About Emily

Bio
Emily Conklin is a mixed media artist based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 2024, Emily received the Emerging Artist Award from the Three Rivers Arts Festival and was awarded with honors from the jury. She is a recipient of the 2025 Creative Entrepreneur Accelerator grant, awarded through the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.
Since graduating with her BA in Studio Arts from the University of Pittsburgh, Emily has displayed her work in solo exhibitions at Union Hall, the Twisted Olive, the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Downtown, and several businesses in both Pittsburgh and eastern Pennsylvania. She has participated in various group exhibitions, including the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council’s Art on the Walls program, Percolate Gallery, University Art Gallery at the University of Pittsburgh, Glitterbox Theatre, Seton Hill University Gallery, and the Frank L. Melega Art Museum, and has participated in several Redfishbowl festivals.
Exhibitions
Emerging Artist (2024) Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh PA
Solo Exhibition (2024) Union Hall, Pittsburgh PA
Art on the Walls (2023 – 2024) 11 Stanwix Building display on behalf of the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council, Pittsburgh PA
Solo Exhibition (2023) Twisted Olive, Bethlehem PA
Tuscarora Christmas Marketplace (2021) Tuscarora Inn, Mount Bethel PA
But Once a Year (2021) Vestige Concept Gallery, Pittsburgh PA
Sacred Spaces Dual Exhibition (2021) Union Hall at Bar Marco, Pittsburgh PA
Vine Rewind (2019) Strip District, Pittsburgh PA
Deutschtown Music Festival (2019) Allegheny Commons Park, Pittsburgh PA
Solo Exhibition (2019) Common Place Coffee, Pittsburgh PA
Lawrenceville Art Crawl (2019) Lawrenceville, Pittsburgh PA
Wilkins Block Party (2019) Schenley Park, Pittsburgh PA
Solo Exhibition (2018) Los Sabrosos, Pittsburgh PA
Solo Exhibition (2018) Untitled Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA
Metamorphosis (2018) Percolate Gallery, Pittsburgh PA
Alumni Show (2018) University Art Gallery, Pittsburgh PA
Deutschtown Music Festival (2018) Allegheny Commons Park, Pittsburgh PA
Yinzfest (2018) Mr. Small’s Theatre, Pittsburgh PA
Solo Exhibition (2018) La Prima, Pittsburgh PA
No Class Gala (2018) Glitterbox Theatre, Pittsburgh PA
Women in Art Exhibition (2017) Seton Hill University, Greensburg PA
Frank L. Melega Art Museum (2017), Brownsville PA
Fifteen Minutes Art (2017) Storefront Projection at 5900 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh PA
Carnegie Library Installation (2017) Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA
Studio Arts Student Exhibition (2017) University Arts Gallery, Pittsburgh PA
Solo Exhibition (2016) Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh Art Studio, Pittsburgh PA
Stories Untold Art Exhibition (2016) University Arts Gallery, Pittsburgh PA
Stories Untold Art Exhibition (2016) University Arts Gallery, Pittsburgh PA
Studio Arts Student Exhibition (2015) University Arts Gallery, Pittsburgh PA
A.J. Schneider Reading Room (2015 – 2016) Hillman Library, Pittsburgh PA