Details
| First Name | Emma |
| Last Name | Rankin |
| Username | EmmaRankin |
| Website | |
| Region | Greater Glasgow |
| Disciplines | Drawing, Painting, Photography, Printmaking, Sound |
| Themes | Abstract, Botanical, Environment, Identity, Landscape, Site-specific, Narratives |
Statement
| Statement | Scottish artist Emma Rankin holds an MFA in Art, Science & Visual Thinking from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design in Dundee as well as an MA in Printmaking from LUCA School of Art in Belgium. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Textile & Surface Design from Gray’s School of Art in Aberdeen with a focus on sculptural printmaking in 2014. Her research is centred around the visibility of thresholds and the interiority of landscape, with a particular interest in how geological sites are experienced, interpreted through time and recounted through individual lived experience. Weaving her way through mineral narratives and land and seascape ecologies, Emma’s multidisciplinary approach connects photography and found objects as mementos left over time and manifests across an accumulation of layers and strata, completed by installation, artists books and printmaking. Her creative practice is rooted in her background in mysticism and folklore, through visual narratives that cast off the written word, and through the relation to people who have wandered before. Emma has exhibited internationally in galleries and institutions and is currently a consulting artist for the PAINSTORM consortium, an international group of medical professionals and patient partners focusing on research into neuropathic pain. Currently based in Many Studios Glasgow, Emma has been invited to participate in residency programmes in Europe and is the current Artist in Residence for the Botanic Gardens in Dundee. |
Biography
| Biography | 2009-2011 HNC/HND Fashion & Textiles at Dundee College 2011-2014 BA(Hons)Textile & Surface Design Gray’s School of Art at RGU 2013 Erasmus Exchange Programme LUCA School of Art, Belgium 2014-2015 MA Printmaking LUCA School of Art, Belgium Exhibition “New Designers”, London 2014 Exhibition “Den Lovede”, Hasselt Belgium 2014 Exhibition “The Smell of War”, Poperinge, 2015 Exhibition “EXIT” curated in association with WIELS Brussels, Hasselt Belgium 2015 Freelance Photographer 2016-2020 SSA 30×30 Online Edition 2020 2020 – 2021 Studio Space “Altitude” at Kandahar House, Dundee 2021 – 2022 MFA Art, Science & Visual Thinking, DJCAD SSA 30×30 Exhibition, RSA 2021 Exhibition “SCALE”, LifeSpace, Life Sciences, University of Dundee – June 2022 Exhibition “Tales of the Unexpected”, Lamb Gallery, Tower Building, University of Dundee – August – October 2022 Exhibition “Masters Show”, DJCAD, University of Dundee – September 2022 Exhibition “State of Print”, Impact Printmaking Conference, Bristol – September 2022 Artist in Residence, Dundee Botanic Gardens – beginning September 2022 Edinburgh Science Festival , Creative Collaborator with PAINSTORM – April 2023 Exhibition WEST, Visual Arts Scotland, May 2023 Studio Space at Many Studios, Glasgow, June 2023 Illustrator “The Stranger Within” Book, author Blair H. Smith, published by Lumphanan Press, January 2024 Solo Exhibition, University of Dundee Botanic Gardens, Dundee, 5 – 26 April 2024 Solo Exhibition, University of Dundee Botanic Gardens, Dundee, 30 august – 27 September 2024
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