Emily C-D is a transdisciplinary artist originally from Maryland, based in Mexico, and working on both sides of the border. She investigates the tension between social and environmental issues through painting, sculpture, social practice and performance.

Photo credit: William T. Armstrong

Selected Portfolio

Semillas Exhibition by Emily C-D in collaboration with Casa Gallina at The Geology Museum in Mexico City.
Semillas
Feet Kneaded by Emily C-D in the 63rd Annual International Ceramic Art Exhibition organized by the Argentinian Center for Ceramic Art.
Feet Kneaded
Seeds for Everyone by Emily C-D in the MexiCali Biennial exhibit Land of Milk and Honey.
Seeds for Everyone
We Are The Watershed bi-national project with participation of Magma (artist duo Emily C-D and Ana Gómez.)
We Are the Watershed
Tree Time wood assemblage work by Emily C-D, part of the online exhibit Silent Acoustic during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Tree Time
Intervenida solo exhibit by Emily C-D at Julio Fine Arts Gallery at Loyola University, Baltimore, MD.
Intervenida
Florecer Aquí y Allá pro-migration installation by Emily C-D in the Zocalo main square of Mexico City.
Florecer Here & There
River For a Thousand Years community activation and picture book by Emily C-D with Victor Fuentes of the Gubidxa Gallery in Oaxaca, Mexico.
River for a Thousand Years
Ciudad Sembrada is a series of public paintings by Emily C-D celebrating urban agriculture in Mexico City.
Ciudad Sembrada
We Garden Under Blue Lights urban garden murals in Baltimore, MD and resulting watercolor series by Emily C-D.
Blue Lights
Fenceweave participatory, ephemeral tapestry project conceptualized by Emily C-D, Baltimore, MD.
Fenceweave
Schoolhouse Garden steel sculptures by Emily C-D with Jessie and Katey (artist trio Can Collective), Baltimore, MD.
Schoolhouse Garden
Sunflower Village mural diptych by Emily C-D with Jessie and Katey (artist trio Can Collective), Baltimore, MD.
Sunflower Village
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