(they/them)
b. 1993, Birmingham, AL / based in Knoxville, TN
emilymccallrocarice@gmail.com / instagram: @ricelikethefood
EDUCATION
2023 MFA Studio Art: Concentration Painting + Drawing, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, TN (Expected May)
2016 BFA Art and Spanish, Birmingham-Southern College, Birmingham, AL
Advanced Liberal Arts, La Universitat de Barcelona, Catalunya, ES (2013-2014 Academic Year)
SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2023 SOWING WORLDS, solo, Le Swamp Gallery, Knoxville, TN (forthcoming June)
MFA Thesis, solo, Ewing Gallery of Art + Architecture, Knoxville, TN (forthcoming April)
The Master Series: Primordial Ocean, The In Art Gallery, online
2022 Givens, solo, Golden Chain Gallery Project Space, Candoro Marble Building, Knoxville, TN
Primordial Oceans, with Saloni Parekh, Gallery 1010, Knoxville, TN (November)
2021 Being and Becoming, solo, Le Swamp Gallery, Knoxville, TN
Chrysalis, solo, Gallery 1010, Knoxville, TN
2019 Spaces We Know, with Keith Thomson, Stephen Smith Fine Art Gallery, Fairfield, AL
2018 The Loft Show, with Tyler Dozier, MAKEbhm, Birmingham, AL
Neighbor, solo, Manitou Supply Co., Birmingham, AL
2017 Artist in Residence Show, solo, Waldkirchen, Bavaria, DE
Third Floor Project Space, solo, 21st Street Studios, Birmingham, AL
2016 The Loft Show, with Leah Thornton, Phoenix Lofts, Birmingham, AL
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 76th Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition, jurors Kay Dartt and Rhonda White, Ewing Gallery, Knoxville, TN
RE-PAIR, Tennessee Triennial, curators Hanna Seggerman and Landin Eldridge, Gallery 1010, Knoxville, TN
2022 Water Is Life, Gallery 1010, Knoxville, TN
Whatchamacallits, Gallery 1010, Knoxville, TN
2021 Garden Show, GATOP, Knoxville, TN
74th Annual Student Art Exhibition, jurors T. Michael Martin, Hamlett Dobbins, Denise Woodward Detrich, Brock Lefferts, Dr. Beth Lauritis, Ewing Gallery, 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, Ground Floor Contemporary, Birmingham, AL
MAINx24, HK Architects, Chattanooga, TN
Yellow House Show II, Yellow House Gallery, Birmingham, AL
Making Room: Stories about Ghosts, Ground Floor Contemporary, Birmingham, AL
Identities: Where You From?, curator Willie Williams, Studio 2500, Birmingham, AL
Tables and Translations, Roots & Revelry, Birmingham, AL
Color Door Collective, Thomas Jefferson Tower, Birmingham, AL
Art and Soul IV, curator Pamela Wilson Chattanooga, TN
Nurture, curator Doug Baulos, 21st Street Studios, Birmingham, AL
2017 Beacon People, curator Anna Nash, LMS, Lookout Mountain, TN
Art and Soul III, curator Pamela Wilson, Chattanooga, TN
Art at Night, curator Willie Williams, Studio 2500, Birmingham, AL
Art and Soul II, curator Pamela Wilson, Chattanooga, TN
Relationships, curator Janice Kluge, GFC+21st Street Studios, Birmingham, AL
2016 Freeform, collaborators Shellie Aldridge Chambers+Rachael Inman, The Dance Foundation, Birmingham, AL Hung, curator Hillary Floyd, Parkside, Birmingham, AL
2015 Art and Soul I, curator Pamela Wilson Scott's Antique Market, Atlanta, GA
Southside Sessions, curator Nathan Boldt, The Nest, Birmingham, AL
BFA Art Exhibition—The More You Know: Little Women, Durbin Gallery, Birmingham, AL
Birmingham-Southern College Juried Student Exhibition, Durbin Gallery, Birmingham, AL
2013 Birmingham-Southern College Juried Student Exhibition, Durbin Gallery, Birmingham, AL
2011 Palette to Palate, juried exhibition for The Craniofacial Foundation, Chattanooga, TN
2010 Pakistan Flood Relief, UNICEF exhibition, Chattanooga, TN
Governor’s School for the Arts Student Exhibition, MTSU, Murfreesboro, TN
Palette to Palate, juried exhibition for The Craniofacial Foundation, Chattanooga, TN
RESIDENCIES
2023 Le Swamp, Knoxville, TN (forthcoming June)
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 St. Studios, Birmingham, AL
2017 Atelier Petronilla Hohenwarter, Waldkirchen, Bavaria, DE
2015 La Fundación San Juancito with Regina Aguilar, San Juancito, HN
AWARDS
2022 Graduate Teaching Associate, UTK, Knoxville, TN (Third Year: $7,706 stipend and tuition waiver)
School of Art Graduate Travel Award, UTK, Knoxville, TN ($800)
Dale Cleaver Award for Art History Long Paper, 75th Annual Student Art Exhibition, jurors Tom Holmes and Shelby Rinke, Ewing Gallery, Knoxville, TN
Honorable Mention for Art History Short Paper, 75th Annual Student Art Exhibition, jurors Tom Holmes and Shelby Rinke, Ewing Gallery, Knoxville, TN
2021 Graduate Teaching Associate, UTK, TN (Second Year: $7,706 stipend and tuition waiver)
School of Art Graduate Summer Fellowship, UTK, Knoxville, TN ($1,000)
Dorothy Dille Materials Grant, UTK, Knoxville, TN
($684)
2020 Graduate Teaching Assistantship, UTK, Knoxville, TN (First Year: $6,300 stipend and tuition waiver)
2016 Featured Artist Award, Birmingham Art Crawl, Birmingham, AL
2012-15 Residence Life Housing Stipend, Birmingham-Southern College, Birmingham, AL
2011-15 BSC Foundations Award Scholarship, Birmingham-Southern College, Birmingham, AL
