Emily B. Yang (b. 1991) is an artist based in Brooklyn. As a ceramic and block print artist, she brings block printing and ceramic surface decoration closer together as a means to create new narratives around diasporic storytelling and feminist cultural speculation. By referencing a traditional medium for a contemporary context, she looks back towards the past to reconcile with a disorienting present, before exploring ways to move forward with intention. 

Emily has exhibited at the Royal Academy of Art in London, the Yale School of Architecture, and the Harvard Graduate School of Design Kirkland Gallery. She recently completed a block printing residency at the Penland School of Craft, is a graduate of the Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design, and currently teaches at the Parsons School of Design in New York.

Find Emily online at instagram.com/studioemilybyang /emilybyang.com

 
📸Pics from Thursday night’s block printing workshop with the Asian American Writers’ Workshop (@aaww_nyc) 📚🌸 Current fellows learned how to block print and responded to the prompt: 🖌️”As craft artists, we use our craft to buil
Recent work in progress pictures for carving “Bird Call” 🪶 ✨Started by sketching on a large block before carving it. I use the wiry little brush on the right side to sweep away crumbs 🧹 ✨Then I made a test print! At this point, I had
“Bird Call” (2024) ✨ These birds represent the languages of the generations before me - telling the story of colonization and migration. I researched birds that live in the regions where my ancestors lived, with each bird representing th
✨ New Print ✨ This block was originally carved during my time in Oaxaca at @subterraneos.oax , featuring familiar symbols from my ongoing work. The dress is a blend of inspirations—Mexican embroidered dresses and the home dresses my grandmother