Emilie
Crewe (she/her | b. 1987, Québec City, Canada — raised in Pittsburgh,
PA, USA) is an interdisciplinary artist based on unceded land known colonially
as Vancouver, Canada. Her artwork often takes the form of multi-channel +
single-channel video, installation, and new media. She holds an MFA from the
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and a BFA from the Nova Scotia College
of Art and Design University. Her work is exhibited internationally in
galleries, museums, artist-run centres, experimental film/video festivals, and
as public art.
Select exhibition history includes the AC Institute in New York, NY (solo), Art Souterrain Festival in Montréal, QC, Aggregate Space Gallery in Oakland, California, and the Governor's Island Art Fair in New York, NY. Screenings include The Chicago Underground Film Festival, The Labor Party at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh, PA, Streams & Channels at the Hudson Valley Museum of Contemporary Art in Peekskill, NY, OK.Video FLESH at the National Gallery of Indonesia, Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival in Hawick, UK, and Photophobia: Contemporary Moving Image Festival via Hamilton Artists Inc + the Art Gallery of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
In 2013/14, Emilie was one of ten Canadian artists to receive a City of Vancouver Public Art Commission as part the Reconciliation Platforms series, which was awarded the Americans for the Arts Public Network Award. Her five-channel video, The Art of Fugue, was long-listed for the 2020 Aesthetica Art Prize and was featured in the anthology book, FUTURE NOW, highlighting one-hundred international contemporary artists. Emilie’s work is supported by the Canada Council for the Arts and the British Columbia Arts Council.
Select exhibition history includes the AC Institute in New York, NY (solo), Art Souterrain Festival in Montréal, QC, Aggregate Space Gallery in Oakland, California, and the Governor's Island Art Fair in New York, NY. Screenings include The Chicago Underground Film Festival, The Labor Party at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh, PA, Streams & Channels at the Hudson Valley Museum of Contemporary Art in Peekskill, NY, OK.Video FLESH at the National Gallery of Indonesia, Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival in Hawick, UK, and Photophobia: Contemporary Moving Image Festival via Hamilton Artists Inc + the Art Gallery of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
In 2013/14, Emilie was one of ten Canadian artists to receive a City of Vancouver Public Art Commission as part the Reconciliation Platforms series, which was awarded the Americans for the Arts Public Network Award. Her five-channel video, The Art of Fugue, was long-listed for the 2020 Aesthetica Art Prize and was featured in the anthology book, FUTURE NOW, highlighting one-hundred international contemporary artists. Emilie’s work is supported by the Canada Council for the Arts and the British Columbia Arts Council.
