Originally from Portsmouth, Emily received a First Class BA in Fine Art at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth.
After University Emily worked in a London Gallery before spending five years living and painting in a remote area of Southern Greece, where she started seriously exploring the possibilities of the landscape in her work. In 2014 she returned to England and worked as an artist’s assistant in London before leaving to further her own career after a successful solo show.
Emily works ‘en plein air’ in oils to create vibrant, energized paintings which reflect her love for, and connection with, the landscape.
She has been included in many group shows including at the Cass Art Space in London, Artspace Portsmouth and the Lightbox Gallery, Woking. In 2021 saw her shortlisted for the Jackson’s Painting Prize and was chosen by Maggi Hambling as her winning artist at the plein air painting event ‘Paint Out Norfolk’. In 2022 Emily participated in a two week residency at ‘Create Space Wales’ in Cardigan, painting the wild and rugged coastal path around Mwnt in Ceredigion. Works from this residency formed the basis for a solo show ‘Seize the day’, at the Lightbox Gallery, Woking this year. Emily is an elected member of the Chelsea Art Society and is represented by the Tregony Gallery, Cornwall. She currently lives in Portsmouth, Hampshire.
Education
2015 – 2017 Painting Assistant. Damien Hirst
December: 2007 - June 2009: Gallery attendant at the Dulwich Picture Gallery, London
2004 – 2007: BA Fine Art. The University of Wales, Aberystwyth, (1st
Class Honours)
Solo exhibitions
2023 SEIZE THE DAY - The Lightbox Gallery, Woking
2017 Paintings of Rural London and the South East - The Jeannie Avent Gallery, London
2013 Solo exhibition at Sonnenlink Centre for Revival, Culture and Personal Development, Greece
2011 Solo show of landscapes at Opses gallery, Messinias, Greece
2010 Facebook Generation - Grey college, Durham
Selected group exhibitions
2026 GROUND AND SKY – Richard Cook with invited artists
A DAY IN MAY – John Martin Gallery, Suffolk
ASSEMBLE: 26 Tregony Contemporary London showcase - J/M Gallery, London
2025 LUCENT - Tregony Contemporary Gallery, Cornwall
Winter exhibition - Contemporary Six Gallery, Hale
The Salisbury landscape Open 2025 - The Salisbury Museum, Salisbury (Highly commended)
The Autumn exhibition - Contemporary Six, Hale
Promenade: VIII - Tregony Contemporary Gallery, Cornwall
Spring exhibition - Tregony Contemporary Gallery, Cornwall
Spring exhibition – Contemporary Six Gallery, Hale
Assemble: 25 - Tregony Contemporary London showcase - J/M Gallery, London
Lustre, Tregony Contemporary, Cornwall
2024 Art Promenade: VII - Tregony Contemporary, Cornwall
Art East Spring show, Framsden Hall Barn, Suffolk
The Painted path (Joint exhibition with Lawrie Quigley) Tregony Contemporary Gallery, Cornwall
2023 Christmas exhibition, Anna Lovely Gallery, London
Promenade VI, Tregony Contemporary Gallery, Cornwall
2022 Four person show - The Lightbox Gallery, Woking
2021 Victoria Square Art Project - The Lightbox gallery, Woking
2020 Spring Show - Nadia Waterfield Fine Art, Hampshire
2018 Winter Show - The New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham
2018 Winter Blues The Cass Art Space, Islington
Royal Society of Marine Artists Annual Exhibition - The Mall Galleries, London
2015 The Royal Society of Portrait Painters - Mall Galleries, London (Shortlisted for the 'Conversations' prize)
2010 '6 by 4' Artspace, Portsmouth
Residencies, awards and Grants
2026 National Lottery Project Grant. Arts Council England
2024 The Windbreaks Public Art Project, Organised by Portsmouth City Council, Southsea
Artist residency, Mawddach Residency, North Wales
Develop Your Creative Practice Grant. Arts Council England
2022 Artist Residency. CreateSpace Wales
2021 Paint out Norfolk Winner of Maggi Hamblin’s award. Norfolk
Jackson’s Painting Prize - shortlisted
Collections
Grey College, Durham
