Emily currently lives and works in New York City. You can contact her at emily@emilybicht.com.


Emily is an active artist based in Astoria, Queens. She grew up in Pennsylvania and Maryland, and received a BFA from Moore College of Art and Design. Emily has worked as an art educator and administrator in the non-profit sector and has been involved in arts communities in Philadelphia and New York for almost ten years. Since moving to New York in 2002, she exhibits her work on a regular basis in New York and Philadelphia.



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EDUCATION

B.F.A., 2D Fine Arts Major, Painting and Printmaking - 1999
Moore College of Art & Design – 20th and the Parkway, Philadelphia, PA 19103
● Summa Cum Laude, Freshman Award for Excellence

TEACHING

Teacher, YAW Program - 2000-2002
Moore College of Art & Design – 20th and the Parkway, Philadelphia, PA 19103
● Designed curriculum and syllabus
● Coordinated and instructed 8-12 graders in a variety of courses in several different programs including Sculptural Studies, Etching, Perspective, Life Drawing, and Mosaics.

ORGANIZATIONS AND AFFILIATIONS

Open Ground, Artist Collective - 2004-Current

Exhibitionists Women’s Art Salon, Artist Collective - 2003-Current

Women's Caucus for Art
● National Board – Second Vice President - 2004-2006
Coordinated the Lifetime Achievement Awards Luncheon for the Annual Conference in Atlanta, 2004
● Philadelphia Chapter - Secretary - 2001-2002
Organized and coordinated WCA Annual Conference in Philadelphia, 2002

Qville: a Queens-based arts organization - 2003-2005
Board Member                                                                                                                    
Developed and implemented monthly meetings for artists in Astoria, organized Annual Fundraiser

Moore College of Art and Design
Alumni Board - 2001-2002
Steering Committee Of the Self-Study for MSA and NASAD Re-Accreditation - 2000-2001
Directed and reviewed Self-Study, developed new strategies for leadership and administration
Board of Trustees of Moore College of Art and Design - 2000 - 2001

PUBLICATIONS

2006

Unambiguous: A Printed Exhibition - Annual Artists Survey, ArtWorld Digest, New York, NY
Media2Politic: A project sponsored by the New Media Lab at The City University of New York examining value and image

2005
‘artblog’ - http://www.fallonandrosof.com/2005/06/june-cleaver-with-cleaver.html
The Exhibitionists Are, 2003-2005, A documentary film about The Exhibitionists Women’s Art Salon artist collective, Produced by Without Papers Productions, Filmed by Luigi Di Castro and Santino Di Renzo, http://www.exhibitionists-nyc.com/docu/TEA-Bios.html

2004
Website featured on NY ARTS Magazine website, http://www.nyartsmagazine.com
Website Featured on BERLINER KUNST NY ARTS - http://berlinerkunstmagazine.com

2003
Womanifesto.com, Procreatio/Postcreation: Womanifesto 2003, Limited edition book and website, Launched November 11, 2003, Coordinated by Varsha Nair, http://www.womanifesto.com/en/events.asp

LECTURES
2002
Visiting Artist Speaker/Gallery Talk - RESET Gallery for Moore College of Art, 201 S. Camac St., Philadelphia, PA
Visiting Artist Speaker - Chancellor Park, Philadelphia, PA

2001
Visiting Artist Speaker - Moore College of Art & Design – 20th and the Parkway, Philadelphia, PA 19103

RESIDENCIES
2006
Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild Artists in Residence Program, Woodstock, NY