About
Emily Vallee is a visual artist based in Saratoga Springs, NY. Influenced by her upbringing in Northern Vermont, her photographic work explores and challenges the separation between humankind and the natural world. Her most recent exhibitions have been held at the Arts Center Gallery, the Schick Gallery, the Atlantic Wharf Gallery, the Vermont Center for Photography and the Conservation Center in Champ-Pittet, Switzerland.
Additionally, Vallee has been featured in various publications, such as, Lenscratch, Aint – Bad, Booooooom, Phases Magazine and Muybridge’s Horse. She has exhibited her artist books at the Boston Art Book Fair, the Philadelphia Art Book Fair and the Yale Odds & Ends Art Book Fair.
Vallee is currently a Lecturer of Photography at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, NY. Upon request, she is available for commissions.
To schedule a studio visit and for licensing information or collaborations, please contact – emilyvallee@gmail.com
Selected Exhibitions
2019 Summer Swoon, Faculty Exhibition, The Schick Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
2019 Dust Collective at Aviary Gallery, Boston, MA
http://www.aviarygallery.com/index#/dust-collective-handmade-photography-books
2019 Cold Season, Aviary Gallery, Boston MA
http://www.aviarygallery.com/index#/coldseason
2019 Uncovered: Works by Diane Golden, Jae Schalekamp and Emily Vallee, Saratoga Arts Center Gallery, Saratoga Springs, NY
https://www.saratoga-arts.org/exhibitions/past-exhibitions/
2018 Skidmore Art Department Faculty Exhibition, The Schick Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
2018 Juried Open Exhibition, Vermont Center for Photography, Brattleboro, VT
- Juror, Shane Lavalette, Director of Lightwork, Syracuse, NY
2018 Beekman Studios Exhibition, Uncommon Grounds, Saratoga Springs, NY
2017 Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Telephone Booth Exhibition, Snowmass Village, CO
- Curated by Ryan Arthurs, visual artist, Buffalo, NY
2017 SPE Northeast Juried Exhibition, Is Photography Enough? Interdisciplinary Approaches Beyond the Still Image, Vermont Center for Photography, Brattleboro, VT
- Juror, Joshua Farr, Executive Director, Vermont Center for Photography, Brattleboro, VT
2017 Art Hop Juried Exhibition, Burlington, VT
- Juror, Asya Geisberg, Owner of Asya Geisberg Gallery NYC
2017 2nd Juried Photo Book Exhibition, Vermont Center for Photography, Brattleboro, VT
- Juror, Henry Hornstein, Professor of Photography, Rhode Island School of Design
2017 Pathways & Passages Exhibition, The Dark Room Gallery, Essex, VT
- Juror, Stephen Perloff, Founder and Editor of The Photo Review
2017 Shortlist, International Photographic Exhibition 160, Royal Photographic Society, London, England
2017 Streit House Space, Online & Print Summer Exhibition, www.streithousespace.com
2017 First Prize/Best in Show, FOFA Juried Exhibition, Arts Alive/SEABA Gallery, Main Street Landing, Burlington, VT
- Juror, Marie Davis, Hive Studios and Sarah Vogelsang-Card, Havoc Gallery
2017 Sustainable Oceans Alliance Summit Exhibition, Georgetown University, Washington, DC
2017 MFA Thesis Exhibition, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
2017 Planes in the Sky, Atlantic Wharf Gallery, Boston, MA
2017 Aviary, Layfayette City Center, Boston, MA (travelling exhibition) & Providence Center for the Photographic Arts, Providence ,RI
- Juror, Paula Tognarelli, Griffin Museum of Photography
2017 MassArt Auction, Bakalar Paine Gallery, Boston MA
2017 Pro Natura Exhibition, Pro Natura Center, Lake Champ-Pittet, Switzerland
- Juror, Yann Laubscher
2017 Expanded Landscape, Doran Gallery, Design Center, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
2017 The Uncertainty Principle, FPAC Gallery, Boston, MA
- Juror, Renee Riccardi
2017 PRC Juried Student Exhibition, Photographic Resource Center at Boston University, Boston, MA
2017 Surfaces: Materiality and the Layered Experience, Doran Gallery, Design Center, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
2016 Metamorphosis, Till Wave Gallery, Watertown, MA - Juror, Paula Aeisi
