Emily Edwards is the Assistant Curator at Dallas Contemporary. Her curatorial projects include solo presentations of artists Gabrielle Goliath, Shilpa Gupta, Natalie Wadlington, Ariel René Jackson, and Margarita Cabrera. Prior to Texas, she worked at the 9/11 Memorial Museum. Her research interests include memorialization, diasporic art, and sociopolitical commentary. She graduated with a BFA with Honors in Art History from the University of Texas at Austin and an MA in Art History and Museum Studies from Georgetown University.