Emily Carpintero
Was born in Newark, New Jersey in 1994 and studied for a BFA in Visual Arts at Rutgers University. Carpintero has exhibited work in the US including recent shows at Tempest Gallery in Ridgewood, NY, Field Projects Gallery in Chelsea, NY, The Newark Public Library and Halsey Art Center in Newark, NJ, and Mana Contemporary in Chicago, IL. Carpintero has also participated in recent art vendor events at The Newark Museum of Art and 334 Broome Gallery in The Bowery, NY. Her published works include a self-published zine “Vaguely” and features in The Mobile Library and Protest Magazine. Carpintero lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.
Artist Statement
Through an intimate lens, I explore the complexities of depression, anxiety, recollection, and dissociation; inviting viewers to engage with the emotional landscapes that shape our lives. I’m interested in how we act on, hold onto, change, or mute our feelings and memories. My subject matters are mainly self-portraits and text exploring the human psyche in pop culture and media. Working from photo references, I paint the fine line between delusion and physical existence creating a contrasting sense of strangeness and familiarity. Some common motifs used to communicate the psychological undertones are colorless imagery, distortion, faceless heads, desolate spaces, heavy textures, and white noise. Other influences include natural and architectural landscapes showing signs of age, vulnerability, or abandonment.
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Exhibitions
2025 “An Interpreted World Is Not a Home” Tempest Gallery, Ridgewood, NY
2024 Holiday Market 334 Broome Gallery, The Bowery, NY
2024 Dense Magazine: Newark Zine Fest Newark Museum of Art, Newark, NJ
2024 “We Threw Out the Name” Studio 9D, Chelsea, NY
2024 “Radical Reimagining” Newark Arts Sapce, Newark, NJ
2024 “Traces” Field Projects Gallery, Chelsea, NY
2024 “Newark Artists” Halsey Art Center, Newark, NJ
2023 “Imágenes Sin Palabras” Newark Public Library, Newark, NJ
2022 “Artful Healing: The Healer’s Space” Newark Arts, Newark, NJ
2022 “MOVE: Dance in Art” Therese A. Maloney Art Gallery, Florham Park, NJ
2022 “Tell Me More About Yourself” Gallery Aferro, Newark, NJ
2019 “#WIP” Mana Contemporary, Chicago, IL
2019 Open House—Zine Show Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ
2016 “Fine Arts Exhibition” Paul Robeson Gallery, Newark, NJ
Publications
The Aerogramme Center for Arts and Culture "Time Capsule: Adult" The Mobile Library, vol. 3, no. 3, September 18, 2023, 18-25. Print and web.
“Vaguely” by Emily Carpintero. Printed by Mana Contemporary. 2019.
"Untitled" Protest Magazine, Issue One: Mercy, Nov. 2018: 32-37. Print and web.
Education
2016 Rutgers University, Bachelor of Fine Arts — Visual Arts