education
MFA Fine Art 2024 Goldsmiths, University of London
BFA 2018 School of the Art Institute of Chicago
awards and recognitions
Vic Kuell Memorial Prize for Innovation, The London Group - Lean in
Honorary Mention New Millenium Writing XLII - Melancholia
SAIC Creative Honors Scholarship - 2014 - 2018
artist in residence
Suttle Lodge - In collaboration with Paula Barragán - Feb 2022
Talleres y Residencias CAC - Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Quito 2020 - 2021
PRPG MX - Proyectos y Residencias MX 2020
New York Studio Residency Program - AICAD 2017
group shows
The London Group Open 2023 (Nov 2023) - Copeland Gallery, London, UK
*Recipient of the Vic Kuell Memorial Prize for Innovation
Interim Show (July 2023) - 2 Deptford Church St, London, UK
Approximate Distance (May 2023) - H.artslane Gallery, London, UK
Loess Collective presents ‘Taste the Difference’ (January - March 2023) - London, UK.
Cuerpos Cuerdas: Traspasar el miedo. Prolongar la acción. (October 2021) - Cuarto encuentro AME - Alianza Francesa Quito, Ecuador
Habitares (in) visibles (June - August 2021) - Centro de Arte Contemporáneo, Quito, Ecuador
A las Escondidas (February - March 2021) - Media Agua, Quito, Ecuador
ON (Nueva Ola) (November 2020) - Espacio ONDER, Guayaquil, Ecuador
Destejer la historia, los hilos de la memoria (October - November 2018) - Tercer encuentro AME - Centro de Arte Contemporáneo, Quito, Ecuador
Spring Undergraduate Exhibition -BFA Show- (March - April 2018) – Sullivan Galleries, Chicago, IL
On The Passage (Of a Few People Through a Rather Brief Moment in Time) (April-May 2017) – AICAD/NYSRP 20 Jay St, Brooklyn, NY
Extra Loud at M10 (April 2017) – AICAD/NYSRP 20 Jay St, Brooklyn, NY
7.8 (May 2016) – OPEN Center for the Arts, Chicago, IL
ARTBASH (May 2015) – The LeRoy Neiman Center, Chicago, IL
publications
Saudade - published in Nostalgia Zine, 2018
Melancholia - Honorary Mention New Millenium Writing XLII
artist talks, performances and activations
Artist Talk on Lean in, The London Group Open 2023 - Copeland Gallery, London, UK. Nov 12th 2023
Talleres de Destilación de Nostalgias - Centro de Arte Contemporáneo. Quito, Ecuador. June - August 2021
BODY IN WAY OF - Soho House Chicago
-Body in way of belting - Andrea Perales-
The Winner's Circle - Loop Alliance Activate
-Paola Lopez-
press
Interview by Gallery No One (Chicago, IL) on Solaz displayed at the BFA Show.
Meet Emilia Gonzalez - Interview by Voyage Chicago, Thought Provokers.