Emily Somoskey | amcecreativearts

Emily Somoskey is a mixed-media artist and painter from Akron, Ohio living in Walla Walla, WA. She received a BA in Art Education at The University of Akron in Akron, OH and an MFA in Studio Art at Michigan State University, MI. Her work explores image-making as a tool for understanding human experience, examining the complexity of perception through layered oil paint and collaged photographic imagery. Emily’s work has been exhibited throughout the United States, most recently at SAM Gallery in Seattle, WA, and Boise State University in Boise, ID. She has been awarded artist residencies at the Golden Foundation for the Arts, the Studios at MASS MoCA and was nominated for a 2025 Joan Mitchell Fellowship. Emily is currently an Assistant Professor at Whitman College.