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