Emilio Villalba is a painter who lives and works in San Francisco and is represented by Dolby Chadwick Gallery. He serves as Assistant Professor in the Art Department at Cañada College.

He holds an MFA in Painting from the Academy of Art University. His works are in permanent collections including the Crocker Museum of Art, Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, and Colleción Solo in Madrid. He has had a solo exhibition at the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art and participated in the De Young Museum's "Our Peaceable Kingdom" exhibition.