Education
Columbia University, New York, New York, M.F.A., Painting
Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, A.B., Art, Minnie Helen Hicks Award for Painting
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, Maine
International Center of Photography, New York, New York
Selected Exhibitions
2016 Breathing: Paintings by Emily Berger, Galerie Cerulean, www.abartonline.com
2016 The Onward of Art: American Abstract Artists 80th Anniversary Exhibition, 1285 Avenue of the Americas Art Gallery,
New York, New York, Karen Wilkin, curator
2016 Visible Histories, Abrons Art Center and Morris-Warren Gallery, New York, New York, Max Weintraub, curator
2016 On and Off the Grid, Emily Berger, Sue Post, Bosiljka Raditsa, Elizabeth Yamin, Kent State University at Stark, Canton, Ohio
2016 Nation IV, Through the Rabbit Hole, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2015 Paintings & Drawings by Emily Berger, Galerie Cerulean, www.abartonline.com
2015 Endless, Entire, Five Myles Gallery, Brooklyn, New York,, Rachel Nackman, curator
2015 between a place and candy: new works in pattern+repetition+motif, 1285 Avenue of the Americas Art Gallery,
New York, New York, Jason Andrew, curator
2015 Wave Length: Emily Berger, Joanne Freeman, Kim Uchiyama, Joy Walker, Janet Kurnatowski, Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2015 Formal Aspects: Visual Dialogue in Structure, Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, MA.
2015 Works x Women, Vandeb Editions and Accola Griefen Gallery, Queens, New York
2015 Family Ties, 500x Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2015 Paperazzi IV, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2015 Sideshow Nation III, Circle the Wagons!!! Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2015 New Work City, Momenta Art, Brooklyn, New York
2015 American Abstract Artists 75th Anniversary Print Portfolio Exhibition, Vanderbilt University,
Tennessee and Marywood University, Scranton, PA
2014 Paintings by Emily Berger, Galerie Cerulean, www.abartonline.com
2014 vis-a-vis/ Emily Berger and Claire Seidl, The Painting Center, New York, New York
2014 Sensory Impact, Morgan Stanley International Headquarters, Purchase, New York
2014 To Leo, A Tribute from the American Abstract Artists, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2014 American Abstract Artists 75th Anniversary Print Portfolio Exhibition, Martin Art Gallery, Mulenberg College,
Allentown, PA, and University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA
2014 The Flatfiles: Year Two, TSA, Brooklyn, New York
2014 Mind’s Eye or Ten Ways to Float, Curating Contemporary.com, Anne Russinof, curator
2014 Family Style, Formerly Pocket Utopia, New York, New York2014
2014 We Love Art, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, New York
2014 Paperazzi 3, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2014 Sideshow Nation II, At the Alamo, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2013 Retrospectives: New and Legacy Art by Emily Berger, Galerie Cerulean, www.abartonline.com
2013 3 Artists/3Weeks, 15 Artists in Black and White, Outlet Fine Art, Brooklyn, New York
2013 Process and Synthesis: Emily Berger, Nicholas Constantakis, Iona Kleinhaut, Kimberly, Mayhorn,
Five Myles Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, Susan Smith and Hanne Tierney, co-curators
2013 Phaedo, StorefrontBushwick, Brooklyn, New York
2013 Seeing Through: Emily Berger, Nancy Manter, Anne Russinof, 490 Gallery and, Soapbox Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2013 Nurture Art Benefit, New York, New York, Jennie Lamensdorf, James Panero,, Amy Smith-Stewart, and Mark Tribe, co-curators
2013 The American Abstract Artists 75th Anniversary Portfolio Exhibition, Sarah Moody Gallery,
The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama and Downtown Gallery, University of, Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee
2013 Dynamic Invention: AAA at 75, Brattleboro Museum and Art Center, Brattleboro, Vermont
2013 Paperazzi 2, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2013 Sideshow Nation, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2012 Paper and Ink: A Solo Online Exhibition, Galerie Cerulean, www.abartonline.com
2012 Nurture Art Benefit, New York, New York, Kianga Ellis, Charlotta Kotik, Lawrence , Rinder,and Herb Tam, co-curators
2012 American Abstract Artists International 75th Anniversary, parisCONCRET, Paris, France
2012 Women’s History Month Invitational, Van Deb Editions, New York, New York
2012 Paperazzi, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2012 MIC:CHECK(occupy),Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2011 Paintings and Prints, Galerie Cerulean, www.abartonline.com
2011 Abstraction to the Power of Infinity, Crane Arts, Philadelphia, PA, , Janet Kurnatowski, curator
2011 New Editions, Van Deb Editions, New York, New York
2011 Solo Exhibition: New Work, The Painting Center Project Room, New York, New York
2011 Emily Berger, www.structuralmadness.com, A New York Virtual Gallery, curator, Gloria Klein
2011 American Abstract Artists 75th Anniversary, OK Harris Gallery, New York, New York , Ivan Karp, curator
2011 American Abstract Artists International 75th Anniversary, Galerie oqbo, Berlin
2011 Splendor of Dynamic Structure: Celebrating 75 Years of the American Abstract Art, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art,
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York,, Nancy E. Green, curator
2010 Loops and Lines: A Solo Online Exhibition, www.abartonline.com
