Emily Rice

Emily McCall Roca Rice is a queer southern artist whose work engages with fragmentation, post-apocalyptic realities, and sustainable resurrection through material handling and direct observation. Investigating what is torn, broken and dead, and then reshaping these materials is their alchemical method for transfiguration and a way to gather all of time together. These are their manifestations and comprehensions of a believed and beloved reality through an exploration of the fascia between relationships and time. Born in Birmingham, AL (1993), they received their BFA in Spanish and Art from Birmingham-Southern College (2016). Recent past exhibitions and installations include Le Swamp, GATOP Garden, and Gallery 1010 in Knoxville, TN. They are an MFA candidate in Painting+Drawing at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (2023).