ABOUT | Emily Kammerud

Emilyne (Emily) Kammerud

Emily Kammerud explores various media to create figure studies and still lifes. You won’t find her drawing inspiration from bowls of fruit or live models, however— her muses reside in the morgue.

Although originally pursuing the sciences, Emily changed her educational emphasis and obtained a Bachelor of Science in Commercial Art with an emphasis in Fine Art. Since then, she’s returned to the sciences while continuing to foster her creative roots as a part-time freelance artist.

Working in forensic pathology, Emily enjoys the rare opportunity to weigh the creative with the morose within a subject often met with intense aversion. By intermingling art and science and drawing upon an educational emphasis on anatomic pathology, disease, and human mortality, Emily conjures intense, yet provocative visuals inspired by a subject that many viewers find themselves uncomfortable witnessing despite their morose curiosity.