education
MFA Fine Art 2024 Goldsmiths, University of London
BFA 2018 School of the Art Institute of Chicago
awards and recognitions
The London Group member
The Alternative Art School Fellowship
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
Fem/o/type - Museo Interactivo de Ciencias Quito (online) - Aug 2024
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
Small Wonders (Oct - Dec 2024) - Croydon Art Space, London, UK
Stillness in Movement (Sept 2024) - Bermondsey Project Space, London, UK.
Primordial Soup (July - Sept 2024) - Mucciaccia Gallery, London, UK.
MFA Degree Show (July 2024) - Goldsmiths University of London, UK.
Dust and Shapes (April 2024) - Pushkin House, London, UK.
Sentado sobre el césped [cena de olor - scent dinner] (Feb 2024) - Punto Rojo, Quito, Ecuador
De lejos huele a metal, de cerca dicen que huele a planta (Feb 2024) - Punto Rojo, Quito, Ecuador.
The London Group Open 2023 (Nov 2023) - Copeland Gallery, London, UK
*Recipient of the Vic Kuell Memorial Prize for Innovation
Wraymour and Flanigan: International (Nov 2023) - Wraymour and Flanigan Tennessee
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
Enflourage Workshop - Punto Rojo, Quito, Ecuador. Feb 2024
Artist Talk on Lean in, The London Group Open 2023 - Copeland Gallery, London, UK. Nov 12th 2023
Artist Talk - Olfato y los sentidos - Online August 2021
Talleres de Destilación de Nostalgias - Centro de Arte Contemporáneo. Quito, Ecuador. June - August 2021
Portfolio presentation - Artistas Residentes Centro de Arte Contemporáneo. Quito, Ecuador. June 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.