BIO
Emerson Little is a practicing visual artist working in a variety of artforms, including photography (both analog and digital), graphic design (one sheets/posters for film productions & electronic press kits), and video art. Little received his B.A. in Digital Media Production from Whittier College in Spring 2021 and recently graduated with his MFA in Creative Photography & Experimental Media at California State University, Fullerton in Fall of 2024. He has made over 120 documentary style videos for his column in the Fullerton Observer Community Newspaper.
Little has designed multiple film posters, edited promotional videos for the Jane Austen Society of North America Southwest Young Filmmakers Contest, and worked as a still photographer on the indie feature film production of Carlos Through the Tall Grass. His experimental video, De-Evolution, was recently accepted into the 2023 Greater Los Angeles MFA Exhibition at Cal State Long Beach, and his short experimental science fiction film, In Another Place, recently won an Honorable Mention at the Student World Impact Festival (SWIFF) in New York. His photographs have been featured in numerous literary magazines.
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Education
2025 M.F.A., Creative Photography & Experimental Media, CSU Fullerton
2021 BA, Digital Media Production, Whittier College, Whittier, CA
Solo Exhibitions & Installations
2022 Nuclear, Visual Arts - Building D, California State University, Fullerton, CA
Group Exhibitions
2024 “Welcome Home” & “In the Night Corner,” Now Trending - 8th Annual Alpay Scholarship Exhibition, Palos Verdes Art Center, Palos Verdes, CA
“Grandmother’s Bedroom,” 2024 Still Life, Las Laguna Art Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
2023 “In My Backyard,” Fullerton Art Town: What Feels Like Home, Fullerton Museum Center
GLAMFA 2023, California State University, Long Beach, CA
2022 Sleep Tight, Exit Gallery, California State University, Fullerton, CA
Screenings
2023 Whittier College Film Festival, Whittier, CA
2022 SENSEI Film Festival, Tokyo, Japan
Student World Impact Film Festival, New York, NY
Best Shorts Competition, La Jolla, CA
Accolade Global Film Competition, La Jolla, CA
The IndieFest Film Awards, La Jolla, CA
2021 Whittier College Film Festival, Whittier, CA
Lectures
2023 SF Cinema History, Graduate Lecture, Art 508B, CSUF, April
2022 Surrealist Cinema, Graduate Lecture, Art 479, CSUF, Nov. 22
The Uncanny, Graduate Lecture, Art 510, CSUF, Feb. 27
Awards & Scholarships
2022 – 23 Art Alliance Tribute Fund Graduate Grant, Cal State University, Fullerton, CA
2022 1st Place, Seasons Online Art Exhibition, J. Mane Gallery, Vorhees, NJ
2021 Best of Show for Best Picture, Whittier College Film Festival, Whittier, CA
Outstanding Research and Creativity, Whittier Scholars Program, Whittier, CA
2020 Honorable Mention in Abstract Category, Monovisions Photography Awards, London, UK
2018 Honorable Mention, Amateur Architecture, Monochrome Photography Awards, London, UK
Share Your Experience Scholarship, Greenlight Booking
2017 – 21 Dean’s List in Recognition of Academic Excellence, Whittier College, Whittier, CA
John Greenleaf Whittier Scholarship, Whittier College, Whittier, CA
Art Talent Scholarship, Whittier College, Whittier, CA
Professional Activities
2023 – Present Graduate Teaching Associate, Visual Arts Dept., CSUF
2015 – Present Video Columnist, Fullerton Observer Newspaper
2022 – Present Photographer, Fullerton Heritage
2022 – 2023 Graduate Assistant, Art History Dept., CSUF
2021 – 2022 Lead Graphic Designer, The Rainbow Prince Project
2018 – 2021 Photos Editor, The Quaker Campus
2021 Video Editor, JASNA, Young Filmmakers Contest
2020 Graphic Designer, Spin More Gold Productions
2019 – 2020 Multimedia Poet Intern, Whittier College
Office of Marketing & Communications
2019 Still Photographer, Carlos Through the Tall Grass
2017 – 2019 Student Photographer, Whittier College
Office of Marketing & Communications
Photographic Publications
The Greenleaf Review
(The Arts and Literary Journal of Whittier College)
Photographs Published:
Issue No. 31, Spring 2018 _______
Shadows on the Stairs
Issue No. 32, Spring 2019_______
Secluded Shadows
Ethereal Elements
Issue No. 33, Spring 2020 ______
A Light in the Dark
Web
Rust Never Sleeps
Whittier At Night
Shadows on the Stairs (Spring 2018)
Secluded Shadows (Spring 2019)
Ethereal Elements (Spring 2019)
A Light in the Dark (Spring 2020)
Web (Spring 2020)
Rust Never Sleeps (Spring 2020)
Whittier At Night (Spring 2020)
Sagebrush Review, XIII & XIV, Transgression & Persona
(University of Texas at San Antonio)
Photographs Published:
Spring 2019 ___________
Changes
Jailed Hopes
Changes
Jailed Hopes
Toho Journal, Volume 1, Issue 2
(Toho Publishing, Philadelphia)
Photograph Published:
2019 ______
“Cover Image is Habitat by Emerson Little”
Habitat (Cover Photo)
saltfront: studies in human habit(at), issue 8
(University of Utah - Environmental and Sustainable Studies )
Photograph Published:
Fall 2019 ______
Front and Back cover photos
Front Cover
Back Cover
Burningword Literary Journal
Link to online version: https://www.burningword.com/tag/93/page/10/
Photograph Published:
January 2020 ______
In the Forest of the Night
Withered Weeds
Withered Weeds
In the Forest of the Night