I am the beast I worship

About

Emma Harvey is a painter from London, currently based in Kent, who makes paintings and lino prints that explore themes of female empowerment, body image and self-identity; her work is a very personal response to gender and female sexuality and her own understanding of body, femininity, and self.

In her exhibition, ‘I am the beast I worship’ at WIA Gallery a ritualistic theme runs throughout her work as she examines and reimagines her own experiences in relation to past and present narratives about women’s sexuality.

Emma incorporates ribbons into her work to symbolise society’s attempt to tame and control women but to Emma they are a means of reclaiming the imagery of restraint as a form of emancipation.  

Emma has exhibited both nationally and internationally, solo shows and group shows, and she has also curated and co-curated several shows as part of Cultivate, the London-based artist-run gallery.