EMILY SHOYER (she/her) is an art historian and curator focused on global contemporary memory art. A doctoral candidate in the History of Art department at Bryn Mawr College (PA, USA), her academic and curatorial praxis centers on living artists working in installation and mixed media art to explore ecological grief. She completed a McPherson Curatorial Fellowship at the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston in May 2025 and formerly served as curator at the Museum of Sex, NYC/Miami.
Ph.D. History of Art, Bryn Mawr College (commenced Fall 2021)
M.A. History of Art, The Institute of Fine Arts, New York University (2019)
B.A. Art History, Barnard College of Columbia University (2017)
My Services
Based in the Baltimore area, I am interested in writing projects (exhibition catalogues, academic articles and public-facing art criticism), teaching opportunities at the higher education level, presenting at academic conferences, mentoring emerging artists, serving as a guest lecturer or critic for MFA programs, independent curatorial work and museum-based exhibition and research roles.
"Art is not a mirror held up to reality but a hammer with which to shape it."
Bertolt Brecht