Biography

Em Kettner (b. 1988, Philadelphia, PA) is an artist and writer based in Richmond, CA. Her intricately crafted porcelain and textile works blend humor, storytelling, and social critique.

Kettner received her BFA from the University of the Arts, Philadelphia in 2011 and her MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) in 2014. Recent solo exhibitions include François Ghebaly, New York, NY and Los Angeles, CA (2024, 2022, 2021); Chapter, New York, NY (2022); Specialist, Seattle, WA (2022); and Goldfinch, Chicago, IL (2020).

Her work has been included in two-person and group exhibitions at F2T Gallery, Milan, Italy (2025); Pangée, Montreal, Canada (2025); Pipeline, London, UK (2024); Outer Space, Concord, NH (2024); the MFA, Boston, MA (2023); Candice Madey, New York, NY (2022); and Et al. Gallery, San Francisco, CA (2025, 2022); among others.

Kettner's work is in the permanent collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA; the Ohana Center, Monterey, CA; the DePaul Art Museum and The Joan Flasch Artists’ Book Collection, Chicago, IL.