Emmet Byrne currently works as a graphic designer at the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis. He has done work for the Public Art Fund in New York, the Rochester Art Center, Chronicle Books, the Soap Factory, the School of Visual Arts, and Nothing Moments Publishing. Since 2005 he has taught as adjunct faculty at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. He is also editing and designing a book about the Art Shanty Projects, with Scott Ponik.