EXHIBITIONS & BIOGRAPHY
EMMA HARTLEY
Emma's new collection has taken a new departure, influenced by Matisse, Picasso and Ivon Hitchin these new works are alive with colour. The colour defines the space and though not abstract, they create strong and intriguing images to the viewer. Her work is held in various Private collections in London, France and New York , and has been installed in Claridges Hotel, The Oceanic Building, Trafalgar Square and the Centre of Arbitration in Singapore.
Emma Hartley creates ethereal contemporary images. She portrays the atmosphere, the light (perhaps spiritual) that the ordinary eye senses, but rarely differentiates from more representative perspectives. Her paintings (featuring landscapes, people and abstract concepts) draw the viewer into the world of feelings, emotions and instincts. This world is accessible and appealing and still gently challenging.
Emma’s paintings reveal the drama and beauty of reality, through the surreal lens of emotional perception.
Emma lives and works in Hampshire and France.
EDUCATION
2005-2009 Winchester School of Art, BA (Hons) Fine Art
SELECTED AWARDS
2016 Nominated for Columbia Threadneedle Prize at The Mall Galleries
2017 Nominated for National Open Art Prize
2017 Selected for Ing Discerning Eye Prize at the Mall Galleries
SOLO SHOWS
8th - 20th November 2022 ‘Currents', Oxmarket Contemporary, St Andrews Court, Chichester PO19 1YH
12th - 17th October 2022 ‘Currents', Gallery @Oxo, Oxo Tower Wharf, Bargehouse Street, London SE1 9PH
2021 ‘SUBTEXT 2', Gallery @Oxo. London SE1
2019 ‘Jeopardy', Gallery @Oxo. London SE1
2018 ‘Jeopardy’, Brompton Road Gallery London SW5
2018 ‘Exemption’, Menier Gallery London SE1
2017 ‘Escape’, Gallery @Oxo. London SE1
2013 ‘Half-truth’ The Gallery in Redchurch Street, London
2010 ‘Hinterland’ The Shed Gallery, Hampshire
GROUP SHOWS
8th - 30th October 2022 Hampshire Art Fair, The Old Grain Store, Winchester, nr Stockbridge SP11 7LF
June - Dec 2022 Athertongreenart Summer and Autumn Shows, Farrington Place, Alton, GU34 3EH
2021 Atherton Green Gallery Christmas Show, Farringdon Place, Church road, Upper Farringdon, Alton, Hampshire
2021 ‘Hartley Noble’ Affordable Art Fair, Battersea Park, London SW11
2021 ‘As Small As A Melon’. The Stable Gallery, Hampshire
2021 ‘Fresh Start’ Muswell Hill Gallery, Hornsey Rise, London N8
2020 ’Subtext’ Gallery @ Oxo, London SE1
2018 ‘No time like the present’, Portchester
2018 ‘Revealed’, Cornwall
2017 ‘Castles in the Air Poland’,Schloss Lekow, Poland
2016 ELLIPSE SHOW at Remise Galerie, Berlin, Germany
2016 ELLIPSE SHOW, Angelika, High Wycombe
2016 ‘Small is beautiful’ Candida Stevens Gallery,Chichester, West Sussex
2015 ‘The Windows Are Illuminated’ at The Embassy Tearooms
2014 ‘Edward Barnsley and Landscape’ Bedales Gallery, Hampshire
2013 ‘Line’ Muse Gallery, Hampshire
2013 ‘Libero’ The Gallery at no 1 Paget Street, London
2013 ‘Pure’ Pure Gallerie, La Garde Freinet, Var, France
2012 ‘Sedici Group’ The Shed Gallery, Hampshire
2012 ‘F9’ Chocolate Factory Gallery, London
2012 ‘Catherine Porter’ AAF Battersea, London
2011 ‘My Sentiments’ Hawkley Gallery, Hampshire
2011 ‘The Summer Show’ Gallery One, Hampshire
2011 ‘Luminescence’ Hawkley Gallery, Hampshire
2011 ‘Connections’ Paintworks, Bristol
2011 ‘Catherine Porter’ AAF Battersea, London
2010 ‘ONessence’ The Rag Factory, London
2010 ‘Octet’ The Gallery at no 1 Paget Street, London
2009 ‘New Contemporaries’ Fairfield Gallery, Hampshire
2009 ‘National Trust Exhibition, The Mill, Winchester
2009 ‘BA Fine Art Show’ Winchester School of Art
2008 ‘Christmas Show’ Courtyard Gallery, Hampshire