Emily grew up in Rochester, New York. She studied painting at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in New York (94-95), and received her BFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (2005). Emily's work has been exhibited in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Amsterdam. 

She lives and works in Chicago.

EDUCATION

2004-2005 - BFA, SAIC, Chicago, IL

1994-1995 - Cooper Union, NY

1991-1993 - SAIC, Chicago, IL

AWARDS / GRANTS

2015 IAP Grant, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, Chicago, IL

2011 Ravenswood ArtWalk Arts Advocate Award

2009 "Best Emerging Painters," ATC Splat Flats, Chicago, IL

2006 CAAP Grant, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs,

Chicago, IL

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2017 - "Subject to Change: Urban Landscape and the Architecture of Place," 

Firecat Projects, Chicago, IL

2016 - "House and Home," group, Main Street Gallery, 20 W Main St., Clifton Springs, NY

"Neighborhood Landscapes," Lipman Hearne, Chicago Headquarters, Chicago, IL

2015 - "1+1=Community," 47th Ward Office, Chicago, IL

2014 - "Painting Delilah's, 2004 - 2014," Delilah's Chicago, IL

Labletter Launch Exhibition, group show, Chicago, IL

2013 - "Urban Landscapes," Emily Rapport and Andrew Steiner, 

Beauty & Brawn Ballery, Chicago, IL

2011 - SICK!, group, Leo Kogan Project Space, Amsterdam

2009 - "Two-story City," Emily Rapport and Andrew Steiner, 

Chicago Artists' Month, Chicago, IL

2005 - Art Murmur Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

"Figurative Paintings," Emily Rapport and Marion Kryczka, Cafe Selmarie, Chicago, IL

2002 - "The Human Spirit," group, Gallery 15, Rochester, NY

1996 - "Figurative Painting," solo, Arts & Cultural Council for Greater Rochester, NY

CORPORATE COLLECTIONS

Lipman Hearne, Chicago, IL