2016 Alumni Exhibition, Davis Center Gallery, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
2016 The Work of Being Here, Doran Gallery, Boston MA
2016 Smoke, North Crackatorium, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
2016 The Plant Show, Student Life Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
2015 Idiosync, Arnheim Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
2014 Our Collective, Thesis Exhibition, Francis Colburn Gallery, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
2014 Creative Comp, The Root Gallery, Burlington, VT
2014 Art Hop, RL Photo Studio, Burlington, VT
2013 Creative Comp, The Root Gallery, Burlington, VT
Selected Publications
2017 Vingettes Weekender, January 12-14th, 2018
http://vignettes.us/
2017 Feature, Aint- Bad, Winter 2017
https://www.aint-bad.com/article/2017/12/26/emily-vallee/
2017 Animalia Feature, Lenscratch, Winter 2017
http://lenscratch.com/2017/12/of-blood-and-bone-emily-vallee/
2017 Feature, Lamono Magazine, Barcelona, Spain, Fall 2017
http://lamonomagazine.com/art-crush-la-convergencia-la-humanidad-mundo-natural-emily-vallee/
2017 Photo of the Day, Don’t Take Pictures, September 27, 2017
https://www.donttakepictures.com/photo-of-the-day/2017/9/27/emily-vallee
2017 Booooooom Art, Photographer Spotlight & Featured Artist, Summer 2017
http://www.booooooom.com/2017/08/25/photographer-spotlight-emily-vallee/
2017 Streit House Space Feature & Guest Blogger, Summer Exhibition
http://streithousespace.com/Emily-Vallee
2017 New West/ New East Editions, Winter 2017, February 2017
2017 ProNatura Presentation, ProNatura Center, Lake Champ-Pittet, Switzerland
https://www.pronatura-champ-pittet.ch/presentation
2017 Phases Magazine, Feature, January 2017
https://www.phasesmag.com/emily-vallee/recent-work/
2016 Muybridges Horse, Feature, November 2016
http://muybridgeshorse.com/2016/10/12/emily-vallee/
2016 Isthmus, Image Conversation w/ Artist Marce Martinez, Guatemala, Fall 2016
2015 Exquisite Corpse, Photobooks with Matthew Monteith, Massachusetts College of Art and Design
https://blogs.massart.edu/artistsbooks/?s=exquisite+corpse+
Education
2017 MFA, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
2014 BFA, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
2011 Castleton University, Wisdom Study Abroad, Athens and Samos, Greece
Teaching Experience
2019 Visiting Lecturer, Photography 1, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY (Fall 2019)
2019 Summer Faculty, Landscape Photography, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY (Summer 2019)
2019 Visiting Lecturer, Photography 1, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY (Spring 2019)
2018 Visiting Lecturer, Photography 1, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY (Fall 2018)
2018 Visiting Lecturer, Beginning Photography, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY (Spring 2018)
2017/2018 Instructor, Introduction to Digital Photography, Living Resources Arts, WDI Art Works Grant
2017 Printmaking Workshop Instructor, Living Resources Arts, Saratoga Springs, NY (Fall, Winter 2017)
2017 Alternative Processes Workshop Instructor, Living Resources Arts, Saratoga Springs, NY (Fall 2017)
2016 Graduate Teaching Fellow, Introduction to Digital Photography for Non-Majors, Massachusetts College of
Art and Design, Boston, MA (Fall 2016)
2016 Graduate Teaching Fellow, Introduction to Digital Photography for Non-Majors, Massachusetts College of
Art and Design, Boston, MA (Spring 2016)
2016 Teaching Assistant to Laura McPhee, Sophomore Black & White Darkroom, Major Studio (Fall 2016)
2015 Teaching Assistant to Dan Boardman, Photography in the Newsroom (Fall 2015)
2014 Teaching Assistant to Tom Brennan, Digital Color Photography (Fall 2014, Summer 2013)
2011 Youth Arts Instructor, Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, History Comes Alive, Shelburne, VT
2009 Youth Arts Instructor, Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, FlynnArts, Burlington, VT
Professional Experience
2019 Exhibitions Committee, 2020 Submissions Review, Saratoga Arts, Saratoga Springs, NY
