1988
born in Philadelphia, US
Now
lives and works in Richmond, US
EDUCATION
2014
MFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, US
2011
BFA, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, US
SOLO & TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2025
Cyrano, Rebecca Camacho Presents, San Francisco, US
Em Kettner & Wolfgang Günther: Tales and Tiles. Comedy of the Absurd, F2T Gallery, Milan, IT
The Mortal Coil: Em Kettner & Ekin Balcioglu, form & concept, Santa Fe, US
2024
Caterpillar: Em Kettner & Emma cc Cook, Outer Space, Concord, US
Homebound, François Ghebaly, New York, US
2022
Sick Joke, Chapter NY, New York, US
Stepping Stones, Specialist, Seattle, US
The Understudies, François Ghebaly, Los Angeles, US
2021
Slow Poke, François Ghebaly, Los Angeles, US
2020
Play the Fool, Goldfinch Gallery, Chicago, US
2019
Corporeal Forms: Em Kettner & Claire Ashley, Rare Visions, Boulder, US
Twisted Sister: Em Kettner & Maria Guzman-Capron, Massman Gallery, Oakland, US
2018
The Eternal Worm, HARPY, Rutherford, US
2017
Phantom Limb, NIAD Art Center, Richmond, US
2016
Talisman: Em Kettner & Jessie Mott, Fernwey Gallery, Chicago, US
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025
Unhouse, Frieze House Seoul, Seoul, KR
ART FWD, MarinMOCA, San Rafael, US
Surprise!, Et al. Gallery, San Francisco, US
Dress Parade, Pangée, Montreal, CA
A form to accommodate the mess, Personal Space, Vallejo, US
Mother Me Meanly, Chez Max et Dorothea, Los Angeles, US
Domestic 1: A Shaggy Dog, Laurel Gitlen, New York, US
Masterclass, Secrist | Beach, Chicago, US
Flesh Vessels, NIAD Art Center, Richmond, US
Fiction Folly, Friend of a Friend Gallery, Denver, US
2024
Give Me an Inch, Pipeline, London, UK
Don’t mind if I do, Sacramento State University Art Galleries, Sacramento, US
Double Threshhold, Winter Street Gallery, Martha’s Vineyard, US
2023
Landline, Personal Space, Vallejo, US
Tender Loving Care, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Boston, US
Power Tools, Candice Madey, New York, US
Deep! Down! Inside!, Hales, New York, US
Fortune’s Moving, Troost Gardens, Kansas City, US
2022
Power Tools, Candice Madey, New York, US
Familiars, Et al., San Francisco, US
2021
Tender to The Bone, Goldfinch Gallery, Chicago, US
2020
Artists Run Chicago with Julius Caesar, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, US
Through My Eyes, NIAD Art Center, Richmond, US
The Rim of Morning, Open Windows Cooperative, San Francisco, US
2019
RAD Craft & Design, Dream Farm Commons, Oakland, US
Right Here, Right Now, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, US
Animal Idealism, Harpy Gallery, Rutherford, US
Siblings, Siblings, Chicago, US
No Place Like, Field Projects Gallery, New York, US
2018
Limited Time Engagement, Compound Yellow, Oak Park, US (organized by Kate Conlon + Boyang Hou)
Greenpoint Group Show, Harpy Gallery, Brooklyn, US
Pocket Object, Travelling Exhibition: Tusk, Chicago, US; Juice Box Gallery, Kansas City, US
Kamihara, Philadelphia, US; Elephant Gallery, Nashville, US
Up like a sun, down like a pancake, ICA Baltimore, Baltimore, Baltimore, US (organized by Kelly Lloyd)
One Last One, Fernwey Gallery, Chicago, US
2017
Welcome Blanket, Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago, Chicago, US
Figured Out! Bodily Form in Contemporary Ceramics, Andrew Rafacz Gallery, LTD Wear 2, Chicago, US
Close to Me, Roots & Culture, Chicago, US
—on the bank of what river?, Roman Susan Gallery, Chicago, US
2016
Em Kettner, Ryan Travis Christian, Kyle Breitenbach, HARPY, Rutherford, US
Neutral Mask, Western Exhibitions, Chicago, US
Object Puzzles, Tusk, Chicago, US
Pliocene Park, Site Red, Chicago, US
How High, Left Field SLO Gallery, San Luis Obispo, US
DisFigure, Turpentine Gallery, Oakland, US
Analog RAM: the Return of Active Memory, The Research House for Asian Art, Chicago, US
2014
Sexy Can I: 8 Failed and Successful Romances, curated by Third Object, 2nd Floor Rear Gallery, Chicago, US
2013
Digital Comics, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, US
RESIDENCIES
2025
Ceramica Suro, Guadalajara, MX
2020
A.I.R. in Sculpture, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, US
2019
A.I.R. and disability consultant funded by NIAD, Chalk Hill Residency, Healdsburg, US
2017
MIUSA Women’s Institute on Leadership and Disability (WILD), San Francisco, US
2016
A.I.R., AZULE Residency, Asheville, US
2015
A.I.R., CAMP (Collaborative Arts Mobility Project) Residency, Hardwick, US
AWARDS
2021
Wynn Newhouse Award, New York, US
2020
A.I.R. in Sculpture, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, US
2019
Recipient of The Alliance of Artists Communities 2019-2020 Diversity + Leadership Fellowship, funded by the Andy Warhol Foundation, New York, US
2017
MIUSA Women’s Institute on Leadership and Disability (WILD), San Francisco, US
2016
A.I.R., AZULE Residency, Asheville, US
2015
A.I.R., CAMP (Collaborative Arts Mobility Project) Residency, Hardwick, US
2014
Writing Fellowship TA position for duration of Master*s Degree program SAIC Grant, Chicago, US
Writing Fellowship TA position for duration of Master’s Degree program SAIC Grant, US
2011
The Ted Carey Prize, Philadelphia, US
The Steve Jaffe Award in Drawing, Philadelphia, US
2010
The Larry Day Memorial Award, Philadelphia, US
COLLECTION
Museum of Fine Art, Boston
Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University, Stanford
Ohana Center, Monterey
DePaul Art Museum, Chicago
Joan Flasch Artist’s Book Collection, Chicago