Emma Hart (artist)

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]

Emma Hart (artist)
Born1974 (age 46–47)
London, United Kingdom
NationalityBritish
OccupationArtist and lecturer
EmployerCentral Saint Martins
Websiteemmahart.info

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 behavior,[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]

References
  1. "Dr Emma Hart Academic Profile". Slade School of Art. Retrieved 2019-02-06.
  2. 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.
  3. Emma Hart. Noble, Kathy., Camden Arts Centre (London). London: Camden Arts Centre. 2013. ISBN 9781907208416. OCLC 870827464.CS1 maint: others (link)
  4. "In Focus: Emma Hart". frieze.com. Retrieved 2018-11-07.
  5. Judah, Hettie (2017-07-06). "Freudian slips: the secrets hidden inside Emma Hart's ceramic art". the Guardian. Retrieved 2018-11-07.
  6. "Emma Hart, artist: 'There is something magic about your hands in clay'". The Independent. Retrieved 2018-11-07.
  7. "Emma Hart BANGER at The Fruitmarket Gallery". The Fruitmarket Gallery. Retrieved 2018-11-07.
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