2019 Guest Juror, 2019 Student Exhibition, Siena College Creative Arts Department, Loudonville, NY
2018 Exhibitor, Yale Odds & Ends Book Fair, New Haven, CT
2018 Exhibitor, Boston Art Book Fair, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston MA
2018 – Present Lead Photographer, The Saratoga Portrait Studio, Saratoga Springs, NY
2018 Exhibitor, Philadelphia Art Book Fair, 23rd Street Armory, Philadelphia, PA
2017 Exhibitor, Boston Art Book Fair, Boston Center for the Arts, October 20,21,22 Boston, MA
2017-2018 Workshop Instructor, Gallery Assistant, 70 Beekman Street Gallery, Living Resources Arts, Saratoga Springs, NY
2017 – Present Owner & Lead Photographer, Emily Vallee Photography, Northeastern US
2015 Farm/Produce Sales Associate, Siena Farms, Waltham, MA
2015 Farmers Market Booth Manager, Vallee Farm Pure Vermont Maple Syrup, Boston, MA
2014 Part -Time Commercial Photographer, RL Photo Studio, Burlington, VT
2014 Freelance Photographer Assistant to Ryan Bent + Daniel Cardon, Burlington, VT
2013 Intern, RL Photo Studio, Burlington, VT
2013 Graphic Design Intern, HMC Advertising, Richmond, VT
2012-2013 Gallery Assistant, Frog Hollow Vermont State Craft Center, Burlington, VT
Awards, Grants, Residencies and Volunteer Work
2015 Deans Scholarship, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
2013 Deans List Award Scholarship, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
2013 Artist In Residence, IMMUMA Children’s Orphanage, Bagamoyo, Tanzania
2013 Volunteer, Asante Sana for Education, Bagamoyo, Tanzania
2011 Wisdom Study Abroad, Art History & Environmental Sculpture Studies, Athens/Samos Island, Greece
Curatorial and Gallery Experience
2016 Co – Curator & Co-Producer, Quicksand, New Art Center, Newton, MA
2016 Curatorial Assistant to Sarah Drexler, Arts Alive, SEABA, Burlington, VT
2015 Co- Curator & Co-Producer Idiosync, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
2014 Curatorial Assistant, Art Hop, RL Photo Gallery, Burlington VT
2013 Gallery Assistant and Graphic Designer, Creative Comp, The Root Gallery, Burlington, VT
Emily Vallee is a visual artist based in Saratoga Springs, NY. Influenced by her upbringing in Northern Vermont, her photographic work explores and challenges the separation between humankind and the natural world. Her most recent exhibitions have been held at the Arts Center Gallery, the Schick Gallery, the Atlantic Wharf Gallery, the Vermont Center for Photography and the Conservation Center in Champ-Pittet, Switzerland.
Additionally, Vallee has been featured in various publications, such as, Lenscratch, Aint – Bad, Booooooom, Phases Magazine and Muybridge’s Horse. She has exhibited her artist books at the Boston Art Book Fair, the Philadelphia Art Book Fair and the Yale Odds & Ends Art Book Fair.
Vallee is currently a Lecturer of Photography at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, NY. Upon request, she is available for commissions.
To schedule a studio visit and for licensing information or collaborations, please contact – emilyvallee@gmail.com
Selected Exhibitions
2019 Summer Swoon, Faculty Exhibition, The Schick Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
2019 Dust Collective at Aviary Gallery, Boston, MA
http://www.aviarygallery.com/index#/dust-collective-handmade-photography-books
2019 Cold Season, Aviary Gallery, Boston MA
http://www.aviarygallery.com/index#/coldseason
2019 Uncovered: Works by Diane Golden, Jae Schalekamp and Emily Vallee, Saratoga Arts Center Gallery, Saratoga Springs, NY
https://www.saratoga-arts.org/exhibitions/past-exhibitions/
2018 Skidmore Art Department Faculty Exhibition, The Schick Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
2018 Juried Open Exhibition, Vermont Center for Photography, Brattleboro, VT
- Juror, Shane Lavalette, Director of Lightwork, Syracuse, NY
2018 Beekman Studios Exhibition, Uncommon Grounds, Saratoga Springs, NY
2017 Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Telephone Booth Exhibition, Snowmass Village, CO
- Curated by Ryan Arthurs, visual artist, Buffalo, NY
