Hello and welcome to the website of Emma Harding - British artist, illustrator and writer who lives and works in London, England.

Illustration

Selected clients have included The Lancet Neurology, The Critic, M&S, WH Smith, Amnesty International and Paperchase, Bloomsbury, Duncan Baird, OUP, Henry Holt and been commissioned by many magazines including Big Issue, Sight & Sound, The Guardian, Times Education Supplement, New Scientist, Community Care Magazine, Independent On Sunday, and Mollie Makes.

I’d love to hear about your job, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.

I studied illustration at Cambridge School of Art and later Central Saint Martins (UAL) and was freelancing by the time I graduated with an MA.

My work combines collage, drawing, painting and digital.

Painting

There is to me a route through this world for every object, quite often rambling and imperfect. The humble throwaways that get lost among the hierarchical visual scramble are retrievable in the same small ways.

My considerations are painterly and can incorporate collage, assemblage and drawing. These steps bring physical elements together, and simple materials of boxes with folds, die-cut or re-cut edges, created marks and colour. Rather than aiming for seamless unity I think more about locating their place.

My process is intuited by the materials I select and plays with concepts around opposites and belonging.

To enquire about my work please contact me direct, I’d love to hear from you.

Selected Exhibitions

2022 - Hastings Open: Hastings Museum & Art Gallery.

2021  - I made it first, but you made it yours: Link Gallery University of the Creative Arts, Epsom.

2014 - Wonderland: Artopia, St Katherine Docks, London. Group show.             

2012 - Free For All: Kaleidoscope Gallery, Kent. Group Show.

2011 - Concretum: Bermondsey Artists’ Group: Dilston Grove, London.

2010 - Small Pleasure. Group Show: DegreeArt, Vyner Street, London.

2010 - Something For The Weekend: Bermondsey Artists’ Group: The Biscuit Factory, London.

2010 - House Open: Brighton Festival Selection Prize: The Regency Town House, Hove.

2010 - Kalos: Kaleidoscope Gallery: Kaleidoscope Gallery, Kent. Group show.

2010 - Menagerie: Shop Floor Project, Cumbria, England.

Writing

Writing has been a constant thread for as long as I can remember, evidenced by a vast number of notebooks.

Over the recent decade my notes have turned into short and long form stories as well as films. During this period I studied for two years at LCC (UAL) for an MA in Screenwriting.

Published work includes selection for National Flash Fiction Anthology ‘Ripening’ and Ride Journal. In 2019 I was a Curtis Brown Creative Scholarship recipient.

Brief Filmography

Synapse 2005 (3min) Future Shorts Short Film Competition: screened 93 Feet East, Brick Lane.

Make Ends Meet 2006 (1:30min) Screened: BFI by CobraVision. UK television premier on ITV channels. Hayward Gallery Surreal Shorts.

Fan 2007 (2:20min) International Fest. of Cinema & Tech. 2008, Washington, USA.

Inside Ted’s Outside Story 2007 (3min) doc. Channel 4 Microdoc website 2007.

Not Winning Not Losing 2008 (25min) doc. Trailer (3min) screened 2008 Cannesinavan, Cannes, France.