Emily Wardill

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Emily Wardill (born 1977 in Rugby, England [1] ), is a British artist and film maker.

She studied fine art at Central St. Martins College of Arts and Design in London. [2] In 2010, Wardill was awarded the Film London Artists' Moving Image Network Jarman Award, which allowed her to show her works on national television in the UK. [3] Wardill was awarded a Philip Leverhulme Prize in Visual and Performing Arts in 2011. [4]

Wardill has exhibited her works internationally, in Australia, Denmark, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, and the United States. Wardill's work has been exhibited at Art Basel, the Serpentine Gallery, Tate Britain, and the Venice Biennale. Her films have appeared in the International Film Festival Rotterdam, London Film Festival, Oberhausen International Short Film Festival, and Toronto International Film Festival. [5]

She has created both shorts and feature-length films. Her film subjects include ghost stories, mental illness, [6] religion, and contemporary art and visual culture. [7]

Notes

  1. "Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon". De Gruyter.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  2. "Emily Wardill Biography". Brand New Gallery. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  3. "FLAMIN - The Jarman Award" . Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  4. "Previous Awards". The Leverhulme Trust. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  5. "Artists: Emily Wardill Biography" (PDF). Altman Siegel Gallery. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  6. Fox, Charlie (1 February 2014). "Skating on Thin Ice". Sight and Sound. 24 (2). Retrieved 9 March 2015.
  7. Ryan, Dinah (March–April 2012). "Emily Wardill". Art Papers Magazine. 36 (2): 56–57. Retrieved 9 March 2015.

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