationships, curator Janice Kluge, GFC and 21st Street Studios, Birmingham, AL
2016 / Freeform, performance collaboration, The Dance Foundation, Birmingham, AL
2016 / Hung, curator Hillary Floyd, Parkside, Birmingham, AL
2015 / Art and Soul I, curator Pamela Wilson, Scott’s Antique Market, Atlanta, GA
2015 / Southside Sessions, curator Nathan Boldt, The Nest, Birmingham, AL
2015 / BFA Art Exhibition: The More You Know: Little Women, Durbin Gallery, Birmingham, AL
2013-15 / Birmingham-Southern College Juried Student Exhibition, Durbin Gallery, Birmingham, AL
Work+Related Experience
2024 / Visiting Fulbright Artist, Dibujo en vivo (Drawing II), UNAH, Tegucigalpa, HN
2024 / Figure Drawing Model Coordinator, UNAH, Tegucigalpa, HN
2024 / Visiting Fulbright Artist, Interceptando la corriente (Installation II), UNAH, Tegucigalpa, HN
2023 / Visiting Fulbright Artist, Drawing I, UNAH, Tegucigalpa, HN
2023 / Visiting Fulbright Artist, Installation I, UNAH, Tegucigalpa, HN
2023 / UTK Fulbright Ambassador, Knoxville, TN
2021-23 / School of Art Graduate Teaching Associate: Painting III (Assisted AIR Zahar Vaks Fall 2021), Painting II (Assisted Associate Professor Rubens Ghenov Fall 2021), Foundations 3D (Instructor of Record Spring 2022), Drawing III (Assisted AIR Mónica Fall 2022), Painting III (Assisted AIR Mónica Palma Fall 2022), Painting III (Assisted AIR Warith Taha Spring 2023), Foundations 2D (Assisted Griffin Allman Spring 2023), Knoxville, TN
2021-23 / Summer Art Academy Teacher, Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN
2022 / Curator, Water Is Life, Gallery 1010, Knoxville, TN
2022 / Gallery Intern, Tri-Star Arts, Knoxville, TN
2022 / Ceramics Shop Technician Assistant, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
2021 / Painting+Drawing Area Assistant, NASAD and Figure Drawing Model Coordinator, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
2020-21 / School of Art Graduate Teaching Assistant: Painting I (Assisted Visiting Lecturer Eleanor Conover Fall 2020), Drawing I (Assisted Visiting Lecturer Eleanor Conover Fall 2020), Painting II (Assisted Associate Professor Rubens Ghenov Spring 2021), Painting III (Assisted AIR Maryam Hoseini Spring 2021), Knoxville, TN
2020 / BSC Art Students League Juried Exhibition Artist Juror, Birmingham, AL
2019 / Social Media Marketing and Office Coordinator, Magic City Art Connection, Birmingham, AL
2019 / Sloss Metal Arts Program Interim Operations Manager, Birmingham, AL
2018 / Festival Art Teacher, Magic City Art Connection, Birmingham, AL
2016-18 / High School Teacher, Central Park Christian School Art, Mindful Movement, and Spanish, Birmingham, AL
2016-17 / Community Partnership Dance Teacher, The Dance Foundation, Birmingham, AL
2015-17 / Illustrator, Anna the Magazine, New York, NY
2014-15 / Volunteer Art Teacher, NorthStar Youth Ministries, Birmingham, AL
2014 / Summer Art Teacher, Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL
2014 / Artist Collaborator, La UB, Construïm Tèxtils Murs de Resistència, Calders, ES
Workshops Led
2023 / Materiales y sus historias de origen, Centro Cultural de España, Tegucigalpa, HN
2023 / Contando una historia, Taller infantil, Centro Cultural de España, Tegucigalpa, HN
2023 / El objeto y el espacio, Taller de instalación 01, Centro Cultural de España, Tegucigalpa, HN
Awards
2023-24 / Fulbright Creative Research Fellow, HN
2022 / School of Art Graduate Travel Award, UTK, Knoxville, TN
2022 / Dale Cleaver Award for Art History Research, UTK, Knoxville, TN
2022 / Honorable Mention for Art History Research, UTK, Knoxville, TN
