Emily Legleitner
Emily Legleitner is a Michigan based artist and Assistant Professor of Art at Saginaw Valley State University, with an interdisciplinary practice focused in printmaking and installation. Her work examines auto-biographical experiences and emotions associated with anxiety, mortality, longing, and the human condition.
Legleitner’s work has shown in group and solo exhibitions nationally and internationally, winning notable awards and grant funding. Her work is included in the permanent collections of Bradbury Art Museum (Jonesboro, Arkansas), the International Print Triennial Society (Krakow, Poland) and the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts (Taichung, Taiwan); represented by Philadelphia's Print Center; and published in Art in Print (2019) and Printmaking Today (2017). Legleitner has an MFA in Printmaking from the University of Alberta (2023) and a BFA in Studio Art from Stamps School of Art & Design at the University of Michigan (2019). Beyond her art practice Legleitner is an educator and curator.
Gallery Representation
The Print Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Solo Exhibitions
2026
Strange Goodbyes; Sometimes Space; Ypsilanti, Michigan
2025
My Life is the Size of My Room; University Art Gallery at Saginaw Valley State University; Saginaw, Michigan
2023
want and fear; FAB Gallery at University of Alberta; Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
You are full of want and fear; Gallery E148 at University of Iowa; Iowa City, Iowa
2022
Dreams beyond reason; Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition; Brooklyn, New York
Dreams beyond reason; Crooked Tree Arts Center; Traverse City, Michigan
2021
Horizons; Buckham Fine Arts Gallery; Flint, Michigan
You can see it on the horizon; Sager Reeves Gallery; Columbia, Missouri
Select Group Exhibitions
2025
Artlink’s 45th National Print Exhibition; Artlink Contemporary Galleries; Fort Wayne, Indiana
39th Bradley International Print & Drawing Exhibition; Bradley University Galleries; Peoria, Illinois
The Contemporary Print; Print Austin 2025; The Art Galleries at Austin Community College; Austin, Texas
Impressions in Ink; Sebastopol Center for the Arts; Sebastopol, California
Delta Small Prints Exhibition; Bradbury Art Museum; Arkansas State University; Jonesboro, Arkansas
CONNECTIONS; Royal Alberta Museum; Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
2024
Certum Tempus: an exchange exploring portraits; Gilson Memorial Gallery; Emporia State University; Emporia, Kansas
International Print Triennial Krakow, MTG 2024; Nowa Huta Cultural Centre; Krakow, Poland
Under Pressure; The Lincoln Center; Fort Collins, Colorado
imPressed: Don't Look Up!; Art Gym; Denver, Colorado
2023
South Bend Museum of Art Biennial 32; South Bend, Indiana
75th North American Print Biennial; The Boston Printmakers; Cambridge, Massachusetts
Atlanta Print Biennial; Atlanta Printmakers Studio; Kai Lin Art Gallery; Atlanta, Georgia
17th Annual Master Pieces; Manifest Gallery; Cincinnati, Ohio
97th Annual International Competition; The Print Center; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2022
Stand Out Prints; Highpoint Center for Printmaking; Minneapolis, Minnesota
International Biennial Print Exhibit: 2022 R.O.C.; National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts; Taichung, Taiwan
CONNECTIONS; McMullen Gallery; University of Alberta; Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
FLESH: Embodying Praxis; 45th Annual AHVA Graduate Symposium; University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Queer Printmaking and Futurity; Southern Graphics Council International 2022; Artlofts; Madison, Wisconsin
2021
COHORTS – Alone : Together; University of Montana and Montana State University
Big Ink at Color Ink Studio & Gallery; Hazel Park, Michigan
Plurality: BWAC Member Summer Exhibition; Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition; Brooklyn, New York
BWAC Prints 2021; Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition; Brooklyn, New York
27th Parkside National Print Exhibition; UW-Parkside Galleries; University of Wisconsin; Kenosha, Wisconsin
New Editions: A Printmaking Exhibition; Indianapolis Art Center; Indianapolis, Indiana
Delta National Small Prints Exhibition; Bradbury Art Museum; Arkansas State University; Jonesboro, Arkansas
2020
Body Building: The Art of the Human Figure; Indianapolis Art Center; Indianapolis, Indiana
A Climate of Change: Buckham Fine Arts Project Annual Exhibition; Buckham Gallery; Flint, Michigan
Artlink Regional Exhibition 2020; Artlink Contemporary Gallery; Fort Wayne, Indiana
The 19th Amendment at 100: Women’s Voices Then and Now; Swords Into Plowshares Peace Center and Gallery; Detroit, Michigan
2019
58th Annual Greater Michigan Art Exhibition; Alden B. Dow Museum; Midland, Michigan
Big Ink at Morean Arts Center; St. Petersburg, Florida
National Original Print Exhibition; Royal Society of Printmakers; Bankside Gallery; London, England
Michigan Emerging Graduate Artists; Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts; Grand Rapids, Michigan
Earthbody; Ann Arbor Art Center; Ann Arbor, Michigan
Artlink’s 39th National Print Exhibition; Artlink Contemporary Galleries; Fort Wayne, Indiana
37th Bradley International Print & Drawing Exhibition; Bradley University Galleries; Peoria, Illinois