Emily Shedlock (she/her) (b.1993, Providence, RI, USA) is a figurative artist based in Boston, MA. Shedlock received a BFA in Interior Design with a minor in Fine Arts from The New England School of Art and Design at Suffolk University in 2016. 

Her work has been exhibited at the Danforth Art Museum, Boston City Hall, Cambridge Arts Association, Gallery NAGA, Art League Rhode Island, Providence Art Club and Newburyport Art Association. Her work has been featured in Artypants Magazine, Issue 03 and Zone 3’s Art In Print series, Volume 19.

Emily is a recipient of the 2025 Mass Cultural Council Grants for Creative Individuals. In 2024, she received the Philip Young Painting Prize for her work featured in the “2024 Emerging Artist Exhibit” and a Juror’s Choice Award for her work featured in “Aura”, both at The Cambridge Art Association in Cambridge, MA.

Shedlock creates narrative driven paintings that explore shadow work and its relation to our unique identities and experiences. With a focus on symbolism and color, her works are an allegory for the threats against those of us who are in positions of vulnerability in today’s world. She aims to build a safe place to explore one's self without fear of scrutiny or shame and where we can escape to in order to practice radical empathy and collective healing.