EDUCATION
MFA, Studio Art, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE
BFA, Photography, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KY
SOLO & TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
* = forthcoming
2025
*Here You Come Again, a two-person exhibition with John-David Richardson, Shircliff Art Gallery, Vincennes University, Vincennes, IN
2024
the death of you and me, SRO Gallery, Texas Tech University, October 2024
the death of you and me, Northern State University, South Dakota
2023
Love You More, 1628 Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2022
Erma Jean, Marani Gallery, University of Northern Colorado
2020
A Certain Kind of Woman, Artroom, Ft. Worth, TX
2018
A Certain Kind of Woman, Eisentrager-Howard Gallery, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Lincoln, NE
2017
A Certain Kind of Woman, LUX Center for the Arts, Lincoln, NE
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2025-2028/ Chair of the Midwest Chapter of the Society for Photographic Education
2023/ Midwest conference of Society for Photographic Education Conference Planning Committee conference, Chicago, IL
Vice Chair of Midwest Chapter of Society for Photographic Education
2022/ Midwest Conference of Society for Photographic Education Conference Planning Committee 2022 conference
Vice Chair of the Midwest Chapter of the Society for Photographic Education
2019/ Discipline Assistant, Film+Photography, Governor’s School for the Arts, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
2015/ Fall Graduate Teaching Assistant, Beginning Digital Photography, Professor: Walker Pickering, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Lincoln, NE
2015/ Fall Graduate Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Darkroom Photography, Professor: Dana Fritz, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Lincoln, NE
2014/ Spring Teaching Assistant, Photography I, Professor: Barbara Houghton, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KY
2014/ Fall Teaching Assistant, Photography I, Professor: Chris Smith, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KY
2014/ Large Format Print Center Technician, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KY
TEACHING
2021-present
Assistant Professor of Art & Design, Mount St. Joseph University, Cincinnati, OH
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS & ARTIST LECTURES
2024
The Death of You and Me: When Words Go Missing, Imagemaker Presentation, National Conference Society for Photographic Education, St. Louis, MI
The Secrets of Academia, joint Imagemaker Presentation with fellow academic Jessica Just, National Conference Society for Photographic Education, St. Louis, MI
2023
The Image Conference Pop-Up Exhibition & Online Presentation at the Fourteenth International Conference on The Image, University of San Jorge, Zaragoza, Spain (15-16 November 2023)
2022
Erma Jean and Related Works, Visiting Artist Presentation, University of Northern Colorado
The Death of You and Me: when words go missing, Image Maker Presentation, Midwest Society for Photographic Education Conference, Cincinnati, OH
2020
Guest Lecturer, Intro to Digital Photography, University of Arkansas
University of Indianapolis Art & Design Lecture Series: Emily Wiethorn, Invited Guest Lecturer, Indianapolis, IN
2019
Emily Wiethorn: Love You More” Image Maker Presentation, Midwest Society for Photographic Education Conference, Milwaukee, WI
2018
“Emily Wiethorn: A Certain Kind of Woman” Graduate Image Maker Presentation, SPE National Conference, Philadelphia, PN
2017
University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Lincoln, NE
Metropolitan Community College, Omaha, NE
ONLINE & PRINT PUBLICATIONS
2023
Erma Jean, Artist Interview and online gallery, lenscratch.com
2021
A Labor of Love, Online exhibition & book publication
2020
Fraction Magazine, 12th Anniversary Group Exhibition, Issue 134, May 2020
Congruence 2020, I Like Your Work Podcast
Future Perfect, Study Hall Gallery Exhibition Catalogue, PrattMWP
2019
Lenscratch, Photographers on Photographers: Emily Wiethorn and Morganna Magee,
Vogue Italia,Love You More, Emily Wiethorn, May 31, 2019
Zeit Literary Magazine, Hamburg, Germany, single photo from A Certain Kind of Woman
2018
