About the Artist

 
 

Emily Moenning in the Gartin Print Co. Brooklyn Studio

Hi! I’m Emily Moenning. I’m an illustrator and graphic designer with over 10 years of experience crafting products, brand identities, and surface designs tailored for luxury lifestyle brands.

I earned by BFA in Textile design from Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) and went on to work with some incredible companies. (ex: Kate Spade, Nick and Nora, Valdese Weavers, Roche Bobois, Coach, Target, and many female-founded small businesses.)

Fun Facts

  • My career is founded on skills in illustration, CAD, color theory, and trend research.

  • I’ve led graphic design and product design initiatives for multi-national brands and local small businesses

  • When the pressure is on I’ve been known to clear my calendar and develop artwork for an entire apparel collection in just one week!

  • Once my work made wholesale club buyer say she was “excited about the pajama category for the first time in her career.”

    Let's collaborate to elevate your brand through captivating design! Reach out to discuss your goals and how I can help you have your best quarter yet.

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Emily's Sketchbook (FW 15)
Emily's Sketchbook (Ss 15)

Artist Statement

As fine artist, my work is inspired by the beauty of everyday life. I collage live sketches to make meaning around community, nature, value, loss, and humor. I have a soft spot for the “frivolous” subjects that often relegate femme artists to the world of “the decorative.” I see the world around me as not only a subject to be celebrated and reflected upon, but also as a vehicle for formal concerns such as texture, color, and composition.

In my painting practice, I collage sketches to craft intricate and impossible spaces comprised of weird little blind drawings that capture the speed of drawing them in-the-moment. A way of making memories tangible.

Recently I’ve been seeing connections between my work and scenic picture books like I-Spy, Where’s Waldo, and Richard Scarry. Large groups of people, and complicated buildings pieced together through memory.

Much of my print design work focuses on historical references crafted with a more contemporaty and painterly hand. Although, I am eager to unite the two practices, I still see distinct commercial value in the more edited print designs.

I spend a lot of time working on professional theater projects in the Broadway community outside of my art and design practice. Hobby wise, I love watching educational youtube videos about construction, medicine, applied math, and the natural sciences, oh and watching people play sims.

Best of all, I have two orange cats and am lucky to have found an incredible woman I love and can’t wait to raise children with one day.