Emma Hart (artist)
Emma Hart (artist) | |
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Born | 1974 (age 46–47) London, United Kingdom |
Nationality | British |
Occupation | Artist and lecturer |
Employer | Central Saint Martins |
Website | emmahart |
Emma Hart (born 1974) is an English artist who works in a number of disciplines, including video art, installation art, sculpture, and film. She lives and works in London, where she is a lecturer at Slade School of Art.[1]
In 2016, she was the winner of the Max Mara Art Prize for Women.[2]
Early life and education[]
Hart studied Fine Art at Slade School of Fine Art, graduating with an MA in 2004, and completed a PhD in Fine Art in 2013 from Kingston University.[3]
Career[]
Hart's art has been exhibited both in traditional gallery spaces and unconventional spaces such as "a semi-derelict flat above an abandoned frame-maker's shop" in Folkestone, as part of the 2014 Folkestone Triennial.[4] Her artwork addresses questions of social class,[4] familial behaviour,[5] and the connections between relatives.[2] Hart's initial training was in photography, but she has gradually focused more and more on sculptures using ceramics.[5] She has also evoked her own life in her art: Dirty Looks, a 2013 exhibit at London's Camden Arts Centre, incorporated references to a job she once had working at a call center.[4]
Upon winning the Max Mara Art Prize for Women in 2016, Hart embarked on a six-month-long residency in Italy,[6] which was her first time spending more than three weeks outside of London.[7]
A book accompanying her exhibit Banger at the Fruitmarket Gallery in Edinburgh included a short story by experimental fiction writer Ali Smith.[8]
Exhibitions[]
Selected solo exhibitions[]
- TO DO, Matt's Gallery, London, 28 September–20 November[9]
- Dirty Looks, Camden Arts Centre, London 26 July - 29 September 2013[10]
- Mamma Mia!, Whitechapel Gallery, London 12 July - 3 September 2017[11]
- BANGER, The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, 27 October 2018 - 3 February 2019[12]
Selected group exhibitions[]
- The World Turned Upside Down, Mead Gallery, Coventry, 2013[13]
- Bloody English, OHWOW Gallery, Los Angeles, 2013[14]
- Folkestone Triennial, 2014[15]
References[]
- ^ "Dr Emma Hart Academic Profile". Slade School of Art. Retrieved 2019-02-06.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Buck, Louisa (2017-08-18). "Emma Hart pushes the possibilities of pottery with Mamma Mia! at Whitechapel Gallery". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2018-11-07.
- ^ Emma Hart. Noble, Kathy., Camden Arts Centre (London). London: Camden Arts Centre. 2013. ISBN 9781907208416. OCLC 870827464.CS1 maint: others (link)
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "In Focus: Emma Hart". frieze.com. Retrieved 2018-11-07.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Judah, Hettie (2017-07-06). "Freudian slips: the secrets hidden inside Emma Hart's ceramic art". The Guardian. Retrieved 2018-11-07.
- ^ "Emma Hart is the sixth winner of the Max Mara Art Prize for Women". whitechapelgallery.org. Retrieved 2019-02-06.
- ^ "Emma Hart, artist: 'There is something magic about your hands in clay'". The Independent. Retrieved 2018-11-07.
- ^ "Emma Hart BANGER at The Fruitmarket Gallery". The Fruitmarket Gallery. Retrieved 2018-11-07.
- ^ "Matt's Gallery". www.mattsgallery.org. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
- ^ "Archive - Camden Arts Centre". archive.camdenartscentre.org. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
- ^ "Emma Hart: Mamma Mia!". Whitechapel Gallery. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
- ^ "Emma Hart BANGER at The Fruitmarket Gallery". The Fruitmarket Gallery. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
- ^ "The World Turned Upside Down - Buster Keaton, Sculpture and the Absurd". Warwick Arts Centre. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
- ^ Wilkes, Rob (2014-01-23). "Eight London-based artists represent for an examination of English art..." We Heart. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
- ^ "Emma Hart - Creative Folkestone". www.creativefolkestone.org.uk. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
- 1974 births
- Living people
- 21st-century British women artists
- Alumni of Kingston University
- Alumni of the Slade School of Fine Art
- Artists from London