When you look into someone’s eyes, you get a small glimpse into the human spirit and search for connection. It is a raw and vulnerable moment in time that reflects the common face of humanity. Emma is inspired by the human form and how we are all uniquely different yet the same, finding beauty and complexity within faces and objects. Capturing modern-day people in traditional portraiture is both timeless and innovative, a way to connect the old with the new. It builds upon the foundations of the past while pushing the boundaries of the present. Her work in its entirety is an intense perceptual study of the mosaic of what it means to be human with a goal to inspire those who see her art to stop, feel and wonder.
BIO
b. 2001 Calgary, Canada
Education
2022 Florence Academy of Art, New York and Sweden, three-year accredited diploma in drawing and painting.
2021, Workshop with artist, Britta Noresten
2020, Workshop with artist, Amaya Gurpide
2019, Workshop with artist, Martinho Correia
2019, Workshop with artist, Cornelia Hernes
2019, Central Memorial High School Visual Arts Program, graduated with honors.
Work and Gallery Representation
2024, James Baird Gallery, online at artsy
2024, Art Studio Hamptons Gallery, online at artwork archive
2024, Salmagundi Club Jr. Scholarship member
2024, Jury member for the Calgary Stampede Creative Arts and Crafts Competition
2024, Art teacher at Swinton’s Art Supply
2024, Workshops at Kensignton Art Supply
Awards and Acknowledgements
2025, 1st place best in show, for “Mokosh” Salmagundi Club New Members Invitational
2025, 2nd place for “Night Swim” in the Nocturnes show at Salmagundi Club
2025, Part of International Artist Magazine 161st issue
2024, Award for best portrait, the Portrait Society of Canada’s 2024 Miracle of the Portrait competition
2024, 1st Honorable mention, the Portrait Society of America’s 5th annual Future Generation competition
2024, Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours Young Artist award
2023 Preselected for part of limited edition Figurativas catalogue
2021, Queen’s Golden Jubilee Award for Visual Arts in Alberta
2020, Featured artist in the Swedish Press
2020, 4th quarter Illustrators of the future honourable mention
2020, 2024, Scholarship for the Portrait Society of America annual portrait conference
2019, Dustin Peers Scholarship for Visual Arts
2019, Alexander Rutherford Scholarship
2016, Chosen artist for Breast Cancer Supportive Care fundraiser
Exhibitions
2025, New Members Invitational, Salmagundi Club, New York
2025, Annual Members show, Salmagundi Club, New York
2025, Into the Night, Salmagundi Club, New York
2024, Thumb Box, Salmagundi Club, New York
2024, Smalls for the Walls, Art Studio Hamptons Gallery, New York
2024, Humans 24, Salmagundi Club, New York
2024, Summer Exhibition, Passage Vincafé, Eskilstuna Sweden
2024, 163rd annual exhibition, Society of Women Artists, London England
2024, Spring Salon, Borgenhag Holmqvist, Eskilstuna Sweden
2024, Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours 212th Exhibition, London England
2023 Still Life of the Century (Århundradets stilleben) Strandverkets konsthall and Konstkapellet, Marstrand Sweden
2023 Still Life, Galleri Agardh & Tornvall, Stockholm
2019, Featured artist at the Central Memorial Arts Gala
2019, Solo exhibition, Mona Lisa Art Salon in Calgary