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EDUCATION

2019

B.A. Interdisciplinary Studio Art and Design, Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia

Interdisciplinary Certificate in Music Business, Terry College of Business, University of Georgia

RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE

2019 - 2023

Program and Development Coordinator, Burnaway, Atlanta, GA

2020 - 2021

Studio Apprentice to Erin Jane Nelson, MOCA GA, Atlanta, GA

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2024

Mörk Materia, MINT, Atlanta, GA

SOLO PROJECTS

2025

INCASE (title forthcoming), Lyndon House Arts Center, Athens, GA (February 2025)

2024

≼( )≽≼( )≽≼( )≽ , My Friend Sparksburg, Columbia, SC

TWO AND THREE PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2025

Emily Llamazales, Aaron Kagan Putt, and Ben Steele, Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta, GA (forthcoming February)

2023

Emily Llamazales and Sam Newton, CLEO the Gallery, NADA Miami, Miami, FL

Gloom-Bloom, with Sydney Ewerth, Day + Night Projects, Atlanta, GA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024

Featured Artists Series Ekphrastic Showcase, Mary S. Bryd Gallery of Art at Augusta University, Augusta, GA

Let Go: An Ode To Releasing, MINT, Atlanta, GA

Featured Artists Series Ekphrastic Showcase, Ana Mendieta Gallery at the University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, presented by Gasher Press

2023

Little Things, Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta, GA

LOOK!, Arts Southeast, Savannah, GA

On the Verge, Emerging Artist Fellowship finalists, MINT, Atlanta, GA, presented by Atlanta Center for Photography

Atlanta Mayors Office of Cultural Affairs Emerging Artist Award Group Show, Chastain Arts Center, Atlanta, GA

2022

Working Artist Project Studio Apprentice Group Show, MOCA GA, Atlanta, GA

Small Works, Take It Easy, Atlanta, GA

Preface, Echo Contemporary Art, Atlanta, GA

NFS, Cleo the Gallery, Savannah, GA

The Summer Invitational, Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta, GA

2021

EngageMINT, MINT, Atlanta, GA

The Summer Invitational, Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta, GA

Flat File II, Camayuhs, Atlanta, GA

2020

Celebrating Georgia Artists of Hispanic/Latinx Origin, MOCA GA, Atlanta, GA

Shape Residency Virtual Exhibit, Vinegar Projects, Birmingham, AL

2019

Concentrate, ATHICA, Athens, GA

Choose Your Player: BFA Exit, Suite Gallery at Lamar Dodd School of Art, Athens, GA

La Mostra, Lamar Dodd School of Art, Athens, GA 

2018

La Mostra, Piazza Narvona, Cortona, Italy

2017

Home for the Holidays, Kristen Ashley Artist Shop, Athens, GA

2nd annual: Love, in All Its Many Forms, Kristen Ashley Artist Shop, Athens, GA 

Works of Substance, Suite Gallery, Lamar Dodd School of Art, Athens, GA

(curated by Candice Greathouse, Creative Director, MINT Gallery, Atlanta, GA)

2016

The Art of Portraiture, Kristen Ashley Artist Shop, Athens, GA 

I See You, You See Me, Two Story Coffeehouse, Athens, GA 

Love, in All Its Many Forms, Kristen Ashley Artist Shop, Athens, GA 

GROUP PERFORMANCES

2019

Congealing: A Night of Performance and Poetry, Margie E. West Gallery, Lamar Dodd School of Art, Athens, GA

2018

Say I was Orange, Thomas Street Art Complex, Athens GA 

Hallowkween Havoc II, Kindercore Vinyl, Athens, GA 

WrestleWomania, The Mill, Athens, GA

2017

Spotlight on the Arts: Hallowkween Havoc, Lamar Dodd School of Art, Athens, GA 

AWARDS AND GRANTS

2023

Emerging Artist Fellowship Finalist, Atlanta Center for Photography, Atlanta, GA

Emerging Artist Award, City of Atlanta Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs, Atlanta GA

2022

Idea Capital Grant Awardee, Atlanta, GA

2018

Vince Dooley Scholarship Recipient from the Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Gasher Press. “Featured Artist Series Ekphrastic Showcase: Emily Llamazales”. Poem by Cornelia Barber. May 2024.

The Atlanta Journal Constitution. “Atlanta art insiders share new year art resolutions”. Felicia Feaster. December 2023.

Burnaway. “CLEO the Gallery in Savannah, Georgia”. Isabella Marie Garcia. December 2023.

Gasher Press. “Featured Artist Series: Emily Llamazales”. June 2023.

The Atlanta Journal Constitution. “Art stars and local talent mark an exciting year in art”. Felicia Feaster. January 2023.

WABE 90.1FM. “‘Speaking of the Arts:’ Emily Llamazales”. Adron McCann. July 2022.

LECTURES / PRESENTATIONS

2024

Visiting Artist Lecture, Mary S. Byrd Gallery of Art, Augusta University, Augusta, GA, August 22.

Artist Talk, moderated by Parker Thornton, MINT, Atlanta, Ga, May 23.

2023

Visiting Artist Lecture, Graduate Seminar, School of Art and Art History, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, April 27.

2022

Editor and Artist as Artifice, co-presented with Jasmine Amussen, the Athenaeum, Athens, GA, October, 21.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AS AUTHOR

2021

Burnaway Reader: Treasure. “Spinning Out: The Changing Frequencies of College Radio”. Emily Llamazales. November 2021.

Burnaway. “Swimming in Dreams: In Conversation with Jenny Fine”. Emily Llamazales. August 2021.

Burnaway. “In the studio with Shawn Campbell”. Emily Llamazales. April 2021.

Burnaway. “Jurell Cayetano, Gerald Lovell, Dianna Settles at MINT, Atlanta”. Emily Llamazales. March 2021.

2020

Burnaway. “Alexis Childress: The Tekhnologia of Blackness at Camayuhs”. Emily Llamazales. December 2020.

Burnaway. “Stargaze: MaDora Frey at Welch Galleries, Atlanta”. Emily Llamazales. November 2020.

Burnaway. “Collision at Day & Night Projects, Atlanta”. Emily Llamazales. September 2020.

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

2024 - 2026 

Board Member, CLEO the Project Space, Savannah, GA

CONTINUED EDUCATION

2021

Art Writing Incubator, Burnaway, Atlanta, GA

Abduction Reports: Science Fiction Writing Workshop, Instructor Jessica Baer, Online

RESIDENCIES

2020

Shape: Virtual Residency, Vinegar Projects, Birmingham, AL

COLLECTIONS

City of Atlanta Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs, Gallery 72

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