Emily Sheehan

Louisville, KY

Artist Bio



Emily Sheehan is a Louisville Kentucky based Visual Artist. Sheehan’s artistic practice/research utilizes perceptual drawing (drawing from observation in a multi-sensory way) to explore the way marks left on a page become evidence of lived experience. Emily uses both traditional and nontraditional drawing materials, and techniques, to create works that provoke both herself and the viewer to linger in the human space between encounter and recounting where we make our world personal. Emily’s work has been exhibited nationally, in group, invitational, and juried exhibitions. Emily is on the board of the Thinking Through Drawing – International Drawing and Cognition research network, which coordinates symposia and events and publications that connect people who are interested in the process and practice of drawing and the ways that drawing both reflects and facilitates thought and perception.

Artist Website

www.emilysheehanstudiosite.com