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Education

2002 Bachelors of Fine Art (BFA) with emphasis in Graphic Design & Figure Drawing, University of Arkansas at Fayetteville,

2018 Artist Mini-Residency, Lynn Farm, Caddo Valley, LA.

2017 Summer Artist Residency - Printmaking, La Romita School of Art, Terni, Umbria, Italy (Printmaking intensive with Flatbed Press.)

Work Experience

Birth - present Fine Artist

2018-present Creative Director, Lead Graphic Designer, Ruvati, Round Rock, TX (remote)

2015-2018 Creative Manager, Pendleton International Corp, Austin, TX
(RadiaShield Technologies and Belly Armor, also Creature Cups®, JJ Rabbit®)

2010 Art & English Teacher, Casa de Aguila Orphanage, Limatambo, Peru

2008-present Creative Director, Designer, Illustrator, Emily Galusha Creative, (remote)

Exhibitions
(solo shows marked by *)

2024 The American Dream TV and Luxury Home Tour, Featured Artist, Texas

2024 Spring Exhibition (4 artists featured), The Cathedral, Austin, TX

2024 Austin Studio Tour, Canopy Studios, Austin, TX

2023 Here Now, Canopy Gallery, Austin, TX

2023 The Cathedral, ATX Gals, Austin, TX

2022 East Austin Studio Tour, Canopy Studios, Austin, TX

2022 West Austin Studio Tour, Travis Audubon Society, Austin, TX

2021 Hard Times Come Again No More, Vox Veniae, Austin, TX

2021 Mujeres, La Peña Gallery, Austin, TX

2020 Wanderlust Wine Company, Guest Artist, Austin, TX

2020 Soul of America II, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, TX

2020 Austin Studio Tour, Canopy Studios & Big Medium, Austin, TX

2020 *Counting Magpies, Canopy Studios, Austin, TX

2019 Art Hop, Georgetown Art Center, Georgetown, TX

2019 *New Works, Kiki Nass, Austin, TX

2019 Soul of America I, Georgetown Art Center, Georgetown, TX

2018 Out of La Romita, Flatbed Press & Gallery, Austin, TX

2018 Unforseen, Camiba Arts Gallery, Austin, TX

2018 ATX 2 LR, M2 Gallery, Little Rock, AR

2018 East Austin Studio Tour, Canopy Studios, Austin, TX

2017 Group Show, Birdsong Bodyworks, West Austin Studio Tour, Austin, TX

2017 Art Hop, Georgetown Art Center, Georgetown, TX

2017 East Austin Studio Tour, Canopy Studios, Austin, TX

2016 The Gun Show, DRAWL Gallery, Little Rock, AR

2016 East Austin Studio Tour, Canopy Studios, Austin, TX

2015 East Austin Studio Tour, Canopy Studios, Austin, TX

2014 East Austin Studio Tour, Canopy Studios, Austin, TX

2013 *Relic, M2 Gallery, Little Rock, AR

2013 East Austin Studio Tour, Canopy Studios, Austin, TX

2012 Group Show, Gray Duck Gallery, West Austin Studio Tour, Austin, TX

2011 Group Show, Gray Duck Gallery, West Austin Studio Tour, Austin, TX

2011 Tesseract Dancing, Two-Artist Show, Trinity Gallery at the Historic Arkansas Museum, Little Rock, AR

2011 *Pistols, Eastside Showroom, East Austin Studio Tour, Austin, TX

2011 East Austin Studio Tour, Austin, TX

2010 15th Anniversary Exhibition (4-artist show), Gallery 26, Little Rock, AR

Awards/Scholarships

2018 Printmaking Residency scholarship, La Romita School of Art, Umbria, Terni, Italy

2010 Best Arkansas Artist, Arkansas Times "Best of 2010 Reader's Poll”, Arkansas

2010 Bronze ADDY® Award, emily galusha creative, District ADDY® Awards

2010 Gold ADDY® & Special Judges Award for Illustration, emily galusha creative, Arkansas ADDY® Awards

2009 Third Place, Best Arkansas Artist, Arkansas Times "Best of 2010 Reader's Poll”, Arkansas

2008 Third Place, Annual Juried Exhibition, South Arkansas Art Center, El Dorado, AR

2008 “Cotton,” 50th anniversary Delta Show, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR

