Emma Klingbeil

medium: painting

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Wisconsin Chroniklz 2005 Painting	Boombox Wisco 2005 Painting	She Liked the Cold 2005 Painting
I Luv You Like a Fat Kid Luv Cake 2005 Painting	Lance Schmeiser, Pittsville, Wisconsin 2006 Painting

Contact information
145 S. Main St.
Medford, WI 54451
Phone Number: 715-748-2285
Fax number: 501-647-4000
Web site: www.hotheadcrafts.com/paintings.html

Artist statement
Originally from, and currently residing in, Medford, Wis., Emma Klingbeil is busy giving her state recognition. At age 20, Emma moved to Nashville, Tenn., to experience something a bit different than harsh winters, pine trees and deer. In 2005, after two years of the South, Emma made her way back and decided to open a small gallery in her art-starved hometown, Medford.

Emma's work started out as traditional portraiture. As her interests moved more to pop and fashion art, she began her own jewelry/accessory line called "Hothead Crafts," re-constructed bright and wild pieces of functional art. Her appreciation of hip-hop started to lend itself to color changes, textures, anything and everything. Soon, the "Wisconsin Chroniklz" began. ""I just began to love everything flashy and poppy. Prince and the 'Some Kind of Wonderful' soundtrack started playing repeatedly in my shop. Everything became bright and sparkly..."

The Wisconsin Chroniklz began while Emma was helping her grandparents move out of their old farm house. She came upon old photos of past relatives from the 1920s. Emma began mixing her glittery-pop style and hip-hop lyrics with painting. "I'd begin to paint these people with black and silver...really simple, just to accentuate their facial expressions. Then I'd jam-pack in every kind of '80s pattern and color I could think of. I've always loved old National Geographic magazines and wanted to incorporate collage into the paintings...then I loaded it with sequins, glitter, unicorns, cars, whatever. I just wanted it to be an explosion of life and felicity, while somehow, by image or words, incorporate Wisconsin."

Biography
EDUCATION:
--Medford Area Senior High School, Wis. (received the Kiwanis Art Recognition Award 2001)
--Summer Expressions Art Program, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, 1999
--UW Marshfield/Wood County, Marshfield, Wis., Spring/Fall 2001
--Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD), Fall/Spring 2002 (received Merit Scholarship)

HONORS:
--College of Visual Arts, St. Paul, Minn., awarded CVA scholarship
--Starvy Artist award, Nashville, Tenn.

EXHIBITIONS AND PUBLICATIONS:
--LuCille Tack Center, Spencer, Wis., solo show, 2000
--Marshfield News Herald arts article for Lucille Tack Center exhibition
--MCAD student show 2002
--Art and Invention, Nashville, Tenn., Tomato Art Show, 2003
--Plowhaus, Nashville, Tenn., Christmas Show 2003
--Loveless Cafe, Nashville, Tenn., collaborative art group show 2004
--Hair of the Dog, Nashville, Tenn., restaurant/gallery combination art show 2005
--Tag Art Gallery, Nashville, Tenn., combination show 2005-present
--Ellegirl Magazine, article featuring Buttercube, a partnership business, Sept. 2005
--Bust Magazine, article featuring Buttercube, a partnership business, April 2005
--All the Rage, Nashville, Tenn., local newspaper article featuring Buttercube, a partnership business, April 2005
--Starvy Awards, won the painting category
Nashville, Tenn. Country Music Hall of Fame guitar project winner (one out of 50)
--Star News, Taylor County, Wis., local newspaper article featuring opening of solo business, Cocoon Arts

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
--Member of Metro Arts Commission, Nashville, Tenn.
--Friends of the Downtown, Medford, Wis.

RELATED EXPERIENCE:
--Founder and owner of Cocoon Arts, a local art gallery and open studio, Medford, Wis.
--Founder and owner of Hothead Crafts, hand-manipulated and handmade jewelry and accessories
--Taught oil painting and screen printing workshops for local art organizations