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source: ragdaleorg

Emily Hermant received her BFA in Studio Arts from Concordia University Montréal, Québec, in 2004 and her MFA as a Trustee Merit Scholar in Fiber & Material Studies from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2010. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, including solo exhibitions at CIRCA Art Actuel in Montréal (2014); the Evanston Art Center (2013); Sonnenschein and Albright Galleries, Lake Forest College, IL (2012); Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts (2012); and group exhibitions at Virginia Commonwealth University (2011); Hyde Park Art Center in Chicago (2010); Triennale di Milano Museum in Italy (2009);and the Museum of Arts & Design in New York (2007-8). Her work has been featured in LVL3 Media, ArtSlant, Espace Sculpture, The Washington Post, and TimeOut Chicago. She has been awarded grants from the Canada Council for the Arts, the Conseil des Arts et Lettres du Québec, and the Fonds Québecois de Recherche sur la société et la culture, as well as residencies at ACRE, Ox-Bow School of Art, The Ragdale Foundation, Nordic Artists’ Centre in Norway, and the Vermont Studio Center. Hermant has taught at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Virginia Commonwealth University, and Concordia University in Montréal.
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source: manacontemporarychicago

Emily Hermant is an interdisciplinary artist whose large-scale sculptures and installations explore themes of communication, gendered labor, and the different ways the body experiences space or spaces. She received her BFA in Studio Arts from Concordia University, Montréal, Québec, in 2004 and her MFA as a Trustee Merit Scholar in Fiber & Material Studies from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2010. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally.