ABOUT
Emily Powell is a contemporary artist living in Brixham, Devon, with a studio on the edge of Dartmoor. She is a colourist and painter, often working on a large scale and she places great emphasis on connection and emotion. Colour, joy and freedom pour out of her work which ranges from evocative landscapes rooted in her hometown and the surrounding Devon coastline; surreal still lifes; powerful abstracts; grand florals; ethereal flying wildlife; and the journey of domestic life with her husband and young daughter.
Growing up in Liverpool, Powell went on to study at Norwich School Of Art for her formal training with a sabbatical at the Ecole Régionale des Beaux-Arts de Rouen (2008-2011). She has exhibited with the Royal Society of Art, collaborated with MoMA, National Galleries of Scotland and The British Museum, and was part of the 2020 BBC Documentary for the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition Show.
In 2021 Powell exhibited across the UK in mixed and solo shows. The following year saw the publication of her first book, Start Painting Now, and an invitation to paint the front entrance at Great Ormond Street Hospital For Children. In the summer of 2022 a solo show in St Ives, The Year Of The Tiger, led her to be hailed as ‘one of the most important emerging artists in the UK today’. In January-February 2023 Powell undertook a residency at Dartington Trust in Devon, culminating in a solo exhibition Utopia, everyone’s invited.
Emily hosted her first major solo show at The Portland Gallery in London in February 2024, Kaleidoscope Of Hope, alongside painting expeditions to the Arctic and the Isle of Tiree.
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UPCOMING
Mixed Summer Exhibition, Cambridge Contemporary Art, 15th June - 1st September
‘Full Flowers And Sunshine’, Solo Show, New Craftsman, 10th August - 5th September 2024
PAST EXHIBITIONS
‘The Land Below The Waves’, Solo Show, Morningside Gallery, 28th June - 13th July
‘Go Gently On Yourself’, Solo Show, Fosse Gallery, 2nd June - 22nd June 2024
‘Kaleidoscope Of Hope’ Solo Show, Portland Gallery, 24 January - 9 February 2024
Christmas Exhibition of Gallery Artists, Fosse Gallery, 26th November 2023 - 2nd January 2024
Open Studios, September 2023
Summer Exhibition, Cambridge Contemporary Art, 26 June - 24 September 2023
The Summer Exhibition Of Gallery Artists, Fosse Gallery, 9 July - 28 August 2023
‘The Fundamental Importance Of Nature’, Sarah Wiseman, Oxford, 10 June – 8 July 2023
‘The Birds And Me’ Solo Show, New Craftsman, St Ives, 6 – 23 May 2023
‘Utopia, Everyone’s Invited’ Solo Show, Dartington Trust, 17 February – 13 May 2023
‘Domestic Rituals’ Solo Show, Russell Gallery, London, 2 – 25 March 2023
Emily Powell Open Diaries, 31 January – 7 February 2023
‘Christmas At New Craftsman’, December 2022, New Craftsman Gallery, St Ives
‘Flowers For The Difficult Days’, November 2022
‘Merry and Bright’, Sarah Wiseman Gallery, Oxford, November 2022
‘The Year Of The Tiger Part II’ Livingstone St Ives, Bristol, September 2022
‘The Year Of The Tiger Part I’ Westcotts Quay, St. Ives, June 2022
‘The Happiness Of Bright Boats’ Bristol, April – June 2022
‘They Flew And Flew Over St. Ives’, St. Ives, April – May 2022
‘Spring Greens’ Bristol, March – April 2022
‘Green Is Essential To My Happiness’ Bristol, December 2021 – February 2022
‘Affordable Art Fair London’ with Livingstone St. Ives, October 2021
‘The Great Powell Day Out’ Perranporth, July – September 2021
‘Tigers Of Tremenheere’ Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens, May 2021
‘Flying Ponies Of Dartmoor’ Solo Show, Southcombe Barn Artspace, June 2021
‘Primavera’ Livingstone St. Ives, March 2021
‘Pastel Society’s Annual Exhibition’ Mall Galleries, London, February 2020
‘Royal Society of British Artists Annual Exhibition’ Mall Galleries, London, February 2020
‘Harbour Town’ Bowie Gallery, Totnes, February 2020
‘Solo Show’ The Bowie Gallery, Totnes, January 2020
‘Small Painting Exhibition’ Morningside Gallery, Edinburgh, January 2020
‘Mixed Christmas Exhibition’ The Russell Gallery, London, November 2019
‘Winter Show’ Limekiln Gallery, Calstock, November 2019
‘Colour’ A2 Gallery, Wells, August 2019
‘Summer Exhibition’ Albany Gallery, Cardiff, August 2019
‘Freedom of Colour’ Browston Gallery, Modbury, June 2019
‘Bright Bucolic Beauties’ Bowie Gallery, Totnes, June 2019
‘Summer Exhibition’ Cambridge Contemporary Gallery, Cambridge, June 2019
Solo Exhibition’ Exeter Phoenix, Exeter, May 2019
‘Spring Show’ Harbour House, Kingsbridge, April 2019
‘Spring Show’ Limekiln Gallery, Calstock', March 2019
RESIDENCIES/OTHER
Arctic Expedition, Sommarøy, Norway, March 2024
Studio 20 Residency, Dartington Trust, January - February 2023
Great Ormond Street Hospital, Front Entrance Painting, June 2022
Private Residency, Llandudno, Wales Jan 2020
Instagram Takeover Affordable Art Fair, London October 2019
Polpero Gallery and Studio, Lizard Point, Cornwall April 2019
Guest Lecturer, Norwich University of the Arts Norwich, 2018
ART FAIRS/EVENTS
Open Studios Devon September 2022
Affordable Art Fair, London, Livingstone St Ives, October 2021
Open Studios Devon September 2021
Open Studios Devon September 2020
Fresh Art Fair, Cheltenham Bowie Gallery April 2019
Affordable Art Fair, London The Russell Gallery October 2019
Devon Open Studios Topsham September 2019
START Art Fair, London Saatchi Gallery September 2017
AWARDS/COMMENDATIONS
Short Listed Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2020
Commendation: Jacksons Art Painting Prize 2018