EMILIE YONKER 


EDUCATION 

2025 BFA Fiber and Textiles, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI 


EXHIBITIONS 

2025 College for Creative Studies Student Exhibition, CCS, Detroit, MI

          #WeAreFashionRevolution, Playground Detroit, Detroit, MI

           Likeness, Annex Gallery, Highland Park, MI

2024 Detroit Urban Craft Fair, The Masonic Temple, Detroit, MI 

          Detroit Marche, Michigan Central Station, Detroit, MI

          Art for the Holidays, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI

          Still Life Night Life, U245 Gallery, Detroit, MI

          Nest: A Reflection of Safe Spaces, Center Galleries, Detroit, MI

          Emerge, Gutman Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI

            College for Creative Studies Student Exhibition, CCS, Detroit, MI

            Tragi-comedy, U245 Gallery, Detroit, MI 

Spring Salon, Detroit Contemporary, Detroit, MI 

Girlhood, U245 Gallery, Detroit, MI 

Annual Scholarship Awards and Exhibition, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI

2023 Detroit Urban Craft Fair, The Masonic Temple, Detroit, MI                             

I’ll carry you with me, Lilly Thomson’s Body, Detroit, MI

Patchwork: An Eclectic Experience, Design Studio 6, Detroit, MI Art for the Holidays, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI 

Detroit Month of Design at Newlab, Newlab, Detroit, MI 

College for Creative Studies Student Exhibition, CCS, Detroit, MI The Little Things, MOCAD, Detroit, MI 

Juxtaposition, CCS, Detroit, MI 

2022 College for Creative Studies Student Exhibition, CCS, Detroit, MI 




HONORS/AWARDS 

2025 Benson and Edith Ford Scholarship from College for Creative Studies

2024 Surface Design Association’s Outstanding Student Award 

2024 Penland (full) Rohn Parker and Linda A. Reiser Scholarship 

2024 Peters Valley (full) Marie Zimmerman Legacy Metals Scholarship

2023 Peters Valley Making their Mark Scholarship 

2023-2024 Booth Crafts Scholarship from College for Creative Studies

2023-2025 Dean’s Award from College for Creative Studies

2021-2025 President’s List Distinction from College for Creative Studies

2021-2025 Create the Change Scholarship from College for Creative Studies 

COMMISSIONS 

2022 Deviate Fashion F/W 2022-2023 collection 

2021 Prop for The Blacklist

TEACHING/WORKSHOPS 

2023 Workshop Assistant, Coil Basketry, Bas Blue, Detroit, MI 

PUBLICATIONS 

2021 “First-Year Student Designs Replica of ‘The Sacra Cintola’ Belt For NBC’s ‘The Blacklist.’ The College for Creative Studies. 

WORK HISTORY

2024-Current, Studio Assistant to Cristin Richard

2024-Current, Studio Assistant to Vanessa Beard at Porcelinen Ceramic Studio

2023-2024, Studio Assistant to Eleanor Anderson 

2023-Current, Cashier and donation sorter at Arts and Scraps