curriculum vitae:
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Born:
1972 - Harrogate, North Yorkshire Education: BA (Hons) Graphic Arts, Leeds Metropolitan University, 1994 Awards: PCJ Drawing Award, SWLA, London 2013 St Cuthbert's Mill Printmaking Award, 2010 Exhibition Award at Leeds Art Fair, 2006 Yorkshire Open, Harrogate, 2003 Laing Landscape Prize under 25s, 1998 Harrogate Borough Council Award, 1997 Small Work Award, M.A.F.A. 1996 Young Artist of the Year Award, Leeds, 1995 Solo Shows: 108 Fine Art, Harrogate, 2014, 2012 Zillah Bell Gallery, Thirsk, 2012 Bianco Nero Gallery, Stokesley, 2012 A Year at Fountains Abbey, 108 Fine Art, Harrogate, 2011 New Paintings, MacLean Fine Art, Cork Street, London, W1, September 2007 The Gascoigne Gallery, Harrogate 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000 Pyramid Gallery, York, 2006, 2000, 1998 The Firth Gallery, Edinburgh, 2000 Nightingale Gallery, Leeds, 1998 Zillah Bell Gallery, Thirsk, 1997 Stonegate Gallery, York, 1996 Mercer Art Gallery, Harrogate, 1996 Two/Three Man Exhibitions: Sarah Wiseman Gallery, Oxford 2012 Cambridge Contemporary Art, 2012 Broadway Modern, 2007 The Gascoigne Gallery, Harrogate, 2004-2006 Iona House Gallery, Woodstock, 2007, 2006 Inspires Gallery, Oxford, 2006 Selected Group Exhibitions: North Base, 108 Fine Art, Harrogate, 2015 New Light Group Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London 2014 Society of Wildlife Artists, Mall Galleries, London 2014, 2013 Flying Colours Gallery, London 2011 MacLean Fine Art, 2007 London Art Fair, 2005, 2006, 2007 AAF , 2011, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003 Art London, 2007 Glasgow Art Fair, 2006, 2004, 2002 Chelsea Art Fair 2006, 2003 plus many more.. Emerson's work can be found in many Public, Private and Corporate collections worldwide, including the House of Lords and The National Trust. |
beyond the studio:
In 2015 Emerson became CEO of New Light, a visual arts charity promoting Northern art and artists. He stepped down in 2019, after ten years working in various roles with the charity, to concentrate on his own work.
www.newlight-art.org.uk
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