EMILY ABREU DE LIMA
Artist/Designer based in NYC
EDUCATION
2020 - 2025 Bachelor’s of Architecture - Cornell University | College of Architecture, Art, and Planning
2016 - 2020 Architecture Advanced Regents Diploma - Brooklyn Technical High School
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2024- 2025 Program Assistant - Ithaca Murals | Ithaca, NY
2024 Architectural Intern - Gerner, Kronick + Valcarcel Architects DPC | New York, NY
2024 Freelance photographer - Forthcoming book by Felix Heisel | Rome, Italy
2024 Photographer - Cornell in Rome AAP | Rome, Italy
AWARDS
2024 Awardee - AAP Engagement Impact Research + Creative Work Grant | New York, NY
2023 Awardee - elected recipient of LSC Scholarship | Ithaca, NY
2023 Finalist - Short-listed for Edwin A. Seipp Prize, Cornell AAP | Ithaca, NY
2020 Contest Winner - ‘Water Champion’ for New York City Department of Environmental
Protection’s (DEP) 34th annual Water Resources Art and Poetry Contest | New York, NY Link
EXHIBITIONS
2025 Summer Forthcoming “What We Grow”, in collaboration with Cornellius Tulloch - Duo
Exhibition/Workshop - Tranquility Farm | Brooklyn, NY
2025 Spring “Urban Canvas” - Group Exhibition, selected artist - CAP Gallery | Ithaca, NY
2024 Fall “Fabric Space” - Group Exhibition, student participant - Cornell University | Ithaca, NY
2024 Fall “Present Conversations II by BIPOC” - Group Exhibition, selected artist - Orozco Gallery |
Ithaca, NY
2024 Spring “Cornell In Rome” - Group Exhibition, student participant | Rome, Italy
2023 Fall “Before They Were Gardens Final Exposition”, Group Exhibition, student
participant - Cornell AAP in NYC -Tweed Courthouse | New York, NY
2023 Fall “Before They Were Gardens Mid-Semester Exposition & Run-Boat”,, Group
Exhibition, student participant | Cornell AAP in NYC- Medgar Evers College Preparatory School, Brooklyn, NY
2022 Fall Art of Horticulture Final Projects, Cornell CALS - Art of Sips, Group Exhibition, student participant | Ithaca, NY Link
2022 Fall Translating Elements of Architecture, Special Topics in Visual Representation, Group
Exhibition, student participant , Cornell AAP | Ithaca, NY
PUBLICATIONS
2025 ASSOCIATION Vol. 13
2025 Boi BUmba: Festival Culture in Brazil B. Arch thesis
COMMISSIONED MURALS
2025 her wild dance - Dryden Road Garage, Ithaca murals | Ithaca, NY
2025 Dystopia, Utopia - Carl Becker House, Cornell University | Ithaca, NY
2024 little people on a giant rock - Paseo Park , NYC Department of Transportation | Queens, NY
2024 Jogo Bonito - EXPO Center | Queens, NY
2023 The World is Magic! - Ithaca Murals | Ithaca, NY
PRESS
2025 Featured Artist “Emily Abreu De Lima” Epicenter NYC, by Nitin Mukul March 7, 2025 link
SKILLS
Adobe Creative Suite (Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign etc.), Rhino, AutoCad, AutoDesk, Painting, Hand-Drawing, Sculpting, Welding, Photography, Photo Editing, Revit, Vectorworks