Emily Weiskopf (b. 1978, New York ) creates a multifaceted body of work that resist categorization, shifting between drawings, photography, and sculpture. Whether by nature or by human hand she records traces upon the earth, the passage of time, energy and space as an index to our collective history. In 2014 she was in a near fatal car accident that caused significant trauma to her body which shifted her practice dramatically. This accident led her to interweave her Buddhist practice, the energy of prayer and compassion into her work in an attempt to interject preservation, connection and renewal. This process affects two relevant attributes of the cultural and physical landscape: fragility and resilience, the impact and chronic tensions.
Weiskopf received a BFA from the Hartford Art School(CT) and an MFA from the Tyler School of Art(PA) /Rome, Italy. Weiskopf lives and works in Connecticut and in Austin, TX where she teaches Drawing at Texas State University. She is a member of the Chenrezig Tibetan Buddhist Center of Philadelphia, PA where she studies and practices.