2017 SPE Northeast Juried Exhibition, Is Photography Enough? Interdisciplinary Approaches Beyond the Still Image, Vermont Center for Photography, Brattleboro, VT
- Juror, Joshua Farr, Executive Director, Vermont Center for Photography, Brattleboro, VT
2017 Art Hop Juried Exhibition, Burlington, VT
- Juror, Asya Geisberg, Owner of Asya Geisberg Gallery NYC
2017 2nd Juried Photo Book Exhibition, Vermont Center for Photography, Brattleboro, VT
- Juror, Henry Hornstein, Professor of Photography, Rhode Island School of Design
2017 Pathways & Passages Exhibition, The Dark Room Gallery, Essex, VT
- Juror, Stephen Perloff, Founder and Editor of The Photo Review
2017 Shortlist, International Photographic Exhibition 160, Royal Photographic Society, London, England
2017 Streit House Space, Online & Print Summer Exhibition, www.streithousespace.com
2017 First Prize/Best in Show, FOFA Juried Exhibition, Arts Alive/SEABA Gallery, Main Street Landing, Burlington, VT
- Juror, Marie Davis, Hive Studios and Sarah Vogelsang-Card, Havoc Gallery
2017 Sustainable Oceans Alliance Summit Exhibition, Georgetown University, Washington, DC
2017 MFA Thesis Exhibition, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
2017 Planes in the Sky, Atlantic Wharf Gallery, Boston, MA
2017 Aviary, Layfayette City Center, Boston, MA (travelling exhibition) & Providence Center for the Photographic Arts, Providence ,RI
- Juror, Paula Tognarelli, Griffin Museum of Photography
2017 MassArt Auction, Bakalar Paine Gallery, Boston MA
2017 Pro Natura Exhibition, Pro Natura Center, Lake Champ-Pittet, Switzerland
- Juror, Yann Laubscher
2017 Expanded Landscape, Doran Gallery, Design Center, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
2017 The Uncertainty Principle, FPAC Gallery, Boston, MA
- Juror, Renee Riccardi
2017 PRC Juried Student Exhibition, Photographic Resource Center at Boston University, Boston, MA
2017 Surfaces: Materiality and the Layered Experience, Doran Gallery, Design Center, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
2016 Metamorphosis, Till Wave Gallery, Watertown, MA - Juror, Paula Aeisi
2016 Alumni Exhibition, Davis Center Gallery, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
2016 The Work of Being Here, Doran Gallery, Boston MA
2016 Smoke, North Crackatorium, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
2016 The Plant Show, Student Life Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
2015 Idiosync, Arnheim Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
2014 Our Collective, Thesis Exhibition, Francis Colburn Gallery, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
2014 Creative Comp, The Root Gallery, Burlington, VT
2014 Art Hop, RL Photo Studio, Burlington, VT
2013 Creative Comp, The Root Gallery, Burlington, VT
Selected Publications
2017 Vingettes Weekender, January 12-14th, 2018
http://vignettes.us/
2017 Feature, Aint- Bad, Winter 2017
https://www.aint-bad.com/article/2017/12/26/emily-vallee/
2017 Animalia Feature, Lenscratch, Winter 2017
http://lenscratch.com/2017/12/of-blood-and-bone-emily-vallee/
2017 Feature, Lamono Magazine, Barcelona, Spain, Fall 2017
http://lamonomagazine.com/art-crush-la-convergencia-la-humanidad-mundo-natural-emily-vallee/
2017 Photo of the Day, Don’t Take Pictures, September 27, 2017
https://www.donttakepictures.com/photo-of-the-day/2017/9/27/emily-vallee
2017 Booooooom Art, Photographer Spotlight & Featured Artist, Summer 2017
http://www.booooooom.com/2017/08/25/photographer-spotlight-emily-vallee/
2017 Streit House Space Feature & Guest Blogger, Summer Exhibition
http://streithousespace.com/Emily-Vallee
2017 New West/ New East Editions, Winter 2017, February 2017
2017 ProNatura Presentation, ProNatura Center, Lake Champ-Pittet, Switzerland
https://www.pronatura-champ-pittet.ch/presentation
2017 Phases Magazine, Feature, January 2017
https://www.phasesmag.com/emily-vallee/recent-work/
2016 Muybridges Horse, Feature, November 2016
http://muybridgeshorse.com/2016/10/12/emily-vallee/
2016 Isthmus, Image Conversation w/ Artist Marce Martinez, Guatemala, Fall 2016
2015 Exquisite Corpse, Photobooks with Matthew Monteith, Massachusetts College of Art and Design
