Emily Leonard Trenholm

Emily Leonard Trenholm is a visual artist, educator, and curator whose studio practice documents her experience living in the woods on the coast of Maine. She received her MFA from Boston University in 2011 and her BFA from the University of New Hampshire in 2005. Emily is represented by Gallery NAGA in Boston, and her work is in public and private collections, including Boston University, Drummond Woodsum, Dartmouth College, Sovereign Bank, and Zilman Art Museum, among others. Emily is the recipient of the SOLO Competition at Broomfield Gallery, Monhegan Artists’ Residency, and Great Spruce Head Island Residency. Recent solo and group exhibitions include Bomb Cyclone at Interloc, Daughters of the Mother Tree at Gallery NAGA, Current at the UNH Gallery of Art, Shaped / On the Wall at Caldbeck Gallery, and Prism at Gallery NAGA. Curatorial projects include You and I are Earth, Remain in Light, Over/Under the Surface, Swimmin’ on the Weekend and Beyond the Breakwater, all presented at the Ice House on North Haven Island, ME. Emily lives and works in Brunswick, Maine.

“There are subtle shifts I observe each day as the seasons change. I watch the snow recede, freshly fallen trees appear, the growth of ferns and forest flowers and the arrival of bugs and migrating birds. The weather plays an important role determining studio hours, how many layers to wear and how heavily to secure my work before it’s blown away. I change too, as the seasons cycle and naturally project my emotion on the landscape while working. This inner self directs the shapes I see, the speed of line, my color choice, when to stop and where to keep going.” - Emily Leonard Trenholm

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