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Biography

Emily McQueen is a painter living in Glenwood Iowa. Working mostly in oil and watercolor, McQueen draws inspiration from the Iowa landscape, her life as a disabled woman, and personal experiences surrounding her faith.  She graduated from Brigham Young University-Idaho with a bachelor's degree in University Studies, emphasis in Elementary Education and Art. In 2021, she became the owner of the Fine Arts on Fifth Gallery and Studio in Malvern Iowa where she creates her own artwork, teaches classes, and shows the work of other local artists.

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Highlights

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"