Emily Berger lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. A graduate of Brown University, she received an MFA in Painting from Columbia University, attended the Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture in Maine and has been awarded several residency fellowships. She is a recipient of the John Hultberg Memorial Prize in Painting from The National Academy Museum. Her work has been exhibited widely and reviewed in numerous publications such as The Hudson Review, Two Coats of Paint, Hyperallergic, and The Boston Globe. She is included in many private and public collections.
Solo exhibitions have been presented at Starr Suites, TenBerke Architects, Walter Wickiser Gallery, Norte Maar, Scholes Street Studio, and The Painting Center, all in New York City. Recent exhibitions also include “Conversations,” at Helm Contemporary; “PLAYLIST,” at One GAP Gallery; “The Line Up” at Cedar Crest College and Murray State; “SONIC” at Metaphor Gallery; “Form and Intent” at Abstract Project in Paris; “11 Women of Spirit” at Zurcher Gallery; and “Side to Side, Three Ways” at Key Projects, reviewed by Karen Wilkin in The Hudson Review. Berger is a member of American Abstract Artists and has been included in many AAA exhibitions such as “Blurring Boundaries: The Women of American Abstract Artists, 1936-Present,” “On Balance,” and “The Onward of Art.”