2010 Paintings, Drawings, Photographs: Galerie Cerulean, www.abartonline.com
2010 IT’S ALL GOOD!! (apocalypse now), Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2010 American Abstract Artists International, The Aragonese Castle of Otranto, Italy
2010 New Walls/Fresh Paint, The Painting Center, New York, New York
2010 Women’s History Month Invitational, Van Deb Editions, New York, New York
2010 It’s a Wonderful 10th, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2009 Brooklyn, 440 Gallery, Brooklyn, New York Juror: Florence Neal
2009 Sharazad, Metaphor Contemporary Art, Brooklyn, New York
2009 Paintings, Drawings, Photographs: A Solo Online Exhibition, Galerie Cerulean, www.abartonline.com
2009 It’s a Wonderful Life, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2008 Gowanus: A Sense of Place, Gowanus Canal Conservancy Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2008 Solo Exhibition, The Painting Center, New York, NY
2008 183rd Annual: An Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary American Art, National Academy Museum, NY Award: John Hultberg Memorial Prize for Painting
2008 American Abstract Artists: Tribute to Esphyr Slobodkina, The Painting Center, New York, NY
2008 The Affordable Art Fair, Stada Gallery, New York, NY
2008 Small Works Show, 440 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY Juror: David Humphrey
2008 100 Works on Paper, Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, NY
2008 Peace, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2007 Punchbowl, Metaphor Contemporary Art Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2007 Continuum, 70th Anniversary of the American Abstract Artists, St. Peter’s College, Jersey City, NJ
2007 BrooklynNature, St. Joseph’s College, Brooklyn, NY
2006 From Postwar to Postmodernism, Columbia University, New York, NY
2006 Conversations in Paint, Haverford College, Haverford, PA
2005 Emily Berger and Iona Kleinhaut: Paintings and Works on Paper, The Painting Center, New York, NY
2005 Pintores de Nueva York, Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogotá, Colombia
2005 Conversations in Paint, College of William and Mary, VA, and Eastern Ct. State University, CT
2005 In Spiritus, RKL Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2003 Gowanus Artists’ Studio Tour, Brooklyn, NY
2000 Artists’ Choice, Soho20 Gallery, New York, NY
1998 Invitational, Soho20 Gallery, New York, NY
1996 The Power of Prints, Hostos Community College, Bronx, NY
1994 Art for New Collectors, Gallery at Marsh, Mt. Kisco, NY
1990 A Decade of the Marketplace, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY
1987 Solo Exhibition, The New Prospect, Brooklyn, NY
1986 The Contemporary Art Scene, Emerging Collector Gallery, New York, NY
1985 Artist in the Marketplace, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY
1985 35 Under 35, Interart de Saint-Amand Gallery, New York, NY Curator: Janet Heit
1985 Annual Invitational, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
1984 Solo Exhibition, Hunt-Cavanagh Gallery, Providence College, Providence, RI
1984 Nature as Image, Organization of Independent Artists, New York, NY
1984 Annual Invitational, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
1984 Drawing Invitational, Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT
1984 Introspectives, Pyramid Arts Center, Rochester, NY Jurors: Lynn Gumpert and Alice Neel
Professional Experience and Honors
2008 John Hultberg Memorial Prize, 183rd Annual: An Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary American Art, National Academy Museum, New York, NY
2006-Present Member, American Abstract Artists, New York, NY
2003-Present Member, The Painting Center, New York, NY
2004 Curator, Nature Abstracted, The Painting Center, New York, NY
2004 Panelist, Why Won’t Abstract Art Die?, The Painting Center, New York, NY
Fellowships and Residencies
1984 Millay Colony for the Arts, Austerlitz, NY
1984 Cummington Community of the Arts, Cummington, MA
1983 Rhode Island Center for Creative Arts, Bristol, RI
1983 Cummington Community of the Arts, Cummington, MA
1981 Printmaking Workshop (Robert Blackburn), New York, NY
Selected Bibliography
2008 Nancy Malloy, Catalogue editor, The 183rd Annual: An Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary American Art, National Academy Museum
2008 Lawrence E. Forbes, Emily Berger: Recent Work. Downtown Express, The Listings, May 23-29
2005 Artcritical.com, Emily Berger and Iona Kleinhaut: Paintings and Works on Paper. October
2005 Abstract Art Online, Emily Berger and Iona Kleinhaut. New York Views, Sept. 15
2005 Joe Walentini, Artist Profile, Inside/Outside Space. Abstract Art Online, March
2005 Jeanne Wilkinson, Catalogue essay. Pintores de Nueva York
2005 Maria Christina Pignalosa, Puente de Nueva York a Bogotá. El Tiempo (Bogotá), July 14
2004 Joe Walentini, Nature Abstracted. Abstract Art Online, New York Views, Dec. 15
2004 Maureen Mullarkey, Nature Abstracted. The New York Sun, Dec. 9
1984 Phillip Verre, Catalogue essay. Nature as Image
Teaching and Administration
1993 Present Instructor, Education Department, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
1990 1991 Assistant Professor, Art Education Department, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
1989 1993 Consultant, The Children’s Art Carnival, New York, NY
1989 1990 Education Coordinator, Lehman College Art Gallery, Bronx, NY
1987 1989 Program Director, The Children’s Art Carnival, New York, NY
1985 1987 Program Coordinator, The Children’s Art Carnival, New York, NY