https://blogs.massart.edu/artistsbooks/?s=exquisite+corpse+
Education
2017 MFA, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
2014 BFA, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
2011 Castleton University, Wisdom Study Abroad, Athens and Samos, Greece
Teaching Experience
2019 Visiting Lecturer, Photography 1, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY (Fall 2019)
2019 Summer Faculty, Landscape Photography, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY (Summer 2019)
2019 Visiting Lecturer, Photography 1, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY (Spring 2019)
2018 Visiting Lecturer, Photography 1, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY (Fall 2018)
2018 Visiting Lecturer, Beginning Photography, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY (Spring 2018)
2017/2018 Instructor, Introduction to Digital Photography, Living Resources Arts, WDI Art Works Grant
2017 Printmaking Workshop Instructor, Living Resources Arts, Saratoga Springs, NY (Fall, Winter 2017)
2017 Alternative Processes Workshop Instructor, Living Resources Arts, Saratoga Springs, NY (Fall 2017)
2016 Graduate Teaching Fellow, Introduction to Digital Photography for Non-Majors, Massachusetts College of
Art and Design, Boston, MA (Fall 2016)
2016 Graduate Teaching Fellow, Introduction to Digital Photography for Non-Majors, Massachusetts College of
Art and Design, Boston, MA (Spring 2016)
2016 Teaching Assistant to Laura McPhee, Sophomore Black & White Darkroom, Major Studio (Fall 2016)
2015 Teaching Assistant to Dan Boardman, Photography in the Newsroom (Fall 2015)
2014 Teaching Assistant to Tom Brennan, Digital Color Photography (Fall 2014, Summer 2013)
2011 Youth Arts Instructor, Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, History Comes Alive, Shelburne, VT
2009 Youth Arts Instructor, Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, FlynnArts, Burlington, VT
Professional Experience
2019 Exhibitions Committee, 2020 Submissions Review, Saratoga Arts, Saratoga Springs, NY
2019 Guest Juror, 2019 Student Exhibition, Siena College Creative Arts Department, Loudonville, NY
2018 Exhibitor, Yale Odds & Ends Book Fair, New Haven, CT
2018 Exhibitor, Boston Art Book Fair, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston MA
2018 – Present Lead Photographer, The Saratoga Portrait Studio, Saratoga Springs, NY
2018 Exhibitor, Philadelphia Art Book Fair, 23rd Street Armory, Philadelphia, PA
2017 Exhibitor, Boston Art Book Fair, Boston Center for the Arts, October 20,21,22 Boston, MA
2017-2018 Workshop Instructor, Gallery Assistant, 70 Beekman Street Gallery, Living Resources Arts, Saratoga Springs, NY
2017 – Present Owner & Lead Photographer, Emily Vallee Photography, Northeastern US
2015 Farm/Produce Sales Associate, Siena Farms, Waltham, MA
2015 Farmers Market Booth Manager, Vallee Farm Pure Vermont Maple Syrup, Boston, MA
2014 Part -Time Commercial Photographer, RL Photo Studio, Burlington, VT
2014 Freelance Photographer Assistant to Ryan Bent + Daniel Cardon, Burlington, VT
2013 Intern, RL Photo Studio, Burlington, VT
2013 Graphic Design Intern, HMC Advertising, Richmond, VT
2012-2013 Gallery Assistant, Frog Hollow Vermont State Craft Center, Burlington, VT
Awards, Grants, Residencies and Volunteer Work
2015 Deans Scholarship, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
2013 Deans List Award Scholarship, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
2013 Artist In Residence, IMMUMA Children’s Orphanage, Bagamoyo, Tanzania
2013 Volunteer, Asante Sana for Education, Bagamoyo, Tanzania
2011 Wisdom Study Abroad, Art History & Environmental Sculpture Studies, Athens/Samos Island, Greece
Curatorial and Gallery Experience
2016 Co – Curator & Co-Producer, Quicksand, New Art Center, Newton, MA
2016 Curatorial Assistant to Sarah Drexler, Arts Alive, SEABA, Burlington, VT
2015 Co- Curator & Co-Producer Idiosync, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
2014 Curatorial Assistant, Art Hop, RL Photo Gallery, Burlington VT
2013 Gallery Assistant and Graphic Designer, Creative Comp, The Root Gallery, Burlington, VT