Emily Coan (b. 1991 St. Petersburg, Florida) is an artist based in the Hudson Valley, NY. In 2013, she received her BFA in Sculpture from the University of Florida, and moved to New York City as a painter in 2015. Her multilayered, glazed oil paintings deal with themes of femininity & women’s labor set in fairytale-esque environments. Coan’s work has been featured in Interview Magazine, T Magazine, Artnet, Whitewall, Juxtapose, and even Playboy. Coan has recently exhibited in group shows with Victoria Miro (London), The Pond Society (Shanghai), and Sargent’s Daughters (Los Angeles). She was recently an artist in residence at Palazzo Monti (Brescia). Coan’s most recent series Spider Silk (2023-2025) began with a solo show at DIMIN (New York) in 2024, with additional works from the series exhibited at NADA New York and Miami fairs (both 2024), and solo show Nightshades at Long Story Short, Paris this May. Spider Silk culminated with a solo booth at The Armory Show this September. Coan is represented by DIMIN gallery.
EMILY COAN - CV
emilycoan.com
art.emilymiller@gmail.com
b. St. Petersburg, Florida, USA 1991
lives & works in the Hudson Valley, NY
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025
The Armory Show, DIMIN, New York, NY
Nightshades, Long Story Short, Paris
2024
Spider Silk, DIMIN, New York, NY
2022
Ring of Fire, Monya Rowe Gallery, New York, NY
2021
If I Cannot Bend the Gods, then I Will Move the Infernal Regions, Monya Rowe Gallery, New York, NY
2020
Mirror, Mirror, Unit London. London, United Kingdom
2019
8th House, Barney Savage Gallery, New York, NY
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025
That’s Not All, Folks, Pond Society, Shanghai, China
Chiaroscuro: A Century of Charcoal, Victoria Miro, London, United Kingdom & Online (Vortic)
Scapes, DIMIN, New York, NY
Primary Voices in a Secondary World, Artists First Collective, New York, NY
2024
NADA, DIMIN, Miami, FL
Picnic at Hanging Rock Part 2, Sargent’s Daughters, Los Angeles, CA
Entrée, Palazzo Monti, Brescia, Italy
NADA, DIMIN, New York, NY
Ici Repose, curated by Emie Diamond, Vortic, online
2023
Beach, curated by Danny Moynihan, Nino Mier Gallery, New York, NY
Duality, Monya Rowe Gallery, New York, NY
Oracle, de boer gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Cycles, DIMIN, New York, NY
Revival I - XVIIIe siècle, Gowen Contemporary, Geneva, Switzerland
I am American, Kutlesa Gallery, Goldau, Switzerland
Works on Paper, Monya Rowe Gallery, New York, NY
2022
The Bathroom Show, Monya Rowe Gallery, New York, NY
Jerry Gogosian’s Suggested Followers: How the Algorithm is Always Right, curated by Hilde Lynn Helphenstein, Sotheby’s, New York, NY
New²York, curated by Olesya Ivanishcheva & Kenny Schachter, 18 Bowery, New York, NY
2021
Killer Cute, de boer Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The Bedroom Show, Monya Rowe Gallery, New York, NY
Spiritual Advisory: Part Deux, Greenpoint Terminal Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Unconquerable Women, Martha’s Contemporary, Austin TX
2020
Witch, Cub, and Dream Hunter, Brownie Project, Shanghai, China
Outside Touch, Monya Rowe Gallery, New York, NY
New Wave: Benefit Exhibition, Anna Zorina Gallery, online
Drawn Together: Benefit Exhibition, Unit London, online
2019
A Fairly Secret Army, Wildpalms, Düsseldorf, Germany
Yin/Yang, 0.0 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2018
Seed, curated by Yvonne Force, Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY
EDUCATION
2013 University of Florida, BFA - Sculpture
SELECTED PRESS
Sound and Vision Podcast, Episode 493 “Emily Coan” 25 Septmber, 2025 (Link)
The Art Daddy’s Substack, “Dumpster Fires & Duct Tape: Your Art Daddy Guide to Surviving the Fall Art Fair Season” 4 September, 2025 (Link)
Juxtapose Magazine, “Preview: Emily Coan’s ‘Rising: The Spider Silk Series’ Highlights DIMIN’s Booth @ The Armory Show, NYC” 29 August, 2025 (Link)
Juxtapose Magazine, “Emily Coan ‘Spider Silk’ Series Continues with ‘Nightshades’ in Paris” 25 April, 2025 (Link)
Whitewall, “7 Best Booths at NADA New York’s 2024 Edition” Olivia Ferrucci, 8 May 2024 (Link)
T Magazine (The New York Times Style Magazine), “A New Way of Looking at the Nude” Julia Halperin, 3 April 2024 (Link)
Interview Magazine, “Painter Emily Coan on Fairytales, Femininity and Tradwife TikTok” Emily Sandstrom, 21 March 2024 (Link)
Astral Magazine, “An Interview with: Emily Coan” Feb 2024 (Link)
Artnet, “See Inside the Studio of Emily Marie Miller, Whose Light-Filled, Countryside Space Influences Her Fantastical Paintings” Katie White, 28 June 2022 (Link)
New American Paintings, Issue 158: juried by Bill Powers, Feb-Mar 2022, Print.
Artnet, “Editor’s Pick: 14 Events for Your Art Calendar This Week” Neha Jambhekar, 17 May 2022 (Link)
Artnet, “Editor’s Pick: 11 Events for Your Art Calendar This Week” Katie White, 5 April 2021 (Link)
Artnet, “Editor’s Pick: 24 Thing Not to Miss in New York’s Art World, Print Week Edition” Cristina Cruz, 21 Oct 2019 (Link)
Playboy, “#InstaBANNED” Zach Sokol, Sept-Oct 2018, Print.
Artmaze Mag, Anniversary Edition 10, Nov 2018, Print.
Quiet Lunch Magazine, “Remote: In Conversation with Emily Marie Miller” Diane Knarr, Nov 2017, Print.
RESIDENCIES
2024 Palazzo Monti, Brescia, Italy
2020 The Macedonia Institute, Chatham, NY
2018 Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild Residency, Woodstock, NY