Emily Burns (b. Warrenton, VA) is an artist, designer, and curator. She holds a BFA in Drawing and Painting and an MFA in Graphic Design from The Pennsylvania State University. She is the founder and curatorial director of the arts organization Maake, which publishes Maake Magazine, an independent print magazine featuring the work of contemporary artists and artist-run projects. She is also the founder of Maake Projects, an exhibition space in central PA.

Curatorial projects include Linger Still, a solo show by Kaveri Raina at Assembly Room in New York City, and group exhibitions Biophilia at Unpaved Gallery in Yucca Valley, CA, Zip City at Left Field Gallery in Los Osos, CA, Garden School at Trestle Gallery in Brooklyn, Imprint the Air at the Cleveland Institute of Art, and Charm Phase at Maake Projects.

Her paintings have been exhibited both internationally and throughout the United States, including solo shows at Adventureland Gallery (Chicago), three-person exhibition at 111 Minna Gallery (San Francisco), and group exhibitions at The Lodge Gallery and John Molloy Gallery (New York City), Transmitter, Trestle Gallery, and Tiger Strikes Asteroid (Brooklyn) 24-Hour Charlie’s (Los Angeles), Galleri Urbane (Dallas), Camayuhs (Atlanta) and Collar Works (Troy, NY), among others. She has been a visiting speaker at BRIC Brooklyn, NARS Foundation, The School of Visual Arts, Pratt Institute, and NYC Crit Club. Her work has been featured in media such as Beautiful Decay, Hi-Fructose, and Juxtapoz. She attended a post-baccalaureate program in painting at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, VA and received a fellowship to attend Vermont Studio Center artist residency in Johnson, VT. She is currently an Assistant Professor at The Pennsylvania State University.