Emma Vidal

Taking the form of charcoal drawings and sculptures, I re-imagine a future world as a place whose inhabitants consist only of feral children and where Mother Nature is claiming back her own territory.

Influenced by spiritual experiences from my Catholic upbringing and travels, I am particularly concerned with ideas of religious symbolism, ritual and cult, questioning the reason and primary quest of human beings for faith and transcendence.

I use the unique ability of charcoal to capture emotions within a fragile and quivering stroke. The totemic three-dimensional works I create reference to a range of historical, cultural and visual divine objects from around the world, mixing styles from disparate places and period.

Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2017 - ORIGINES. - Marseille, France
2015-16 - FERAL - Galerie ONEIRO. Paris, France
2014 - Gold String - Museum Blue. St. Louis, USA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2018 - DDESSIN ART FAIR - Galerie Detais. Paris, France
2017 - ETRE SOI - curated by Thierry Tessier. Vanities Gallery. Paris, France
2017 - Au fil des songes - Galerie Le Ballon Rouge. Paris, France
2017 - Ushiwa by WalkingArt, auctionned by Master Emmanuel Layan - Aquarium de Paris. Paris, France
2016 - The Ingram Collection: Not all Contemporary Art is Rubbish - The Lightbox Museum. Woking, UK
2015 - Always Print The Myth: PR and the Modern Age - Victoria and Albert Museum. London, UK
2015 - Drawing On... The Ingram Collection of Modern British and Contemporary Art - RWA Royal West of England Academy. Bristol, UK
2015 - Vestige - Coates and Scarry Gallery, Gallery 8. London, UK
2015 - Spring show - Candid Art Gallery. London, UK
2014-15 - Clyde&Co Art Award exhibition Collection - St. Botolph. London, UK
2014 - ING Dicerning Eye exhibition - The Mall Galleries. London, UK
2014 - Drawing Breathe - Graham Hunter Gallery. London, UK
2014 - Raw Talent 2014 - London, UK
2014 - Synthesis by Never Drawn art collective - Asylum Gallery. ...