Em Rooney

ribs chilled
in those spaces of the mind, 2023
Steel, beads, mylar
90.5 x 35 x 9.8 in (229.9 x 88.9 x 24.9 cm)

levitating into the night’s sky
riding the polished lenses, 2023
Steel, silicone, paper, mirror, fake flowers, aluminum tape
84.2 x 21.2 x 11.4 in (213.9 x 53.8 x 29 cm)


Heartbeat of the pulsar, 2023
Silk, paper, steel
90.5 x 10.8 x 9 in (229.9 x 27.4 x 22.9 cm)

Double Portrait, 2023
Paena, Mexico City
Installation view

Eclosion Sequence, 2022
Steel, dyed paper, dyed papier-mâché, paint, resin
94 x 20 x 28.5 in (238.8 x 50.8 x 72.4 cm)


One in a Wake, 2022
Steel, enamel, Mylar, epoxy resin, thread, acrylic paint, velvet, pewter
68 x 18 x 18 in (172.7 x 45.7 x 45.7 cm)

The Extravagant Neighbor, 2021
Steel, Hydrocal, crushed velvet, aluminum tape, milk paint, pewter
84 x 56 x 21.5 in (213.4 x 142.2 x 54.6 cm)

The Back Room, 2021
Silver gelatin print, wood, aluminum leaf, glass
8.5 x 11.25 in (21.6 x 28.6 cm)

Woman with child seen through the back window during a rain storm, 2021
Silver gelatin print, wood, aluminum leaf, glass
8.5 x 11.25 in (21.6 x 28.6 cm)

When the character plays herself, 2021
Silver gelatin prints, plexiglass, steel, felted wool, aluminum, hardware
43 x 17 x 15 in (109.2 x 43.2 x 38.1 cm)

Words to the Heat of Deeds, 2020
Welded steel, burlap and Hydrocal, tulle, thread, copper, epoxy clay, epoxy resin
84 x 58 x 13 in (213.4 x 147.3 x 33 cm)

Poppy for Emi Wada, 2020
Blackened and welded steel, rice paper, water soluble oil paint, thread
84 x 50 x 12 in (213.4 x 127 x 30.5 cm)

Queen of Cups, 2020
Welded steel, Hydrocal and burlap, aluminum leafing, heat blankets, epoxy resin
84 x 32 x 16 in (213.4 x 81.3 x 40.6 cm)

She'll Close, 2020
Welded steel, enamel paint, burlap and Hydrocal, milk paint, velvet, epoxy resin
84 x 29 x 16 in (213.4 x 73.7 x 40.6 cm)

Women in Fiction, 2020
Francois Ghebaly, Los Angeles
Installation view
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A Little Language Like Lovers Use, 2020
Pewter, poplar, aluminum leaf, museum glass, silver gelatin prints
Diptych with each part 11 x 13.5 x 1.5 in (27.9 x 34.3 x 3.8 cm), hung 5 in apart

Women Passing With Red Pitchers, 2020
Pewter, poplar, aluminum leaf, museum glass, silver gelatin prints
Diptych with each part 11 x 13.5 x 1.5 in (27.9 x 34.3 x 3.8 cm), hung 5 in apart

Woman with Dog, 2020
Pewter, poplar, aluminum leaf, museum glass, silver gelatin print
11 x 13.5 x 1.5 in (27.9 x 34.3 x 3.8 cm)

Rineke Dijkstra's Girls at the Rijksmuseum, 2020
Pewter, poplar, aluminum leaf, museum glass, silver gelatin print
11 x 13.5 x 1.5 in (27.9 x 34.3 x 3.8 cm)

Certain Fields Blow Green Forever, 2020
Pewter, poplar, copper leaf, oil stick, museum glass, silver gelatin print
13.5 x 11 x 1.5 in (34.3 x 27.9 x 3.8 cm)

