Inners, 2026
plastic, ink, thread, rhinestones, clothespins
7x9” each
 
Website: https://emmaming.com/
Instagram: @emmaming
 
Emma Ming Kayhart, born in China and raised in Atlanta, brings inherited medical relics into the studio, where the body becomes process, not figure, built through intuition, repetition, destruction, and repair. Her fascination with layers (skin, surgical references, windows) has surfaced in her hand-cut papers, screen prints, organic, hand-produced pulp papers, and broken glass pieces. The cyclical use of intuition, repetition, destruction, reconfiguration, and the leaving of debris to be considered later is evident throughout her work. She sees herself as a maker of things, not restricted to a particular medium. Kayhart has shown her work at Morgan Art of Papermaking Conservatory, Cleveland; Swan Coach House, Atlanta; Dalton Gallery at Agnes Scott College; Callanwolde Fine Arts Center, Atlanta; A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn; Anderson Ranch, Colorado; Jack Sinclair Gallery at ArtsXchange, Atlanta; MINT Gallery, Atlanta; and Decatur Arts Festival. She graduated with a BFA from Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston. She is currently pursuing an MFA from Minneapolis College of Art and Design. She has also studied at Ox-Bow in Michigan, Penland School of Crafts in NC, and the UGA Studies Abroad Program in Italy.  She previously worked in a medical practice, which introduced new contexts for her art-making.