Emma Hart (artist) | |
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| Born | 1974 (age 50–51) London, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation(s) | Artist and lecturer |
| Employer | Central Saint Martins |
| Website | emmahart |
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]
In 2016, she was the winner of the Max Mara Art Prize for Women. [2]
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]
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 behaviour, [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]
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