emily d'achiardi → b. 2001 → she/her → from atlanta → based in california → soft data hoarder → screen based but always thinking about touch → digital intimacy ← how do we archive a feeling → typing, deleting, typing again → thinking about memory, media + interfaces → file fleas → emoji overuser → lowercase lover → can the internet be tender? ← text as touch → archiving as care → internet as a medium → just fragments ← memory doesn’t scroll linearly



education

ba. art history → reed college ← 2024
mfa → university of california, santa barbara ← 2026

teach + workshop

introduction to computer programming in the arts. ta for lisa jevbratt (ucsb) ← 2024
introduction to contemporary practice III - art, science, and technologies. ta for sarah rosalena brady (ucsb) ← 2025
sb creative lab. hand coding the web. (part i + ii) ← 2025

experience

production intern. tre native. atlanta, ga ← 2021
visual media intern. maison arts publishing. los angeles, ca ← 2022
webmaster. rc creative review. portland, oregon ← 2023
production intern. desert island studios. portland, oregon
contemporary art curitorial intern. portland art museum. portland, oregon ← 2024

group shows

NEW WORLDS, recspec gallery + museum of human achievement austin, texas ← 2024
fever dreams glass box gallery. santa barbara, ca
no thing, season 4, thing.tube + nguyen wahed gallery. nyc, ny ← 2025
no thing, season 4 thing.tube + museum of moving image. nyc, ny
first year review red barn project space santa barbara, ca

grants + fellowships

reed college summer internship award. ← 2023
university of california santa barbara. regents' special fellowship. ← 2024

publications

digital america. issue 22. ← 2023
reed college creative review. ← 2024
digital america. issue 24.
skrew magazine. issue 4. ← 2025

press

digital america, q + a with emily d’achiardi ← 2024







last updated april 24, 2025.