Emily McVarish

Emily McVarish is a writer, designer, and book artist. She has operated her presses, Axel & Otto, in both commercial and experimental ventures since 1990.

Her work is in the collections of several major museums and libraries, including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Harvard University Printing and Graphic Arts Collection, and the British Library American Collections.

Emily's recent exhibitions include Four Generations of Women at CCA (2007) at 871 Fine Arts, San Francisco, and Complicit! Contemporary American Art and Mass Culture (2006) at the University of Virginia Art Museum.

Emily's writing on design has been published in the journal Visible Language. In collaboration with Johanna Drucker, she wrote and designed Graphic Design History: A Critical Guide, to be published by Prentice Hall in January 2008.