Education
2010 BFA, the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD)
Ongoing
Editor-at-Large, Don’t Delete Art, international collaborative project against art censorship online
Creator, The Exposure Therapy Project, international anti-censorship, body-equality campaign
Co-Creator, The Body Room, a feminist immersive experience
Program Coordinator, Hello Inclusion
writing
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Awards, Grants, Residencies
2024 (offered spot, unable to attend), XenoVisualStudies Laboratorio: hacking visual hegemonies, Matadero, Barcelona
2023 Scholarship recipient, 6-week course “The Art of Defending Artists 2.0,” Avante-Garde Lawyers
2023 Primer Premio, CUT OUT, I Premio MAV Llibre d’artistA, Valencia, Spain
2021 BonFire Artist-In-Residence, Spain
2021 Agora Digital Art Residency, London, UK
2021 Featured Video Artist, Sentient Fest, New York
2020 The Liminal Gallery Residency, Valencia, Spain
2019 Awesome Without Borders, Grant, New York, NY
2017 Drop Forge and Tool Residency, Hudson, NY
2017 Washington and Lee University, Invited Workshop Instructor Grant, Lexington, VA
2016 Vermont Studio Center Residency and Merit Scholarship, Johnson, Vermont
2013/15 The League Residency at Vyt Resident and Katzman Fellowship, Sparkill, NY
2015 Arts Letters and Numbers Residency, Averill Park, NY
Lectures, Panels, Visiting Critic
2024 (upcoming) Don’t Delete Art: Is Social Media Beyond Our Control? Panel, Dangerous Art, Endangered Artists series presented by Artists At Risk Connection and Art At A Time Like This at the Independent Art Fair
2024. Máster en Mercado Int. de Arte Contemporáneo, Valencia, Spain, Speaker, April 27
2024 Mujeres An Las Artes Visuales, Special Juror, Premio L’libre Artistica Jeronima Giles II
2024. Decentraland Wellness Week, Keynote Panel “Healthier Relationships with Social Media & Online Platforms,” January 24
2023 Woodhull Freedom Foundation, “We Removed Your Post!” , October 24
2023 RightsCon, “Artists Have Digital Rights, Too” workshop with NCAC and EFF, June 6
2023 London Drawing Group “Art Censorship: The Call Is Coming From Inside The House" April 17
2023 Arts Letters and Numbers, Artist Censorship in the Digital World, March 6
2022 Bonfire Artist Residency, Visiting Critic
2022 World Ethical Data Forum 2022, Speaker “Block Mute Report”
2022 Unit London, Navigating Sensitive Content, Panel, London, UK, Sept 20
2022 Washington and Lee University Law School, “Gender and the Law” Guest Lecturer
2021 London Drawing Group, “Who’s Afraid of the Female Nipple?”, Lecturer, London, UK, May 31
2021 London Drawing Group, “Censored Bodies Talk Back”, Panel Moderator, London, UK, June 3
2021 Artists Talk On Art, Artist Talk 53, New York, NY
2021 Agora Digital Art, “Cuerpas: Memory and Identity at the Border of Digital and Physical Art”, Artist Talk, London, UK
2021 The Edward Hopper House, “Model as Storyteller”, Guest Speaker, Nyack, NY
2020 Casa Cabanyal, “A Discussion on Censorship and the Female Body”, Lecturer, Valencia, Spain
2017 Washington and Lee University, Visiting Critic and Lecturer, Lexington, VA
2016 Southern Virginia University, Visiting Critic and Lecturer, Buena Vista, VA
Selected Solo Exhibitions/presentations
2021 AgoraXMetazu.studio, Cuerpas, https://hubs.mozilla.com/cuerpas
2021 Loading Festival: Screendow, Exquisite Cuerpas, Maimi, FL, USA
2021 The Liminal Gallery, “Cut Out” Artist Book Presentation and Artist’s Talk, Valencia, Spain
2020 The New Earth Art School, The Body Room, London ,UK (Co-Creator with Katherine Brown)
2018 Larkin Arts Gallery, Emma Shapiro: Enactments, Harrisonburg, VA, USA
