Emily Schnellbacher Bean
Oak Park, MI
emilyschnellbacher@gmail.com
Education
2013 MFA, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2010 BFA, Herron School of Art and Design, Indianapolis, IN, Painting Major, Psychology and Art History Minors
Solo Exhibitions & Projects
2018 Making Space Artist in Residence, Eileen Fisher, Troy, MI: Displayed an installation and series of commissioned works using discarded Eileen Fisher clothing, and taught workshops.
2018 Tiny Universe, Aquarium Gallery, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI: Featured a public art window display.
2015 reCreate Featured Artist, Resource Exchange, Philadelphia, PA: Presented a solo show, utilized discarded materials for upcycling, and taught workshops.
2014 One Thread Within a Woven Web, Haas Gallery, Bloomsburg, PA: Presented a solo exhibition and lecture.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025 Female Gaze, PLAYGROUND DETROIT, Detroit, MI
2024 Strange Days, Annex Gallery at 333 Midland, Highland Park, MI
2024 Art Fair | Detroit, Detroit Design District, Detroit, MI
2024 Fabricated Garden, Art Clvb at New Lab, Detroit, MI
2023 The Living Room, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI
2023 When Nature Calls, Public Pool, Hamtramck, MI
2023 Hatchback 17, Hatch Art Gallery, Hamtramck, MI
2022 Human/Nature, Juried by Natalie Miebach, Mosien Center for the Arts, Watertown, MA
2021 Textiles, Juried by Tamara Kostianovsky, The In Art Gallery, theinartgallery.com
2021 4th Midwest Open, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
2019 Hatchback 13, Hatch Art Gallery, Hamtramck, MI
2018 Heat Wave, 117 Gallery, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI
2018 Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series Detroit Semifinalist Exhibit, N’namdi Center, Detroit, MI
2018 Women, Risker Gallery, Carr Center, Detroit, MI
2017 Soft Angles, Articipate Gallery, Berkley, MI
2016 Inside Out, Carver Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2016 9th Annual Governors Island Art Fair, Governors Island, New York Harbor, NY
2016 Multiples, Sculpture Gym, Philadelphia, PA
2015 Creative Climate Awards, Human Impact Institute, New York, NY
2015 74th Juried Annual Exhibition, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA
2015 Impossible Instructions, Sculpture Gym, Philadelphia, PA
2014 Escape the Night, Pterodactyl Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2014 Benefit Exhibition for Ballet X, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2014 Fluid, Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, New York, NY
2013 Learn. Make. Inspire., 3rd Ward Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
2013 The International Textile Show, The Art Factory, Paterson, NJ
2013 Global Conscious, Local Artists, Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2013 Annual Student Exhibition, PAFA, Philadelphia, PA
2012 Toys, Invitational Group Show, Primary Colors Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
2011 Wearable Art, Midwest Fashion Week, Gallery 924, Indianapolis, IN
Related Work Experience
Teaching Experience
2019 Felt Succulent Workshop Instructor, Winter Camp, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI
2018 Soft Sculpture Workshop Instructor, Eileen Fisher, Troy, MI
2016 Soft Sculpture Workshop Instructor, Park Towne Place and Inliquid, Philadelphia, PA
2015 Eco Soft Sculpture Workshop Instructor, Resource Exchange, Philadelphia, PA
2012 Teaching Assistant at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Public Engagement
2024 Artist Talk at Strange Days, Annex Gallery at 333 Midland, Highland Park, MI
2023 Lecturer at the Black Sheep Knitting Guild, American Legion Hall, Berkley, MI
2014 Lecturer at Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, PA
Community Involvement
2023-24 Exhibitions Chair, Fiber Club Detroit, Detroit, MI
2013 Secretary for the Women’s Caucus for Art Philadelphia Chapter
2012 Summer Muralist Intern at City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program, Philadelphia, PA
Jurying & Selection Experience
2020 Juror for the Holocaust Memorial Center’s K-12 Art & Writing Competition, Farmington Hills, MI
2015 Juror for the Carver Center Visual Arts Auditions, Towson, MD
Gallery Assistance & Installation
2011-13 Gallery Assistant at PAFA Alumni Sales Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2010 Volunteer Installation Artist for Tara Donovan’s “Untitled” Exhibition, Indianapolis Museum of Art
Artist Assistance
2012-14 Artist Assistant for Barbara Schaff and Tish Ingersoll, Philadelphia, PA
Honours & Awards
2013 Finalist in Fleisher Art Memorial 36th Wind Challenge Exhibition Series
2011 MFA Scholarship from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts 2011
2011 Mildred Darby Menz Award Nominee
2010 Reverend A.G. Fraser International Scholarship
2009 Walter and Helen Mowrey Scholarship
2009 Louise E. Fulton/ IMA Portfolio Scholarship
2008 Indiana University Artist in Residence for the Indiana State Fair
Selected Bibliography
Artist Feature: Emily Schnellbacher Bean, Les Femmes Folles, 14 January 2021, Sally Brown <https://femmesfollesnebraska.tumblr.com/post/640298356382580736/artist-feature-emily-schnellbacher-bean?fbclid=IwAR09gE0VLXGGNau_gCwQsnI6Br3VN1DPMl8QjpbaN78IOg_TGPU6nh50nIY>
Impossible Instructions, Gigantic Sequins, 22 January 2015, Kimberly Ann Southwick <https://giganticsequins.wordpress.com/tag/philadelphia/>
Global Conscious, Local Artists, Title Magazine, 01 August 2013, Philip Mastrippolito <http://www.title-magazine.com/2013/08/global-conscious-local-artists/>
Six local artists explore global issues at Pentimenti, Knight Foundation, 02 July 2013, CSchwartz <https://knightfoundation.org/articles/global-conscious-local-artists-pentimenti/>
Pollution, Broken Infrastructure, Broken Bodies – Pentimenti’s New Show Has Global Concerns, The Art Blog, 28 June 2013, Sam Newhouse <http://www.theartblog.org/2013/06/pollution-broken-infrastructure-broken-bodies-religion-pentimentis-new-show-has-global-concerns/>