BSC Visual Arts Award Scholarship, Birmingham-Southern College, Birmingham, AL
2013 Alabama Art Supply Gift Award, Honors Day, Birmingham, AL
MEMBERSHIPS
2022 Mid-South Sculpture Alliance, Chattanooga, TN
Sculpture Club, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
2018-19 Ground Floor Contemporary, Birmingham, AL
2014-15 Omicron Delta Kappa, The National Leadership Honor Society, Birmingham-Southern College, Birmingham, AL
Mortar Board National Honor Society, Birmingham-Southern College, Birmingham, AL
2011-15 Art Students League, Birmingham-Southern College, Birmingham, AL
PUBLICATIONS AND 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
2015-16 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
LECTURES/TALKS
2023 Painters Painting Painters Painting, Lecture for AIR Warith Taha’s Painting III, UTK
2022 Material Collaboration, Lecture for AIR Mónica Palma’s Painting III, UTK
Artist Lecture, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
Burrs on My Clothing and Other Notes, MFA Student Lecture, UTK
2021 Being and Becoming: Sensory Installation, Artist Talk, Le Swamp, Knoxville, TN 2021
Making Room: Stories about Ghosts, Artist Talk, Ground Floor Contemporary, Birmingham, AL
2015 Ritualistic Identity: An Understanding of the Self through a Meditative Lens, Artist Talk, Honors Day BSC
2015 El arte controversial: Una exploración del arte de Antoni Tàpies y su catalanidad, Artist Talk, Honors Day BSC
WORKSHOPS ATTENDED
2022 Collecting Landscapes, taught by Leticia R. Bajuyo Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN (May)
2020 Winter Papermaking, taught by Tara Stallworth Lee, Birmingham, AL
2019 Spring Papermaking, taught by Tara Stallworth Lee, Birmingham, AL
2018 Iron and Bronze Casting Workshop, taught by Joe McCreary, Sloss Metal Arts, Birmingham, AL
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2023 Graduate Teaching Associate, Painting III TA, assisted Artist-in-Residence Warith Taha, UTK, Knoxville, TN
Graduate Teaching Associate, Foundations 102 TA, assisted MFA student Griffin Allman, UTK, Knoxville, TN
2022 Graduate Teaching Associate, Painting+Drawing III, assisted AIR Mónica Palma, UTK, Knoxville, TN
Summer Art Academy Teacher, Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN
Graduate Teaching Associate, Foundations 103 Instructor of Record, Section 003, UTK, Knoxville, TN
2021 Graduate Teaching Associate, Painting III, assisted AIR Zahar Vaks, UTK, Knoxville, TN
Painting & Drawing Area Graduate Teaching Associate, Model+NASAD Preparation, UTK, Knoxville, TN
Summer Art Academy Teacher, Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Painting II, assisted Rubens Ghenov, UTK, Knoxville, TN
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Painting III, assisted AIR Maryam Hoseini, UTK, Knoxville, TN
2020 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Painting I and Drawing I, assisted Eleanor Conover, UTK, Knoxville, TN
2018 MCAC Art Teacher, Magic City Art Connection, Birmingham, AL
2017-18 Art, Mindful Movement, and Spanish Teacher, Central Park Christian School, Birmingham, AL
2016-18 Spanish Teacher, Central Park Christian School, Birmingham, AL
2016-17 Community Partnership Teacher, The Dance Foundation, Birmingham, AL
2014 Summer Art Camp Teacher’s Assistant, Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL
RELATED PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
2022 Summer Sessions in North Knox Curator, Belle Morris Residence, Knoxville, TN Tri-Star Intern, intern for Brian and Carri Jobe, Tri-Star Arts, Knoxville, TN
Ceramics Shop Technician Assistant, assisted Frank Martin+Sally Brodgen+Casey Fletcher, UTK, Knoxville, TN
2021 Painting + Drawing Graduate Representative, UTK, Knoxville, TN
2020 Art Students League Juried Exhibition, juror, Birmingham-Southern College, Online Gallery, Birmingham, AL
Social Media Marketing and Office Coordinator, Magic City Art Connection, Birmingham, AL
2019 Metal Arts Program Interim Operations Manager, Sloss Metal Arts, Birmingham, AL
2017-19 Gallery Representation, Boom Town Makers Market, Fort Payne, AL
2015-17 Illustrator, Anna the Magazine, New York, NY
2014-15 Art Teacher, NorthStar Youth Ministries, Birmingham, AL
2014 Artist Collaboration, La Universitat de Barcelona, Construïm Tèxtils Murs de Resistència, Calders, Catalunya, ES
TECHNICAL ABILITIES
Painting + Drawing: Stretching Canvas, Building Panels, Color Theory
Fluent in Spanish: Written, Verbal
Photography: Canon and Nikon DSLR for Photo and Film (Van Dyke, Cyanotype, Gelatin Silver, Tin Type, Gum Bichromate)
Adobe: Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Lightroom
Microsoft Office Suite
Power Tools: Drill, Handsaw, Table Saw, Nail Gun, Electric Sander, Dremel, Planer
Experience with General Landscape Equipment, Caterpillar® Skid Steer Loaders, Driving with Trailer AttachmentCeramics: 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: 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