Emmett Donlon

Emmett Donlon (b. 1997) lives and works in Manchester, New Hampshire. Born in Pennsylvania and raised in Concord, New Hampshire, he returned to PA to study at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, where he got his BFA in Studio Art, concentrating in Painting and Sculpture. His work mostly explores the intersections of personal and shared histories, gathering references from pop culture, historical archives, and personal collections. The absurdity of life and death often consumes his time.

The subjects of Emmett’s portraits, such as ‘Ella Fitzgerald,’ are of people that interest him and are seen in his eye’s as icons of select moments of history that have inadvertently affected the artist’s life.

Emmett’s work was featured in ‘All Together Now,’ on view February 11-26, 2023.