Emma Talbot

Emma Talbot
Eternal Return
Temporal Being
Signs
Sorceress
Persephone in Winter
Unbroken Bond
Italian Story
Galaxy of Two
Night Flight
Nine Lives

Born in Stourbridge, UK, in 1969, Emma Talbot lives and works in London.

Born in Stourbridge, UK, in 1969, Emma Talbot lives and works in London. She was awarded the 8th Max Mara Art Prize for Women in 2020 and, following a six-month Italian residency, created the exhibition The Age/l’Età, held at Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK (2022) and Collezione Maramotti, Reggio Emilia, Italy (2022–2023). Further recent solo institutional exhibitions include 21st Century Herbal, Beiqui Museum, Nanjing, China (2023); The Human Experience, Kunsthall Stavanger, Norway (2023); Ghost Calls, DCA Dundee, UK (2021); Ghost Calls and Meditations, Kunsthaus Pasquart, Biel, Switzerland (2021); When Screens Break, Eastside Projects, Birmingham UK (2020); Sounders of the Depths, KM21 (GEM Kunstmuseum), The Hague, Netherlands (2019). Recent projects include 21st Century Herbal, a special project for Frieze London, UK (2022); Four Visions for a Hopeful Future, CIRCA Project, Piccadilly Circus, UK (2021).

The artist has been included in recent major group exhibitions including Irreplaceable Human? The Conditions of Creativity in the Age of AI, Louisiana Museum, Denmark (2023); The Milk of Dreams, La Biennale di Venezia, Italy (2022); Fantasmagoriana, LIAF Biennale, Norway (2022); Fundamental Occurrences, Nosbaum Reding, Brussels, Belgium (2022); The Great Invocation, Garage, Rotterdam, Netherlands (2021); Not Without my Ghosts (2020–22) Hayward Touring, including Grundy Gallery Blackpool, Millennium Galleries Sheffield, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery Swansea, UK.

Current and forthcoming solo institutional exhibitions include Model, Sligo, Ireland (September 2023); KINDL Kesselhaus Berlin, Germany (September 2023); Kunsthalle Giessen, Germany (December 2023). Selected international group exhibitions in 2023 include Between Knowing and Understanding, STUK Arts Center, Belgium; Dawn of Humanity, Art in societies in transition in the early 20th and 21st centuries, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany; K21 Dusseldorf, Germany; Poly, KINDL Berlin, Germany; Neue Gemeinschaften, Folkwang Museum, Essen, Germany; Textile Biennial, Museum Rijswijk, Netherlands; Krona Museum, Uden, Netherlands, Dordrechts Museum, Netherlands; ARoS, Aarhus, Denmark (December 2023–June 2024).

Works by the artist are included in collections including Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Australia; Fries Museum, Netherlands; Arnhem Museum, Netherlands; KRC Collection, Netherlands; Arts Council Collection, UK; British Council Collection, UK; Kunstsammlung NRW Dusseldorf, Germany; Collezione Maramotti Italy.

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