Emily Francisco

Statement

Emily is a sculptress utilizing disrupted signal flow, cheap consumer technologies, and discarded obsolete devices. Her work largely deals with fragmented time. Collecting existing objects and processing the physical and metaphorical weight those objects carry, Emily pieces together these disparate elements in an attempt to make things whole. This process results in objects and environments that require activation; work that is incomplete until the viewer is present and engaging in the moment. Born in Honolulu, raised in Missouri’s lead belt, educated in Saint Louis and the District of Columbia – her exhibition record includes IA&A at Hillyer, Rhizome DC, Transformer, Area 405, GlogauAIR Project Space, Vilnius Academy of Arts, The John F. Kennedy Center, and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Her work has been reviewed in The Washington Post and Hyperallergic, and she has discussed her work at the Smithsonian Museum of American Art. Emily currently maintains a studio at STABLE Arts and works as the AV administrator for a massive federal art institution to support her kid and their furry friends. Emily is also an adjunct professorial lecturer at American University. The child of a white American woman and a Filipino immigrant, Emily exists in between worlds.

GlogauAIR Project

Collecting Fragments of Time is a series of recordings involving instruments that pull live radio frequencies from the air. These recordings are being compiled to create an archive of fragmented time. The Archive of Fragmented Time exists as a physical drive containing images and video files in addition to existing in various forms on the internet. Contributions to the archive are submitted via google form, social media tagging, or using the hashtag #collectingfragmentsoftime

Once compiled, the archive along with the The Trans-Harmonium – a DIY clock radio synth – will be donated to an organization or institution interested in keeping the project alive by loaning out the instrument to spaces in various cities, expanding the archive.

For the GlogouAIR online residency, I will be working on building a central digital archive. I will dig into the past, pulling up accidental submissions that predate the call for submissions, organize existing footage and photographs, and take the instrument on the road to create new recordings and written documents. This digital archival will be published in a central location online by the conclusion of the residency and will continue to expand thereafter.

CV Summary

Solo/Collaborative Exhibitions

• 2023 A BRIEF STUDY OF TIME, Solo Exhibition, IA&A Hillyer, Washington DC;
• 2020 THE LIGHT AT THE END WAS A FIRE, Solo Exhibition, Rhizome DC, Washington DC;
• 2019 CONSTITUENTS (collaboration with Alex Braden), Gateway Arts Center, Brentwood, MD
• 2018 BIPEDAL SOUNDSCAPES (collaboration with Alex Braden), Arlington Art Truck (Inaugural Project), Arlington, VA;
• 2016 NO SHARPS, NO FLATS (collaboration with Alex Braden and Adam Richard Nelson Hughes), Transformer DC;
• 2015 SOMETHING SLIGHTLY FAMILIAR, Solo Exhibition, Flashpoint Gallery, Washington DC
• 2014 LEARNING TO PLAY, Solo Exhibition, Cecille R. Hunt Gallery, Saint Louis, MO;
• MAY I HAVE THE PIANO DELIVERED TO YOU?, Solo Exhibition, Artisphere, AIR Studio, Arlington, VA

Residencies

• 2023 Collecting Fragments of Time, Building the Digital Archive, GlogauAIR Online Residency, Berlin, Germany;
• 2018 Arlington Art Truck Mobile Residency, Arlington, VA;
• 2015 The Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation Arts Center, Artist in Residence, Montgomery College;
• 2014 Transformer Exercises Program, E:11 Sound Art, Washington D.C;
• 2013 ARTISPHERE – Artist in Residence (through April 2014);
• GlogauAIR MFA Studio Berlin;

