Profile
Emily Graham (born 1983 in UK; lives and works in London) is an artist working primarily with colour photography.
Her practice often deals with elusive subject matters; a search for the unknown, a psychological state, the act of communication and interpretation. She is interested in creating a loose, expressive form of documentation that leaves room for subjective interpretations, embracing the suggestive and metaphorical potential of photographs.
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Awards
2021 Selected artist, Futures Talents
2020 Jury’s Choice, Prix Virginia
2020 Shortlisted Artist, Bar Tur Photo Award
2019 Third Prize Winner, British Journal of Photography International Photography Award
2019 Shortlisted Artist, Images Vevey Book Award
2018 Shortlisted Artist, SOLO18 Brighton Photo Fringe
2018 Genesis Imaging Postgraduate Award, Commended Entry
2017 Flash Forward winner, Magenta Foundation
Education
2017- 2019 MA Photography, University of West England
2003 – 2006 BA Hons in Photography, University of Brighton
Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions
2020 The Palace, Landskrona Foto, Sweden
2019 The Blindest Man, Derby Market Hall, Format Festival, Derby
2009 Hackney Youth (commission), Chats Palace, London
2008 Hackney Youth (commission), Rothschild Bank, London
Group Exhibitions
2022 HYBRIDS curated by Marina Paulenka, at PHotoEspaña, Madrid, Spain
2021 HYBRIDS curated by Marina Paulenka at Melkweg Expo, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2019 Curated by Sian Bonnell, The Pingyao International Photography Festival, China
2019 Center Annual, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, Texas, USA
2019 Tellers, Martin Parr Foundation, Bristol
2018 SOLO18 Shortlist Brighton Photo Fringe, ONCA Gallery, Brighton
2018 Foundations, Martin Parr Foundation, Bristol
2017 Magenta Foundation Flash Forward exhibition, Toronto
2010 Strange Bedfellows, Gallery 1989, London
2009 Summer Show, HOST Gallery, London
2007 Things We Love, Crane Kalman Gallery, Brighton
2007 Let’s Pretend We Are Dead, Nog Gallery, London
2006 NEW, Shipton Street Gallery, London
2006 Freerange, Truman Brewery, London
2006 The Final Show, University of Brighton, Brighton
Selected Publications
The Blindest Man, published by VOID, June 2022.
Selected Projects/ Commissions
On Secrecy, Martin Parr Foundation & SPIN research network (Artist commission) (2022)
The Rural Gaze, GRAIN Projects (Artist commission)(2021)
Magnum Photos Now: The Medium is the Message Symposium, Barbican Centre July 2019 (curator & producer) (2019)
The Body Observed, Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich (co-curator) (2019)
The Magnum Photobook: A Catalogue Raisonne (editor/researcher) (2016)
Guest lecturer, various universities including London College of Communication, Portsmouth University, University of West England (2013 – present)
Night Contact Festival (Founder/Artistic Director): London (2013), Brighton Photo Biennial (2014) www.nightcontact.co.uk
On the Collection: Writing National Media Museum online (2014)
What Is England; group photography project, curated by Stuart Pilkington (2010)
Hackney Youth Commission with Skyway Charity, exhibited at Rothschild Bank & Chats Palace (2008)