Emily Tyman is a painter and printmaker who lives and works in the Finger Lakes region of New York. She completed her MFA at the State University of New York at New Paltz, concentrating in Painting and Drawing. She completed her Bachelor of Arts degree in Studio Art and Art History from the University of Rochester in 2018. Also in 2018, she was a resident artist at the Yards Collective in Rochester, NY and completed a residency at Main Street Arts in Clifton Springs, NY. She exhibited in a solo exhibition at the Dove Block Project in Geneva, NY in 2023. She has also exhibited work at Hartnett Gallery at the University of Rochester; Womenswork.art in Poughkeepsie, NY; Main Street Arts in Clifton Springs, NY, and the Samuel Dorsky museum of Art on the SUNY New Paltz campus. Currently, she is an adjunct professor teaching painting classes at the University of Rochester.

Statement:

I am influenced by my memories, my grief, and the formative years of girlhood. My interest lies in exploring the balance between innocence and the increasing awareness of identity. Each work is about finding peace in one’s life and within relationships, whether it is with friends, family, partners, or even with yourself. I connect to the lonely, the defeated, and the ever-hopeful romantic, pulling from my own experiences in the cycles of relationships and their processes of beginning, ending, or continuing. My art encompasses the feeling of heartbreak and vulnerability. I reflect on the realization that sometimes a truly special thing in your life is only supposed to exist for a moment in time. Yet, there’s an exciting sense of possibility in knowing that something entirely new is on the horizon.