Emily Arthur

Emily Arthur is an American contemporary artist and associate professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In 2024 Arthur served as the Harvard University, Eleanor M. Garvey Visiting Fellow in Printing & Graphic Arts. Arthur works with scientists, historians and Indigenous scholars to elucidate the craft and knowledge-based disciplines of art and science. Displacement, loss and a concern for the environment are a result of her family heritage. The undocumented, mixed descent of her family offers a multilayered perspective that informs her works on paper, artist books and sculptural work. Arthur received an MFA from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art and served as a fellow at the Barnes Foundation for Theoretical and Critical Research. Museum permanent collections include the Smithsonian American Art and Portrait Gallery, Harvard University Fine Art Library, Saint Louis Art Museum, Chazen Museum of Art, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Denver Art Museum, Museum of the American West, Autry Center and Crocker Art Museum.

Arthur fluidly intermingles multiple techniques in her active studio practice, often blurring the lines between printmaking, drawing, painting, and installation. Endangered flora and fauna populate her richly layered works, highlighting the fragility of the environment and our role in it.

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