Photo-Emphasis, Looking at You, Online Group Exhibition, juried by Jess Dugan
Photogrvphy Magazine, Online Feature, “Emily Wiethorn: A Certain Kind of Woman”
Streit House Space Summer Quarter, Selected Artist, website feature and Instagram takeover
PDNedu, “Woman. Kind. On Womanhood with Emily Wiethorn,” feature and cover photography, Spring Issue, 2018
Photo-Emphasis, “Spotlight Feature: Emily Wiethorn”, March 2, 2018
F-Stop Magazine, “Beauty/Beautiful” Issue, (online exhibition) February 1, 2018
2017
Lenscratch, Emily Wiethorn: The Fragility of Home, artist feature, October 16, 2017
Don’t Smile, Year One, Zine Publication
Float Magazine, “As You Were,” (on-line exhibition), Curated by Jonathan David Smyth, September 2017
Fraction Magazine, 9th Anniversary Issue, May 2, 2017
Don’t Smile, “The Female Gaze: Portraits”, (on-line exhibition), April 11, 2017
Reservoir Literary Journal, “Emily Wiethorn: Artist Feature”, Issue III, January 2017
2016
Don’t Smile, “Emily Wiethorn: Artist Feature”, November 22, 2016
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
* = forthcoming
2024
Visions of Utopia: Society for Photographic Education Midwest Chapter Members Exhibit, New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art, New Harmony, IN
Journey of Healing, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH, Sponsered by Zonta Club of Cincinnati, an advocacy organization for survivors of trauma
2023
nice;01, Juried by Epiphany Knedler of Midwest Nice Art, Northern State University, JFAC Gallery, South Dakota
2022
Faculty and Staff Exhibition, Studio San Giuseppe Gallery, Mount St. Joseph University, Cincinnati, OH
2020
Faculty and Staff Exhibition, Northern Kentucky University Gallery, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KY
Future Perfect: 13 Photographers Who Span the Breadth of Contemporary Photographic Image-making, Study Hall Gallery, PrattMWP
2019
Midwest Society for Photographic Education Members Exhibition, Brooke Stevens Gallery, Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Milwaukee, WI, Juror: Jennifer Murray
GSA Faculty & Staff Exhibition, Bolivar Art Gallery, School of Art and Visual Studies, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Collective Voices, Creative Advocacy’s 2ndAnnual Exhibition, Modella Gallery, Stillwater, OK
2018
Society for Photographic Education Combined International Caucus Exhibition, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA, Juror: Anthony Goicolea
2017
In Proximity, Tugboat Gallery, Lincoln, NE
2016
Masks, Southeast Center for Photography, Greenville, SC , Curator: Aline Smithson
Master Pieces, 10th Annual International Exhibit of Current and Recent MFA/MA Students, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Objecthood, Prescott Gallery, Lincoln, NE, Curator: Michael Villareal
2015
Near Silence, Medici Gallery, Lincoln, NE, Curator: Rosana Ybarra
Currents: An Exhibition of Students, Faculty, and Staff at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Prescott Gallery, Lincoln, NE
Convocation: A Regional Showcase of Graduating Artists, The Carnegie, Covington, KY, Curator: Matt Distel
BFA Solo Exhibition, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KY
2014
Global Focus, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH, a FotoFocus Biennial Sponsored Exhibition
The FotoFocus Biennial Regional Student Show, Cincinnati, OH
Student Research and Creativity Festival, The 505 Project: Newport, KY, Rieveschl Digitorium, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KY
Juried Student Exhibition, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KY, Curator: Cate Yellin
AWARDS & HONORS
2019
New York Times Portfolio Review
2018
Magenta Foundation, Flash Forward Top 100
2017
Critical Mass, Photo Lucida, Finalist
Texas Photographic Society National Photography Award, Finalist
Society for Photographic Education Student Award for Innovations in Imaging
2015–18
Graduate Teaching Assistantship, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE
Edgren Tuition Fellowship, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE
Peterson Fellowship, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE
2010–14
Governor’s Scholars 4 Year, Full Tuition Scholarship, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KY