Emily Settles

Emily Settles is a painter based in Asheville, North Carolina, whose work explores struggles with the self, gender and womanhood, sexual violence, and social injustice. She uses her art to help the viewer empathise with the issues she identifies with and as a tool to ground herself and process the world around her.

About her art and practice she says: “My work is largely introspective in nature, dissecting lofty concepts of selfhood and personal turmoil. Often, my most vulnerable pieces become inherently intertwined with larger societal issues, as I inadvertently process my experiences through this lens. I tend to explore conversations between society and womanhood; the uncomfortable implications of femininity in a patriarchal world.”

Settles began her BFA in Painting in 2021 at the University of Asheville, North Carolina. Post graduation, she plans to attain her MFA in Painting and pursue a career as a full time artist.

Emily is featured on the 12th Edition of the Art Seen, published in May of 2024.

Follow @temperamentalcreation to learn more about the artist.