Published & Interviews

2022 EASTside Magazine, Artist Feature, Austin, TX

2019 Voyage Dallas, "Art & Life with Emily Galusha, Online Artist Feature, Dallas, TX

2018 Voyage Houston, "Art & LIfe with Emily Galusha", Online Artist Feature, Houston, TX

2016 Americana Magazine, Full Spread pgs 8-11, Los Angeles, CA

2015 Do 512, "A Local Artist with Many Unique Talents", KXAN Artist Spotlight, Austin, TX

2015 A Look Into Studio 126, Artist Interview, Metropolitan Gallery, Austin, TX

2014 Free People, Online Blog Feature, Philadelphia, PA

2014 ScottDavidGordon.com, Artist Interview, Austin, TX

2013 Idle Class, Artist Interview, Little Rock, Arkansas

2013 Arkansas Life, Artist Feature, Little Rock, AR

2011 Metroseeker, Online Artist Feature

2010 Arkansas Times Cover Feature, Best Arkansas Artist

2010 "Painting It Softly", Arkansas Times, Little Rock, AR

2010 Cue, Modeling Spread for Missy Lipps, Little Rock, AR

2009 Arkansas Arts Council, Artist Interview, Arkansas

2009 Department of Arkansas Heritage, Featured in TV Commercial, Arkansas

2009 Sync Magazine, Featured Artist, Little Rock, AR

Professional Activities & Public Works

2020 Austin School of Fiber Arts, Board of Directors, Austin, TX

2019 Master Whistlings, "A Glimmer On The Outskirts", Recorded Whistler on album by musician and actor Ben Dickey

2019 Antone's, Whistling accompaniment, on stage alongside Ben Dickey, Beth Blofson, Charlie Sexton

2017 Young Women's Alliance Foundation, Live Painter, Awards Ceremony

2017 "A Self Portrait by Someone Else", Modeling / Portrait Collaboration with Photographer Richard Casteel

2017 "Deities of Dirt", Photography Collaboration with Writer Clara Bensen

2016 "DVLS RVR", Poetry/Photography/Illustration Collaboration with Writer Clara Bensen

2014 Official Sponsor, Connecther

2014 Undercurrents, Photography Session with Lily Darragh Photography

2014 Featured Artist, Brooklyn Brewery Pop-up Dinner, Austin, TX

2013 HOPE Campaign, Featured Artist, Austin, TX

Permanent Collections

2018 “Lynn’s Birds”, Lynn Sherman, retired Chair of Austin Contemporary

Affiliations

2017 - current Travis Audubon

2007 - current Defenders of Wildlife

2017 - current Artists 916, Austin, TX

Gallery Representation

M2 Gallery, Little Rock, AR

Canopy, Studio 126, Austin, TX (personal studio)

Emily's first teacher was her mother, who is an artist herself. She grew up staying busy and creative in a unique family. Studying under Ken Stout and Donald Harrington at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Emily received her Bachelors Degree of Fine Arts with an emphasis in Graphic Design. She was a straight A student while continuing to explore her beloved world of dance. After graduating, she continued her art career and was awarded Best Arkansas Artists by the Arkansas Times as well as other reputable titles. She is a self-taught watercolor artist as well as excelling in drawing, mixed media, ceramics and printmaking.

"It would be obvious and underwhelming to draw comparisons of Emily Galusha to any gun-toting cowgirl from old black and white picture shows, despite her affinity for depicting firearms within her work.

Her voice is soft spoken. When she enters a room, it is with an almost ghostly elegance; in a manner peculiar to someone who was instructed in classical ballet. Emily’s eyes flash quickly about with an almost animated curiosity as she discusses her work, as if her answer lies in some dusty family photo album hidden in the corner of the room. To describe her in meeting serves only to underscore one of the core juxtapositions experienced in her presence that undoubtedly informs her work. Despite her kind and pleasant comportment, Emily is no softy. Growing up with brothers and finding an early affinity for punk rock music reinforced the flexible definition of femininity’s virtue. Qualities held sacred in being a “Southern Woman” are almost exclusively dependent on context. Her art removes the blindfold provided us through context, and leaves viewers to experience the symbols unveiled and embroiled in an eternal dance.

Emily’s work delivers a double-tap of intellectual impact and Southern hospitality. Armed with her lauded background in graphic design and a keen eye for antiques, she dexterously blends artistic traditions and media using graphite, paint, and objects from both her personal and the region’s distant past. Drawing her guns against (pun intended) ethereal backgrounds of tonal variations, affixed objects and distressed wood. She says that her family history and the geography of her early life are considered in her art. She came from a proud family of talented and creative people, with a rich history to discuss over holiday meals..."

Guy Bell, Fine Artist & Gallery Owner