Born Sydney, 1975.

Emma Anna is a visual artist, creative producer and writer whose practice draws upon a diverse range of professional and personal experience.

Prior to establishing her independent practice in early 2008, Emma worked as a senior designer and communications specialist within the design and architecture industries. This professional experience, combined with her tertiary qualifications in communications, graphic design and public art, are a unique combination that have enabled Emma to establish a successful career as a professional artist, working both nationally and internationally across a range of media.

Emma completed a Masters of Art (Art in Public Space) at RMIT University in late 2009. Her MA project imag_ne was originally exhibited as part of Sculpture by the Sea in Bondi in 2008. Invitations to exhibit imag_ne nationally, and internationally as part of the inaugural Sculpture by the Sea, Aarhus, Denmark, have greatly expanded the audience for this work.

Emma has worked for local councils in a number of Australian states creating public projects with an emphasis on text, colour, modes of communication and the idea of ‘the mass’. She uses tools of language, popular culture, humour, universal symbolism and everyday technologies to help define both place and community.

Emma has held several solo exhibitions since 2005 and exhibited as a solo practitioner and in group shows in both Australia and Europe. Her work is held in a number of international public collections and private collections in the USA, South America, Europe and Australasia.