My inspiration has always  been natural form, studying flora and fauna at both microscopic and macroscopic levels.

I enjoy finding ways to manipulate materials in their purest form: to explore their potential, whilst creating something exquisitely detailed that invites the viewer in.

Education: 

2003 MA Painting, The Royal College of Art
2001 BA Painting, Gray's School of Art, Aberdeen
 

Solo/Duo Exhibitions

2011 Unintended Consequences, (Duo show with Hilary Jack) August Art, London 
2007 Affinity, Solo show, Seven Seven Contemporary Art, London
2005 Imaginable, Solo show, Foyer Gallery, Aberdeen
2002 Emma Holden, Solo Show, Foyer Gallery, Aberdeen

Selected Group Exhibitions

Sept 2024 - Jan 2025 Royal West of England Academy Open, Bristol
June 2024 - August 2024 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London
Dec 2023 - Jan 2024 'HOME' Green Door Gallery, Brussels
Sept 2023 - Jan 2024 Royal West of England Academy Open, Bristol
May - June 2023 Royal Scottish Academy Open, Edinburgh
Oct 2022- Jan 2023 Royal West of England Academy Open, Bristol
Nov 2018 The Furry and the Feathered, Milton Art Gallery, Aberdeenshire 
2016 - Present showing current new work, MAKERS, Bristol

2009 - 2021 Art Sabbatical to start raising a family!

2009 Cooler Warmer, Standpoint Gallery, London
2009 Compound, August Art, London 
2007 Geography is a Flavour, August Art, London
2006 Muster Station, Rockwell Gallery, London
2006 On Garbage, August Art, London
2006 Office Politix 131 Brick Lane, London
2006 Continental Breakfast UGM (Umentnosta Galerija Maribor ), Slovenia
2005 Imaginable, Foyer Gallery, Aberdeen
2005 Creekside Open APT Gallery, London
2004 r/est Backfabrik , Berlin
2004 Careful What You Wish For Seven Seven Contemporary Art, London
2003 21m2 Visningsrom, Stavanger , Norway
2003 RANK City Radio Cars, London
2003 The Art of the Impossible, Centre Prize Exhibition The Great Eastern Hotel, London