Emily Hermant
Assistant Professor
Faculty of Visual Art and Material Practice
Emily Carr University of Art and Design
Canada
Biography
Emily Hermant is an interdisciplinary artist whose large-scale sculptures and installations explore themes of communication, gender, labor, and the spatial experiences of the body. She received her BFA in Studio Arts from Concordia University, Montréal, and her MFA as a Trustee Merit Scholar in Fiber & Material Studies from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Her work has been exhibited widely. Hermant has been awarded grants from the Canada Council for the Arts and the Conseil des Arts et Lettres du Québec, and residencies at ACRE, Ox-Bow School of Art, The Ragdale Foundation, Nordic Artists’ Centre, and the Vermont Studio Center. Hermant has taught at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Virginia Commonwealth University, Concordia University, and Tulane University in New Orleans. Hermant is currently based in Vancouver, where she is an Assistant Professor in the Audain Faculty of Visual Art and Material Practice.
Research Interest
Visual Art and Material Practice