Selected Group Exhibitions

• 2023 AFTER THE END, Sound Scene at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington DC;
• SCORE!, but, also & STABLE Arts, Washington DC;
• UPBRINGING, Rhizome DC, Washington DC;
• 2022 TRANSFORMER 20, GW Corcoran College of Art and Design, Washington DC;
• ARTGINEERING 2.0, Otis Street Arts Project, Mt. Rainer, Maryland;
• SSSSSS // SMALL SCALE SITE SPECIFIC SCULPTURE SHOW, but, also, Washington DC;
• 2019 DIALOGUES curated by Jordan Amirkhani, Stable Arts, Washington DC;
• 2018 TRANSFORMER’S 15th ANNUAL SILENT AUCTION & BENEFIT, The Corcoran, Washington DC;
• SONDHEIM ARTSCAPE PRIZE SEMI-FINALIST EXHIBITION; Decker and Meyerhoff Galleries, MICA, Baltimore, MD;
• 2017 TRANSFORMER’S 14th ANNUAL SILENT AUCTION & BENEFIT, Katzen Arts Center, Washington DC;
• SONDHEIM ARTSCAPE PRIZE SEMI-FINALIST EXHIBITION; Decker and Meyerhoff Galleries, MICA, Baltimore, MD;
• WOMEN NOW, Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton, VA;
• 2016 TRANSFORMER’S 13th ANNUAL SILENT AUCTION & BENEFIT, Katzen Arts Center, Washington DC;
• LIFE SOUNDTRACK: PRINCE BOWIE, Healing Arts Center, Washington DC;
• SONDHEIM ARTSCAPE PRIZE SEMI-FINALIST EXHIBITION; Decker and Meyerhoff Galleries, MICA Baltimore, MD;
• LADIES FIRST, Gallery Neptune & Brown, Washington DC;
• ALCHEMICAL VESSELS, Healing Arts Center, Washington DC;
• BERLIN AND BACK AGAIN, Goethe-Institut DC;
• DRAWING BOARD, DCAC, Washington DC;
• 2015 TRANSFORMER’S 12th ANNUAL SILENT AUCTION & BENEFIT, Washington DC;
• E PLURIBUS UNUM, Vilnius Academy of Arts in Vilnius, Lithuania;
• FOCUS FORWARD, Kennedy Center Hall of Nations, Washington DC & VW Headquarters, Herndon, VA;
• THE LANGUAGE OF LINE: A DRAWING EXHIBITION, Neptune Fine Art, Washington DC;
• SELECT 2015: WPA’S 34th ANNUAL ART AUCTION & GALA, Terrace Gallery, Artisphere, Arlington, VA;
• 2014 JAMES MCLAUGHLIN MEMORIAL STAFF SHOW, The Phillips Collection, Washington DC;
• TRANSFORMER’S 11th ANNUAL SILENT AUCTION & BENEFIT, Katzen Arts Center, Washington DC;
• FERMATA; CODA, Artisphere, Terrace Gallery, Arlington, VA;
• 2013 MFA STUDIO BERLIN, Glogauair Project Space, Berlin, Germany;
• CROSSING THE BIFRÖST, American University Museum, Washington DC;
• THE PIA MATER, The Fridge, Washington D.C;
• IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING, Forum Gallery, SUNY Purchase College, NY;
• 2012 ON LOAN, Area 405 – Juror: Sarah Tanguy , Baltimore, MD 21202;
• ANY THOUGHTS? ANYONE?, American University Museum, Washington DC;
• 2011 EVERYBODY IS RUNNING AWAY FROM EVERYBODY ELSE, Katzen Arts Center Rotunda, Washington DC;
• 2008 LAUMEIER STUDENT SHOWCASE, Laumeier Sculpture Park, Saint Louis, MO;
• STATISTICAL RECORDS OF PERFORMANCE, Metropolitan Gallery, Saint Louis;
• 2007 INFRASTRUCTURES, Metropolitan Gallery, Nu-Art Series, Saint Louis, MO;
• 2006 WAC, Three Sinks Gallery, Saint Louis, MO;
• VSA EXHIBITION, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington DC;
• GRIT, Fort Gondo Compound for the Arts, 3151 Cherokee Street, Saint Louis, MO;
• VARSITY ART X, Gallery Urbis Orbis, Art Saint Louis;

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