Emma Bennett North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Visual Artist, Painter, Site-specific Wall Painting, Public Art Commissions.
Born in 1972, Guisborough North Yorkshire, Emma Bennett graduated from Mima School of Art and Design in 2019 with a MA (Distinction) in Fine Art. She regularly exhibits her work locally and nationally. Her work was acquired for the MIMA Middlesbrough Collection in 2020 and she has recently produced two works for a Public Art Project in Middlesbrough. Emma is based in Middlesbrough in North East England. She produces paintings, drawings and site-specific wall paintings. By using colour and pattern in conjunction with her personal connections and memories to Modernist and Post-War Architecture, she examines our localised social histories. Many of her paintings reference a nostalgic attachment to places and structures that are often overlooked, neglected or under threat of demolition. Her work declares the architectural beauty and social importance of these places and buildings.
Projects and exhibitions
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South Bank Station, Permanent Public Art Commission08/09/2022 — ongoing South Bank Station 2022 Black Path "Secret Gallery" Oil on metal bridge 150 x 154cm 7th - 8th September 2022 The second phase of the project, inspired by the landscape of nature and industry of the local area that took place on the historical black path site in South Bank, Teesside. This project employed 12 local artists, supported... [Read more] |
The Black Path "Secret Gallery", South Bank, Middlesbrough | Details |
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DOWN TOWN26/03/2022 — 21/05/2022 DOWN TOWN is a solo exhibition of work by Middlesbrough based artist, Emma Bennett. The exhibition will survey the artist’s creative practice from 2010 to date, which uses colour and pattern in conjunction with personal connections and memories to Modernist and Post-War Architecture to examine our localised social histories. Works include... [Read more] |
The Masham, Middlesbrough | Details |
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Middlesbrough Public Art30/09/2021 — ongoing Reproduced from original paintings, the artworks are part of two recent public art commissions for Middlesbrough town centre. Funded by Middlesbrough Council and delivered by Navigator North, the first of these works was installed on the Brentnall Centre, Gilkes Street in late 2021 titled Broadcasting House Reimagined. Broadcasting House... [Read more] |
Middlesbrough Town Centre, MIDDLESBROUGH | Details |
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Above Ground23/07/2021 — 04/09/2021 Above Ground is an exhibition of bold minimalist paintings which reflect the design of Modernist and Post-War Architecture by Middlesbrough based artist Emma Bennett. By using colour and pattern in conjunction with her personal connections to place, Bennett examines our localised social histories. Many of her paintings reference a nostalgic... [Read more] |
Gallagher and Turner, Newcastle | Details |