2021 / School of Art Graduate Summer Fellowship, UTK, Knoxville, TN
2021 / Dorothy Dille Materials Grant, UTK, Knoxville, TN
2020-23 / UTK School of Art MFA Fellowship, Knoxville, TN
2016 / Featured Artist Award at Birmingham Art Crawl, Birmingham, AL
2013 / Alabama Art Supply Honors Gift Award, Birmingham, AL
2012-15 / BSC Residence Life Housing Stipend, Birmingham, AL
2011-15 / BSC Foundations Award Scholarship, Birmingham, AL
2011-15 / BSC Visual Arts Award Scholarship, Birmingham, AL
Residencies
2021 / Le Swamp, Knoxville, TN
2020 / L’Escola d’Art I Superior de Disseny de Vic, Catalunya, ES (cancelled due to COVID-19)
2019 / 21st Street Studios, Birmingham, AL
2017 / Atelier Petronilla Hohenwarter, Waldkirchen, Bavaria, DE
2015 / La Fundación San Juancito with Regina Aguilar, San Juancito, HN
Lectures+Talks
2024 / Dibujos escultóricos, La Escuela Nacional de Arte Dramático, Tegucigalpa, HN (forthcoming)
2024 / Realismo en el arte, La Escuela Nacional de Arte Dramático, Tegucigalpa, HN
2023 / Sistemas Educativos de América Latina y Europa de diferentes países, UNAH, Tegucigalpa, HN
2023 / Atando raíces a otras raíces, Encuentro Universitario de las Culturas, Santa Rosa de Copán, HN
2023 / Painters Painting Painters, Lecture for AIR Warith Taha’s Painting III, UTK, Knoxville, TN
2022 / Material Collaboration, Lecture for AIR Mónica Palma’s Painting III, UTK, Knoxville, TN
2022 / Artist Lecture, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
2022 / Burrs on My Clothing and Other Notes, MFA Student Lecture, UTK, Knoxville, TN
2021 / Being and Becoming: Sensory Installation, Artist Talk, Le Swamp, Knoxville, TN
2018 / Making Room: Stories about Ghosts, Artist Talk, Ground Floor Contemporary, Birmingham, AL
2015 / Ritualistic Identity, Artist Talk, Honors Day BSC, Birmingham, AL
2015 / Una exploración del arte de Antoni Tàpies y su catalanidad, Honors Day BSC, Birmingham, AL
Publications & Citations
2022 / Le Swamp: A Colliding Ground for Interdisciplinary Art, Phoenix Magazine, Knoxville, TN
2019 / 4 Birmingham-Based Artists to Know, “Bham Now”, Birmingham, AL
2019 / Meet Emily Rice, “VoyageATL”, Atlanta, GA
2018 / Ephemeral Casita, Ground Beneath My Feet: Collaborative Portraits with Visual Artists in My Hometown, photographed and written by Charity Ponter, Birmingham, AL
2017 / Featured Artist, “Lookout Mountain Mirror”, Lookout Mountain, TN
2015-17 / Anna the Magazine, published drawings, New York City, NY
2014 / El Lenguaje de las sombras, self-published, Barcelona, Catalunya, ES
2013 / La Catedral, published in The Quad, Birmingham, AL
Technical Abilities
Painting+Drawing: Stretching Canvas, Building Panels, Color Theory, 2-D Drawing and Painting Techniques
Proficient in Spanish: Written, Verbal
Photography: Canon and Nikon DSLR for Photo and Film (Van Dyke, Cyanotype, Gelatin Silver, Tintype, Gum Bichromate)
Adobe: Photoshop®, InDesign®, Illustrator®, Lightroom®
Microsoft Office Suite®
Power Tools: Drill, Handsaw, Table Saw, Nail Gun, Electric Sander, Dremel, Planer, Angle Grinder
General Landscape Equipment: Caterpillar® Skid Steer Loaders, Driving with Trailer Attachment
Ceramics: Mixing Clay, Slips and Glazes, Electric and Gas Kiln Firing, Mixers, Scales, Harvesting Clay
Textiles and Fibers: Intermediate Sewing Machine Usage, Hand stitching, and Quilting
Printmaking Processes: Intaglio, Relief, Serigraphy, Monotype, Embossing, Papermaking
Foundry+Metal: Mold-making and Cold Casting in Rubber, Plaster, and Paper, Hot Casting and Pattern Making with Lost-Wax, Bonded Sand Molds, and Ceramic Shell for Bronze, Iron, and Aluminum, Oxy Acetylene Torch Welding