Emily Pettigrew was born in Maine in 1991. She received a BFA from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York.

Pettigrew’s recent solo and group exhibitions include "Emily Pettigrew: Painting in the Catskills 2021 – 2025" at Fenimore Art Museum in Cooperstown, New York (2025); "Inside Out II" at Scroll in New York, New York (2025); "ALL Small" at Pamela Salisbury Gallery in Hudson, New York (2024); "Hope Bites" at SHRINE in New York, New York (2024); Tennis Elbow at The Journal Gallery in New York, New York (2024); "The Inside Out" at the Kunstmuseum Schloss Derneburg in Derneburg, Germany (2024); "Pablo’s Cabinet" at Pablo’s Birthday in Verbier, Switzerland (2024); "A Room With a View" at Varden Gallery in Los Angeles, California (2023); "Springs Eternal" at The Fireplace Project in East Hampton, New York (2023); "Wheel of the Year" at Halsey McKay in East Hampton, New York (2023); "Time" at Pablo’s Birthday in New York, New York (2023); "Balm" at Wilder Gallery in London, United Kingdom (2022); "Inside Out" at Scroll NYC in New York, New York (2022); "The Beauty of Solitude" at Adah Rose Gallery in Kensington, Maryland (2022); "Too Pure for this World" at the Historic Hunting Tavern Museum in Andes, New York (2021); "Odd Hours" at Monya Rowe Gallery in New York, New York (2021); "Salut 6" at Nucleus Portland in Portland, Oregon (2021); and "These Days" at Bo Lee Gallery in London, United Kingdom (2020).

Emily Pettigrew lives and works in Delhi, New York.