About

Biography

Emily McQueen is an Arizona-based mixed media artist whose work investigates the dualities of the human experience. Inspired by botanical illustrations of the 19th century, her work features oil painted florals over a background of hand-carved block print patterns, generating a tactile push-pull between meticulous repetition and expressive brushwork. This visual tension directly mirrors McQueen’s decades navigating life as a wheelchair user with a permanent disability, where she finds profound beauty in the coexistence of opposing forces: fragile and fierce, mundane and remarkable, subtle and bold.

Resume

Highlights

2026

• Duo Exhibition with Danielle Whigham, TePaske Gallery "Grounded"

2025

• Solo Exhibition, Fine Arts on 5th Gallery "LUSTER (Loess-ter)"

2024

• Second round participant in Art64 Painting Tournament 

2023

• Omaha Summer Arts Festival Mural Cube Installation "We are All in this Together"

2022

• LDS International Art Competition "We Come Unto Thee"
• New Masters Exhibition, PACE "Omaha National Bank Building"
• Solo Exhibition, Fine Arts on 5th Gallery "Cut Off: Paralyzed in a Pandemic"

2021

• Citylight Arts Project Exhibition, Omaha Nebraska "Teenline"

2020

• Featured in New Mobility Magazine "Snail Mail"

2019

• Art Slam Omaha, 2nd Place Prize "Farmhouse Sunset"

2013

• LDS International Art Competition "Well Worn Ground Floor"

2010

• Mary Free Bed Hospital Purchase Award "Self Portrait"

2009 

• Mary Free Bed Hospital Purchase Award "Freedom"