Ema Mano Epps (MA Fine Art 2019) is currently Co-Chair of Students, Artist Resident Trustee at the Art School. This is a showcase of work Ema has made during her residency.
Apart Together, 2020, earth pigment, fern roots, human hair on paper, 40 x 30 cm [Detail]
When Dreams Feel Real, 2021, recycled marble, ink, enamel paint, earth, varied dimensions [Sequence]
'Bringing improper materials together in harmony demonstrates that balance is possible. Perhaps if we can see balance at play we can emulate it.'
My work is sculptural materiality at play, site specific and process based. I play with contradictions and tensions between non-conforming performative materials until I sense balance. The traces of natural and manmade blur in the alchemy of making, resulting in an ephemeral aesthetic with an element of impermanence. I work across mediums and use proto-scientific research methods. The fluid dynamics in my work - between the domestic, urban and organic elements holds an unapologetically effeminate narrative. I make a conscious decision to utilise predominantly recycled and organic materials.
Together, 2020, paper, paint, tree, varied dimensions
We are the Universe, 2021, handmade recycled cotton paper and cyanotype emulsion, 40 x 30 cm (slightly varied)
My practice stems from a perspective that places touch as the primary sense, this is manifested in my sculptural space interventions, drawing on the instinctive sensibilities in an audience; 'from melted and fluid to hard and resolute.' - Emma Gittens, writer
Moments of the heart, 2021, red wine, blackberry, turmeric and acorn inks on kitchen paper in glass bell mahogany base jar
Chronology - Glass parcel sculpture series No.1, 2020, recycled glass and phone cable, human hair, soil, recycled zinc and copper, food packaging, mask, foliage, shell, 16 x 15 cm
Ema Mano Epps (MA Fine Art 2019) is currently Co-Chair of Students, Artist Resident Trustee at the Art School. This is a showcase of work Ema has made during her residency.
Apart Together, 2020, earth pigment, fern roots, human hair on paper, 40 x 30 cm [Detail]
When Dreams Feel Real, 2021, recycled marble, ink, enamel paint, earth, varied dimensions [Sequence]
'Bringing improper materials together in harmony demonstrates that balance is possible. Perhaps if we can see balance at play we can emulate it.'
My work is sculptural materiality at play, site specific and process based. I play with contradictions and tensions between non-conforming performative materials until I sense balance. The traces of natural and manmade blur in the alchemy of making, resulting in an ephemeral aesthetic with an element of impermanence. I work across mediums and use proto-scientific research methods. The fluid dynamics in my work - between the domestic, urban and organic elements holds an unapologetically effeminate narrative. I make a conscious decision to utilise predominantly recycled and organic materials.
Together, 2020, paper, paint, tree, varied dimensions
We are the Universe, 2021, handmade recycled cotton paper and cyanotype emulsion, 40 x 30 cm (slightly varied)
My practice stems from a perspective that places touch as the primary sense, this is manifested in my sculptural space interventions, drawing on the instinctive sensibilities in an audience; 'from melted and fluid to hard and resolute.' - Emma Gittens, writer
Moments of the heart, 2021, red wine, blackberry, turmeric and acorn inks on kitchen paper in glass bell mahogany base jar
Chronology - Glass parcel sculpture series No.1, 2020, recycled glass and phone cable, human hair, soil, recycled zinc and copper, food packaging, mask, foliage, shell, 16 x 15 cm