Artist Statement:

I begin a ceramic work before knowing how it will end. Hand-carving blocks to print on handmade ceramic forms helps me work through a question or anxiety and arrive at some kind of resolution. 

My work requires many slow, repetitive, manual steps (hand-building, hand-carving, hand-printing, firing), but the most demanding part is the sustained attention required to look inward and decide what to bring forward into the work. My recent work explores the tension between cultural and social expectations, and self-determination.

Artist Bio:

Emily B. Yang (b. 1991) is a Brooklyn-based ceramic and block print artist. She started working with ceramics during her time as a graduate student at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design.

Her work has been exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts in London, the Yale School of Architecture, and galleries, museums, and art fairs throughout the United States. Her artistic practice combines ceramics and printmaking, with a particular focus on developing methods of block printing onto ceramic surfaces. This research brought her to India as a 2025–2026 Fulbright Scholar. She has upcoming workshops to share her research at the John C. Campbell Folk School and Penland School of Craft, both in North Carolina, and has previously taught at Parsons School of Design and Harvard University.

Emily has been awarded artist residencies at the Archie Bray Foundation, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, and the Penland School of Craft (twice!). She was awarded the Simone Leigh Award for a residency at Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts in 2026.

Her creative collaborations include projects with the Museum of Modern Art, the New York Times, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, and Welcome to Chinatown.

Contact:

Find Emily online at instagram.com/studioemilybyang

emilybyang (at) gmail.com

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Selected Group Exhibitions

  • 2026, Collectible Art Fair, presented by Placed Projects, New York, NY (forthcoming)

  • 2026, BARPHA, DesignPhiladelphia Festival, presented by Dudd Haus, Philadelphia, PA

  • 2026, Now Now, Next, Always: The Bray 2000–2025, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT

  • 2026, This Land of Clay: Ceramics Grounded in the Landscape of the West, Danforth Museum of Art, Livingston, MT

  • 2026, Put Together, New York Design Week, presented by Placed Projects, New York, NY

  • 2025, SCOPE Art Show, presented by Placed Projects, Miami, FL

  • 2025, Archie Bray Resident Exhibition, Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, Helena, MT

  • 2025, Merge(d),  The Hudgens Center (curated by the Color Network), Duluth, GA

  • 2024, Affordable Art Fair, presented by Artbean Gallery, New York, NY

  • 2024, Short Stories, Artbean Gallery, New York, NY

  • 2023, A New Revisioning, Bobblehaus Gallery, New York, NY

  • 2022, Sounds About Riso, presented by Lucky Risograph, Usagi NY, New York, NY

  • 2022, Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Art, London, UK

  • 2021, Speaking Into Being, Yale School of Architecture, New Haven, CT

  • 2020, Protest, Harvard Graduate School of Design Kirkland Gallery, Cambridge, MA

Awards & Residencies

  • 2027, Residency Recipient, European Ceramic Work Centre, Oisterwijk, NL (forthcoming)

  • 2026, Simone Leigh Award, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Edgecomb, ME

  • 2026, Winter Residency Recipient, Dharamkot Studio, Dharamshala, IN

  • 2025, Studio Materials Grant, The Color Network, New York, NY

  • 2025-2026, Fulbright-Nehru Senior Scholar Award, U.S. Department of State, India

  • 2025, Summer Residency Recipient, Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, Helena, MT

  • 2025, Spring Residency Recipient, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO

  • 2024, Winter Residency Recipient, Penland School of Craft (Printmaking), Bakersville, NC

  • 2023, Residency Recipient, Pottery Workshop, Jingdezhen, China

  • 2023, Winter Residency Recipient, Penland School of Craft (Ceramics), Bakersville, NC

  • 2022, Summer Residency Recipient, Block Print Culture, Jaipur, India

  • 2020, Research Grant Recipient, Harvard Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA

Artist Talks & Workshops

  • 2027,  Summer Workshop, Penland School of Craft, Bakersville, NC (forthcoming)

  • 2027, Winter Workshop, John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, NC (forthcoming)

  • 2026, Artist Lecture & Workshop, Indian Institute of Crafts and Design (IICD), Jaipur, India

  • 2025, Artist Lecture & Workshop, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT

  • 2024, Artist Lecture & Workshop, Harvard Ceramics, Cambridge, MA

  • 2024, Artist Lecture & Workshop, New York Public Library, New York, NY

  • 2023, Artist Lecture & Workshop, Pottery Workshop, Jingdezhen, CN

  • 2022, Artist Lecture & Workshop, Welcome to Chinatown, New York, NY

  • 2022, Children’s Printmaking Workshop, New York Public Library, New York, NY

  • 2022, Artist Lecture & Workshop, Poster House, New York, NY

  • 2022, Community Printmaking Workshop, Hong Ning Housing for the Elderly, New York, NY

Institutional Collections

  • 2026, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Permanent Collection, New York, NY

  • 2025, Archie Bray Foundation Permanent Collection, Helena, MT

  • 2022, New York Public Library, New York, NY

  • 2021, Poster House Permanent Collection, New York, NY