Emily Strong is a figurative oil painter based in Eastern Pennsylvania. Strong was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania in 1992 and received her undergraduate degrees in Studio Art and Psychology with a minor in Sociology from Moravian University of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania in 2015. Her study of psychology and sociology has greatly influenced the conceptual and formal aspects of her work.

Strong works primarily in oil on canvas, creating realistic, intimate depictions of figures and spaces that explore the many complexities of relationships with self, other, and environment, as well as existence, isolation, and identity.

Strong’s work has been displayed in local, regional, and online exhibitions as well as various publications. Strong’s work has been displayed by the galleries of colleges and universities, including Lehigh University, Lafayette College, Muhlenberg College, Cedar Crest College, Miami University, and Moravian University. She has given visiting artist lectures at Muhlenberg College, Moravian University, Lafayette College, Lehigh Carbon Community College, and The Baum School of Art. Her work is in many notable private collections as well as the Trotsky Family Collection of Moravian University’s Payne Gallery.

In addition to her personal studio practice, Strong has worked in the arts as a freelance mural artist, studio assistant to multiple artists, a gallery professional at various institutions, artist's model, and in 2020, co-founded the online gallery Manifold Global. She is currently the Exhibitions and Collections Coordinator at The Baum School of Art in Allentown, Pennsylvania