Emily Schroeder Willis grew up in Minnesota, where she was influenced by Japanese mingei traditions, while also being inspired by her mother’s upbringing in a Mennonite community. Presently, she is using the history and language of historical vessels to create metaphorical objects.
An artist and Associate Professor, Adjunct at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Emily received her BFA from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities and her MFA from the University of Colorado, Boulder. She has exhibited her work at the Dubai Design Fair in the UAE, the Kansas City Museum in Missouri, the Ohio Craft Museum in Wooster, the Ralph Arnold Gallery in Chicago, and many others. She is the recipient of a Jerome Fellowship from the Northern Clay Center and the Sage Fellowship from the Archie Bray Foundation. She has been an artist-in-residence at the Archie Bray Foundation, the Zentrum für Keramik in Berlin, Germany, the Alberta University of the Arts in Canada and Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts in Maine.
Contact: emily.m.schroeder@gmail.com
Photo by Will Keeler.