EMMA RICHARDSON

Emma Richardson (b.1982 Southampton) is an artist and musician with a creative career spanning nearly 20 years. She graduated from Wimbledon School of Art, London with a BA in Painting in 2004 and currently lives and works in London.

Driven by an interest in psychology, sexuality, transcendence and the sublime, Richardson draws inspiration from feminist writers, the female Surrealists and the drama of Baroque painting, as well as her background as a touring musician, to create large scale sensuous and cinematic oil paintings on canvas, which investigate the politics of desire, the necessity of collective joy, and our shifting relationship with nature.

She has exhibited in solo and group shows in London, Margate, Southampton, Hong Kong, Barcelona and Madrid. She received Develop Your Creative Practice funding from Arts Council England in 2021 and in 2022 completed three years on the Turps Correspondence Course.

Richardson is also a musician, and previously wrote and performed with Band of Skulls for six albums. Her paintings appear on a selection of their album and single releases. She is currently the bassist and backing vocalist with the Pixies and contributed to their latest album The Night The Zombies Came.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2026
Levitate Me: Desire, Ecstasy and The Sublime, Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton, UK

2023
The Pull of The Tides, Liminal Gallery, Margate, UK
Hang Each Night In Rapture, Mura Ma Gallery, Manchester, UK

2022
Slow Burn, Jeffery West, London, UK
The Great Rebellion, Yoko Art Gallery, Barcelona, Spain

2021
Hidden Pleasures, Yoko Art Gallery, Barcelona, Spain

2018
One Day Retrospective, The Arches Gallery, Southampton, UK

2014
Feast, The Outsiders Gallery, London, UK

2012
Cruising For A Bruisin', Londonewcastle Project Space, London, UK

2008
Meat Me At The Butchers, Limited Press Gallery, Southampton, UK

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2026
Between Waking and Wanting, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK

2025
Borderlands - Thresholds In Painting, Pictorem Gallery, London, UK
Salon III, Liminal Gallery, Margate, UK

2024
Salon II, Liminal Gallery, Margate, UK

2023
Darker Than A Blackbirds Retina, Terrace Gallery, Huddersfield, UK
Salon I, Liminal Gallery, Margate, UK
The Goddesses (A Love Explosion), The Lido Stores, Margate, UK
The Goddesses (A Love Explosion), Terrace Gallery, London, UK
Art on a Postcard - International Women’s Day Auction, Fitzrovia Gallery, London, UK, Curated by Beth Greenacre

2022
Todxs Contra Todxs, Yoko Art Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
Material Presence, Fitzrovia Gallery, London, UK
Equinox, Palais des Vaches, Hampshire, UK

2021
The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog, Online at www.cohort.art
In Absentia, Online at www.cohort.art

2014
Responder, Southampton City Art Gallery, UK

2012
James Lavelle’s Daydreaming With....The Hong Kong Edition, ArtisTree, Hong Kong
The Last Picture Show, The Bargate Gallery, Southampton, UK

ART FAIRS
2023
JustMad art fair Madrid, Spain
2014
Art 14 London

RESIDENCIES
2022
Yoko Art Gallery, Spain

EDUCATION
2000-2001 - Foundation Diploma in Art and Design, Winchester School of Art
2001-2004 - BA (Hons) Fine Art Painting, Wimbledon School of Art