EDUCATION

2013 MFA in Studio Art, Moore College of Art & Design

2010 BA in Art Education K-12/Studio Art, Holy Family University

SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2026

Lower Haight Art Walk, LIFE, San Francisco, CA

2025

ArtSpan Open Studios, Artist’s Home Studio, San Francisco, CA

2019

How Endings Begin, LIFE, San Francisco, CA

New Work, LIFE, San Francisco, CA

ArtSpan Open Studios, Artist’s Home Studio, San Francisco, CA

2019

Lower Haight Art Walk, LIFE, San Francisco, CA

2018

Lower Haight Art Walk, LIFE, San Francisco, CA

2017

Lower Haight Art Walk, LIFE, San Francisco, CA

2010

Growth, Holy Family University Art Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2008

Featured Artist, Face and Body Spa, Yardley, PA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023

Refusés of the Bay, Voss Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2022

#IRL Incubator Artists in Residency @PRPGMX Mexico City, MX

2021

Zona Maco Art Week, Dab Art, Mexico City, Mexico April 24-June 5

Flat File, Deanna Evans Projects, New York, NY

Artsy.net imPosible, Proyecto Galería Y Proyectos De Residencía, Mexico City, MX, curated by Micheal Swank April 24-June 24

2020

Fragments, Arc Gallery, Juried by Jen Tough, San Francisco, CA

Muse, Toula Gallery, Online

Snap!, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Flat File, Deanna Evans Projects, New York, NY

2016

Faculty Art, Residence Gallery, Bryn Mawr, PA

2015

Databody, Galleries at Moore, Philadelphia, PA

2014

Inspirational Artistry Now, Residence Gallery, Bryn Mawr, PA

2013

MFA Thesis Exhibition, Levy Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2012

MFA Sneak Peek, Goldey Paley Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Moore College Group Show, Burren College of Art, Ballyvaughan, Ireland

NASAD MFA Qualifying Review, Widener Memorial Foundation Gallery, PA

Art Extravaganza, Ukrainian League of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

New Hope Arts Center Sculpture Show, New Hope Arts Center, New Hope, PA

2011

Naked in New Hope, Sidetracks Art Gallery, New Hope, PA

2010

Naked in New Hope, Sidetracks Art Gallery, New Hope, PA

International Women's Day Exhibition, International House, Philadelphia, PA

2009

Girls Gotta Run, Holy Family University Art Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

WHYY-TV 12 Creative Campus Arts Festival, WHYY Technology Center, PA

Naked in New Hope, Sidetracks Art Gallery, New Hope, PA

2008

SEPCHE Honors Conference, Chestnut Hill College, Philadelphia, PA

ARTIST RESIDENCIES

2021 Proyectos De Residencia, Mexico City, MX, Virtual Residency

2020 Proyectos De Residencia, Mexico City, MX, Virtual Residency

2012 Burren College of Art, Newtown Castle, Ballyvaughan, Ireland

PUBLICATIONS

2021 Artists Of The Bay Area, Published by Jen Tough

2020 Beautiful Foot, Published by Nora Novak

2013 Book of Burren, Moore College of Art & Design

LECTURES

2020 “Fragments Artist Talk,” Arc Gallery

2013 “One Way Communication,” Moore College of Art & Design

FILM & DOCUMENTARY

WHYY Creative Campus

CURATORIAL

2012 “Art Extravaganza,” Ukrainian League of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

HONORS AND AWARDS

Artist-in-Residence Fellowship, (2012), Moore College of Art & Design, Philadelphia, PA

Studio Art Fellowship, (2011-2013), Moore College of Art & Design, Philadelphia, PA

Above and Beyond Award, (2010), Holy Family University, Philadelphia, PA

Alumni Senior Award, (2009), Holy Family University, Philadelphia, PA

Presidential Merit Scholarship, (2008), Holy Family University, Philadelphia, PA

Athletics Scholarship, (2007/2008), Holy Family University, Philadelphia, PA

Gina D’Emilio’s artwork speaks to the quiet negotiations between the body and its inner weather. Her paintings, drawings, and sculptural works explore how stress lives in us—not as a moment that passes, but as a rhythm that repeats, settles, and shapes behavior over time. Anxiety and fear leave traces, and in her work these traces accumulate, forming patterns that feel both protective and constraining. Through layers of reflective paper, shifting color fields, and fluorescent pigments, D’Emilio makes visible the tension between rupture and rest, hypervigilance and release. The work hovers between intensity and calm, inviting us to notice what we often overlook: the emotional residues we carry, and the subtle possibility of interrupting what has become familiar.

Gina D’Emilio holds an MFA in Studio Art from Moore College of Art & Design and a BA in K-12 Art Education from Holy Family University. Her work has been shown internationally, including at Zona Maco Art Week in Mexico City with Proyectos De Residencia (PRPGMX), and online with Dab Art Gallery, Jen Tough Gallery, Deanna Evans Projects, and Toula Gallery. Her work is also published in Beautiful Foot by Nora Novak and in the book Artists of the Bay Area. She lives in San Francisco and teaches art education in Menlo Park.