Emma Johansen

Emma Irma Johansen was born in Lithuania and spent half of her life in Denmark. From a very young age she
was obsessed with painting, drawing, cutting, sewing, and creating and later went on to study fine arts,
costume design, design technology & patterns, and sustainable fashion at college.
Emma works with and combines different methods and mediums to show the beauty behind different physical
structures, looking deeper and portraying more than what can be seen with the naked eye. Emma draws inspiration from traveling, conveying onto canvas her unique observation of different environments, different cultures, architecture, and more. Most of Emma’s library of pictures she has captured with her camera are of abandoned places; very poor (and pure) environments, places where many cannot see beauty. But through the abstract portrayal of her pictures, Emma’s point is to show the public that everything is imperfect, and there is beauty in those imperfections.
Emma loves to experiment with new materials with every new project, always trying to break the bounds of
the traditional canvas. Lately she’s explored sustainability by reusing old fabrics and recycled clothing, in order to make something valuable from something seemingly worth...

Education
Design Technologist, KEA - Copenhagen School of Design and Technology 2014 – 2016
Dental Nurse, Copenhagen University, Panum 2009 – 2012
Fashion Designer, Aukstesnioji Pramones School, Vilnius, Lithuania 1999 – 2001
High School, Alytaus Dainavos Gymnasium, Alytus, Lithuania 1995 – 1998
Design and Crafts School, Alytaus Amatu Art School, Alytus, Lithuania 1994 – 1997

Exhibitions
Arkos Dailes Gallery : Lithuania Vilnius 2006
Dainavos Meno Gallery : Lithuania Alytus 2007
Leonardo Event Rooms : Denmark Copenhagen 2010
Galore Urban Art Festival : Denmark Copenhagen 2012
Selmahuset Landskrona : Sweden Landskrona 2014
HK Hovedstaden Art Club : Denmark Copenhagen 2015
Galore Art Festival : Denmark Copenhagen 2015
Falkoner 24 Cafe : Denmark Copenhagen 2015
Gallery Thorborg : Denmark Copenhagen 2017
Re:centre : UK London 2018 October
Herrick Gallery : UK London 2019 January
Re:centre : UK London 2019 February
Old Brompton Gallery : UK London 2019 May
Old Biscuit Factory : UK London 2019 May
Parallax Art Fair : UK London 2019 July
The Bargehouse @ Oxo Tower Wharf, UK London 2019 Oct
Top Drawer, Design fair, Olympia London 2020 Jan
Ad – Lib Gallery/ Art Bellow Summer Show: UK London 2020 July