2017 Hudson Opera House, Human Cartographies, Hudson, NY, USA (Collaborative Installation with Lluc Margrau)
2017 Lenfest Center for the Arts, Enactments, Washington and Lee University, VA, USA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 The Liminal, We Are Given To The Wind And Are Scattered, Valencia, Spain
2023 MAV Premio L'libre d'artistA award exhibition, Valencia, Spain
2022 Il Conventino Firenze, Dirty Pink, Florence, IT
2022 Unit London, Sensitive Content, London, UK (Frieze)
2022 Huellas De Mujer, Convocatoria HuellArts II, Spain
2022 Undercurrent Projects, Hands Off My Cuntry, New York NY
2022 The Liminal, Corridor Of Mirrors, Valencia, Spain
2021 Wavelength Video Festival, presenting Unreliable Memories, Kearny, NJ
2021 SentientFest, Saturday Presentation Headliner, New York
2021 Sporting Club Rusafa, Dirty Pink, Valencia, Spain
2021 Humble Arts Foundation, Embracing Stillness, http://hafny.org/
2021 Holding Patterns, Global Art Project by 22 Women, https://holding-patterns.com/
2020 Casa Cabanyal, Everyday Masks, Valencia, Spain
2019 Galeria Vangar, Valencia, Spain
2018 Target Gallery, Illuminated, Alexandria, VA, USA
2017 UnionDocs, Elements of Dissent: film + protest, Brooklyn, NY, USA
2016 Wilmer Jennings Gallery, Sun Ship, New York, NY, USA
2016 Otion Front Studio, Just Put Your Number In My Phone, Brooklyn, NY, USA
2014 3 Dot Zine by Devin Morris, Issue 1, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Selected Interviews/Features
2024 Electronic Frontier Foundation, Speaking Freely: Interview with Emma Shapiro, March
2024 El Periodico, Catalunya, “20 años después del 'pezongate', las tetas de las mujeres siguen siendo tabú,” Feb 3
2023 Women As/In Art, podcast episode 18
2023 WPANYC Instagram Takeover, Aug 21-23
2023 Hyperallergic, In NYC Protest, Activists Tell Meta to Stop Deleting Art, June 16
2023 Universal Masculino, Featured Interview, June 3
2023 The Art Newspaper, The Week In Art podcast, March 24
2023 Levante, “Mujer, Artista, Y Activista por el Cuerpo Feminino,” March 20
2022 Featured Artist/Activist, Feminist Zine commissioned by WeTransfer
2022 Télam Argentina, “Cuerpos desnudos y activismos Lgbtq+: las redes sociales avanzan con la censura del arte,” Dec 4
2021 Women Photographers History, IG Live Interview, Sept 30
2021 A Punt Media news broadcast, Feature Interview, Sept 14 (begin 44:23)
2021 FreeMuse.org, “Interview with American Visual Artist Emma Shapiro”, “Reclaiming The Space” Campaign, Aug 25
2021 The Valencian, “The Power of Pink”, June 30
2021 Adieu La Censure, Coeur Et Art, June
2021 Agora Digital Art, "A Woman Self-Defined" , March 26
2021 Art Plugged, "The Body Room Examines the Expectations of the Female Anatomy", Verity Babbs, March 11
2021 Creme Guides, Esther Harrison, “Body Positivity? Frauen(-Körper) in der Kunst und Medien”, Esther Harrison, March 3
2021 Micol Hebron, "Other Nipple Artists to Know and Love"
2020 The Rebirth Circle Podcast, "Censorship of the Female Body" Steph Rempel, October 28
2020 Happy Gals Podcast, "Nipples, Censorship, Art Modeling and the Female Gaze" Alessia Galatini, May 18
2020 Curated By Girls, "Emma Shapiro: Artist & Activist", , May
2020 Jessica De La Torre, "Exposure Therapy, A Movement Toward Liberating the Female Body", Medium, April 14
2020 Foto Femme United, "Interview: Emma Shapiro" , March 30
2019 RISD XYZ, "High Time For Exposure Therapy" Sp/Su “Freedom” Issue p8-12
2019 Awesome Without Borders, "Grant #334 Exposure Therapy", January 19
2017 Alina Cohen, “6 Nude Models on What It's Like to Constantly Get Naked in Front of Scrutinizing Strangers” Marie Claire Magazine, June 2