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Emily Small
Writing & Critical Essays
Curatorial and Research Projects
About
Emily Small
Selected texts
2026
Climate Control Journal 9: Good Faith
Hence the drawing comes into being,
Climate Control
Michelle Yi Martin’s 'The Shape of Dusk,'
for Artlance
How Bay Area Artists Foster Belonging in Unexpected Spaces
, for KQED
The doubling, expansive, contingent effects of Sally Scopa at Bass & Reiner in San Francisco,
for Variable West
Hard to Imagine,
for Margot Samel
Climate Control Journal 8: Palms
Estranged From The Sun,
The Re Institute
Northern California Art Guide
: February, for Variable West
2025
Climate Control Journal 7: Mimic
Northern California Art Guide: November,
for Variable West
Ditta Baron Hoeber, Marina Grize, and Olivia Jia,
for Margot Samel, New York @ Kendall Koppe, Glasgow
Northern California Art Guide: October,
for Variable West
Northern California Art Guide: September,
for Variable West
Northern California Art Guide: August,
for Variable West
Climate Control Journal 5: City and Species
Climate Control Journal 1: Small Ecstacies
Climate Control Journal 2: Patterns in Repeat
Climate Control Journal 3: Landscapes
Dustin Emory, Mourning Sun,
for Margot Samel and Fredericks & Freiser
Sarita Doe, alter eco,
for Climate Control
Olivia Jia, Mirror Stage,
for Margot Samel
Pilar Herrera Land, The Space Behind my Eyes,
for Olympia
2024
Alonso Leon-Velarde, Spiritual Inflammation,
for Climate Control
Thank you, I’m rested now. I’ll have the lobster today, thank you,
for Margot Samel
Cathleen Clarke, The Night Grows Long,
for Margot Samel
A Tale of Love,
for Climate Control
Movement is life,
for Climate Control
Fiza Khatri, Confidant,
for Micki Meng
2023
Woven,
in Clocking Out: Time Beyond Management (catalog)
Garden of Eden,
for Climate Control
Maskenfreiheit,
for Margot Samel