About
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Eccentric EvermoreEmily created Eccentric Evermore as an outlet to create whatever she wanted in her spare time. Although her emphasis is photography, she is knowledgable and loves to experiment creating in many different mediums. She wanted to come up with a name to work under that would allow her to make and sell a variety of eclectic goods, as well as give her the room to grow as an artist.
Artist BioEmily Verkamp is a contemporary lens-based artist. She uses alternative darkroom and digital techniques to create surreal worlds and environments. Her most recent body of work, Through the Veil, has shifted to a more abstract realm, implementing the use of improper chemical techniques to create a cracked and textured surface that interact with constructed landscapes. These textured surfaces are representative of natural patterns that might be found within the landscapes. Technique plays an integral role within the work. Emily uses the chemicals in the darkroom to form patterns representative of what would be found in nature. Because of this, she limits her interference with the formation of these patterns. Her part in this process is only to pour various chemicals on the surface of the emulsion and to decide how long it stays in the chemistry. The imagery is created by making negatives with ink and acetate, or by printing abstracted images from scans that can then be used as contact prints. The resulting final images are large and draw the viewer in to question and investigate the space and surface.
She has been included in several group shows in both San Antonio and Lubbock, as well as the 4th Louisiana Biennial in Ruston, Louisiana, curated by Nicole Duet. She received 4th place at the 33rd Annual Student Exhibition at UTSA in San Antonio, juried by Professor Doug Clark and Professor Sarah Cusimano Miles. Emily received her BFA in photography from Texas Tech University in 2014 and her MFA from the University of Texas at San Antonio in December of 2017. She currently lives and works in Lubbock, Texas. |