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EDUCATION:

 

2008      Master of Fine Arts, Visual Studies (Drawing & Sculpture) Minneapolis College of Art and Design, MN

2006      Post Baccalaureate Certificate in Visual Art, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis MN

2005      B.A. Studio Arts, Summa cum Laude, College of St. Benedict, St. Joseph, MN

 

COLLEGIATE TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

 

2020 – Present     Associate Professor of Fine Art: Drawing Area Head. Indiana University Southeast, New Albany IN

2014 – 2020         Assistant Professor of Fine Art: Drawing Area Head. Indiana University Southeast, New Albany IN

2013 – 2016         Visiting Assistant Professor of Fine Arts: Drawing Area. Indiana University Southeast, New Albany IN

2010 – 2011         Visiting Artist (Professor) Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN

2009 – 2010         Adjunct Professor, Sculpture I, Saint John’s University, Collegeville, MN

2009 – 2010.        Adjunct Professor, Drawing, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN

 

AWARDS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

 

2019-Present       Board of Directors for Thinking Though Drawing: International Research Network London, England UK

2022                    Invited Keynote Plenary Presenter, IU Faculty Academy on Excellence in Teaching Annual Conference.        

                            Jeffersonville, IN

2018                    Invited Keynote Speaker, Drawing Rocks Thinking Though Drawing Symposium London, UK

2018                    Overseas Conference Grant, IU Worldwide, Indiana University. Bloomington IN

2017                    Artist Professional Development Grant, Great Meadows Foundation, Louisville KY

2017                    School of Visual Arts Summer Resident: Illustration and Visual Storytelling Program, Manhattan, NY

2017                    Faculty Development Travel Grant, Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, IN

2016                    CSB/SJU Fine Arts Series: Invited Artist. St. John’s University. Collegeville, MN

2015                    Invited Lecturer at the We All Draw: Interdisciplinary Symposium. London, England UK

2015                    Overseas Conference Grant, IU Worldwide, Indiana University. Bloomington IN

2015                    Faculty Research Grant in Aid, Indiana University Southeast. New Albany, IN

2015                    Invited Awards Juror for the Ley Lines: National Juried Exhibition at Hammond Hall Gallery,         

                            Jacksonville State University. Jacksonville, AL

2015                    Faculty Research Grant in Aid, Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, IN

2015                    Faculty Development Travel Grant, Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, IN

2014                    Summer Faculty Research Fellowship, Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, IN

2014                    Faculty Research and Creativity Support Grant, Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, IN

2013                    Johnson Fund Sponsorship recipient: Visiting Scholar in the Area of Fine Arts, Gustavus Adolphus  

                            College.  St. Peter, MN

2006-2008           Trustees Scholarship, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN

2006-2008           Opportunity Grant, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN

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SOLO EXHIBITIONS/ TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS:

2022                     here & now: Recent works by Emily Sheehan, Dutoit Gallery, Dayton OH

2020                     Personal Space: Recent Works by Emily Sheehan Dayton Society of Artists, Dayton, OH

2016                     Lived In, Works By Emily Sheehan and Mallory Wetherell. Indiana University East, Richmond, IN

2015.                    I have my moments, recent drawings by Emily Sheehan, Green Building Gallery. Louisville, KY

2014                     New Works by Emily Sheehan, Schaefer Gallery, Gustavus Adolphus College.  St. Peter MN

2013                     Self Described: Selected Works by Emily Sheehan, Bellarmine University. Louisville KY

2013                     Drawing on Experience: Selected Drawings by Emily Sheehan, Ronald Barr Gallery. Indiana University  

                             Southeast, New Albany, IN

JURIED EXHIBITIONS:

 

2023                    Drawing Discourse, 14th Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Drawing, Juror Vira Britton, Tucker Cook

                            Gallery at the University of North Carolina Ashville, Ashville, NC

2022                    Art Fields Annual, TRAX Visual Art Center, Lake City SC

2017                    Drawing Resurfaced II Exhibition, Fountain Gallery at Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

2017                    6th Bradley International Exhibition of Drawings and Prints, Juried by Kathryn Polk. Heuser Arts Gallery at

                            Bradley University, Peoria, IL

2016.                   Inspired Lines: Appleton Drawing Biennial, Juror Alison Farris. Appleton Museum of Art. Ocala, FL

2016                    IU East 2nd National Juried Exhibition: Art + Science. Juror Lily Simonson. Tom Thomas Gallery at

                            Indiana University East, Richmond IN

2015                   29th Annual McNeese National Works on Paper Exhibition. Juror Brooke Davis Anderson Abercrombie  

                           Gallery at McNeese State University. Lake Charles, LA

2015                   Drawing Lines Across Mediums, SITE: Brooklyn. Brooklyn, NY

2015                   35th Bradley International Exhibition of Drawings and Prints, Juried by Beth Grabowski.  Heuser Arts Gallery

                           Bradley University, Peoria, IL

2015                   Drawing Discourse, 6th Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Drawing, Juror Vira Britton, Tucker Cook Gallery

                           University of North Carolina Ashville. Ashville, NC

2014                   The Drawing Show at Multiples Art Fair, Chicago, IL

2010                   Spaces Between-Between Spaces, Selected Print exhibition, Arts Center of Saint Peter, MN

2010                   Woman and Water Rights Exhibition MCAD Collaboration with the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis MN

2008                   Introspections, Juror Amy Mackie, Mills Pond House Gallery, NY

2008.                  4th Annual Self Portrait Exhibition, 33 Collective. Chicago, IL

2007                   Art Perchance Exhibition, Second Floor Atrium of the Target Wing, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis MN

2007                   Get StARTed, Chambers Burnet Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

2006, 2004         Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, Minnesota State Fair, St. Paul, MN

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