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Emma Kisiel holds a bachelor of fine arts with an emphasis in photography from the University of Colorado Denver. Her work has been exhibited internationally and featured online on the Huffington Post, Juxtapoz Magazine, Esquire Magazine Russia, Feature Shoot, Lenscratch, and F-Stop Magazine, and in print in BLINK Magazine and SHOTS Magazine. In 2019, Kisiel was chosen by the founders of Blue Sky, Oregon Center for the Photographic Arts as one of six individuals to represent the next generation of Oregon photographers. She is the creator of the online artist index, Muybridge’s Horse.

Emma Kisiel’s photographs are an exploration of the ways in which we as humans experience and interact with animals. Kisiel uses photography to document and ponder her emotional and physical closeness to animals, both living and dead; the significance and future of taxidermy in museums of natural history; and the 21st century culture of places where visitors can experience captive and preserved animals. Often, her images question the authenticity of the moments we share with animals, as well as our comfort with our own mortality. While at times repulsive and confrontational, Kisiel's photographs draw attention to the preciousness of animals and the importance of a relationship with them, in a sincere and genuine form.