XJ’s Mercedes with Rear-View Mirror Charm, 2019
Pewter, Magic Sculpt, aluminum leaf, Digital C-print, glass
9 x 7 x 1 in (22.9 x 17.8 x 2.5 cm)

Guilder Pond, Lily Pads and Frogs, 2019
Digital C-print, pewter, Magic Sculpt, walnut, aluminum leaf, glass
9 x 12.5 x 1 in (22.9 x 31.8 x 2.5 cm)

Chris at Guilder Pond, 2019
Silver gelatin print, pewter, Magic Sculpt, aluminum leaf, glass
8.5 x 9.5 x 1.5 in (21.6 x 24.1 x 3.8 cm)

Moneses Uniflora for Jackson and Marlowe, 2019
Steel, polystyrene, FoamCoat, Bounce, enamel paint, aluminum leaf, pewter
84 x 29 x 26 in (213.4 x 73.7 x 66 cm)

Are Scared By the Land, 2018
Pewter, fiberglass, Aqua-Resin, silver, steel, screws, iPad, 4:20 video on loop
40 x 16 x 13 in (101.6 x 40.6 x 33 cm)


Warlord, Godlike, Struck Camps with Plague, 2018
Polystyrene, newsprint, resin, fiberglass, walnut, chromogenic print, glass, pewter, steel
60 x 4 x 14 in (152.4 x 10.2 x 35.6 cm)

Polygon (We Move Through an Outer Darkness), 2018
Steel, River by Ted Hughs, UV print on aluminum with laser etched anodized back, hardware
60 x 14 in (152.4 x 35.6 cm)

Being: New Photography 2018, 2018
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Installation view

Veronica's Horror, 2017
Steel, book, hand-colored silver gelatin print
42.75 x 17.5 in (108.6 x 44.5 cm)

Ordinary Time, 2018
Bodega (Derosia), New York
Installation view

Simon Shares the Burden (7),, 2018
Walnut, pewter, UV print on aluminum
19.75 x 15 in (50.2 x 38.1 cm)

Jesus Dies (13), 2018
Walnut, pewter, silver gelatin print
19.75 x 15 in (50.2 x 38.1 cm)

Jesus Is Thorned (5), 2018
Walnut, pewter, UV print on aluminum
19.75 x 15 in (50.2 x 38.1 cm)

Ali, 2017
Hand-colored silver gelatin print, aqua-resin and fiberglass, pewter, stone, steel, copper, aluminum and gold leaf
15.5 x 12 in (39.4 x 30.5 cm)

Fortune Is a Whore, 2017
Silver gelatin print, used book, pewter, stones, steel
42.5 x 18 in (108 x 45.7 cm)

Jess, at home, in labor, 2016
Leaded crystal, steel, digital C-print
10 x 16 x 1.5 in (25.4 x 40.6 x 3.8 cm)

War Is Over, 2016
Leaded crystal, steel, digital C-print
18.25 x 14.5 x 2 in (46.4 x 36.8 x 5.1 cm)

Latent tumble weed, inside a book about artifacts, 2016
Silver gelatin print, 2nd hand book about artifacts
12 x 18 x .5 in (30.5 x 45.7 x 1.3 cm)

Eliot, 2016
Hand colored silver gelatin print in artist's frame
13.5 x 11 in (34.3 x 27.9 cm)

Korean Daily News , 2015
Hand-colored silver gelatin print in artist's frame
10.75 x 13.75 in (27.3 x 34.9 cm)

Chris and I, Murch, 2016
Hand colored silver gelatin print in artist's frame
10.5 x 13.5 in (26.7 x 34.3 cm)

Shadows, 2015
Hand-colored silver gelatin print in artist's frame
13.25 x 10.75 in (33.7 x 27.3 cm)

Outer frame with sage, Kenny's apartment, 2016
Hand dyed canvas, wood, sage, hand colored silver gelatin print in artist's frame
33 x 28 in (83.8 x 71.1 cm)