Emma Cousin was born in Yorkshire in the UK, in 1986 and is currently based in London. Recent solo exhibitions include ‘Introductions’, White Cube (2021); Goldsmiths CCA, London (2020); Milton Keynes Art Centre, UK (2019); Lewisham Arthouse, London (2018); Edel Assanti, UK (2018); and Dolph Projects, London (2017). Recent group exhibitions include ‘She came to stay’ Andrea Festa Fine Art, Italy; ‘Female Objectivity’, Palazzo Te Matova, Italy; ‘Soft Bodies’, Castlefield Gallery, Manchester, (2020); ‘Ridiculous’ Elephant West, London (2020); Jerwood Arts exhibition ‘Survey’ at Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, The Bluecoat, Liverpool, and G39, Cardiff, UK (2019); and ‘Ultra’, J Hammond Projects, London (2019). Her work is in the Zuzeum Museum Riga, The Samandi Art Foundation, Bangladesh, Aishti Foundation, Lebanon and Azman Museum, Malaysia.
In Sept 2021 Emma will have a solo show with Niru Ratnam Gallery London across three spaces showing new drawings, paintings and video.
Emma graduated from Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, University of Oxford in 2007. She started her own project space, Bread and Jam in 2015-17, which she ran for 2 years in her home in Brockley. She was a participant at Skowhegan in 2018. She recently co-curated Un-stilled Life, an exhibition focusing on animations, across three galleries, Ron Mandos Gallery Amsterdam, Tintype Gallery London and the online platform Blinkvideo. In 2020 she established the podcast ‘Chats with artists in lockdown’ which is now on its second series.