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emmascottchild@gmail.com
emmascottchild@gmail.com
Emma is an Australian interdisciplinary artist in Brighton, England, working in sculpture, painting and video. Her work seeks to connect with grief by creating sacred objects that reflect on loss.
Her work uses botanical processes as a metaphor with her experience with Australian bushfires. Using fire as both a destroyer and a creator through germination, she links the human condition to parallels in flora, the power of nature and metamorphosis.
She uses mixed media including paper, flowers (both live and fake), florist’s supplies and scrap metal to create sculptural pieces. Her experimentation explores the human need to fill a void after loss with physical forms that hold emotional weight.
Using continuing themes of flowers, memorials and ash in the creation of personal transitional objects, she creates a narrative of the grieving process to find catharsis; Drawing the conclusion that joy can exist with sorrow and grief exits because love exists.
Her work uses botanical processes as a metaphor with her experience with Australian bushfires. Using fire as both a destroyer and a creator through germination, she links the human condition to parallels in flora, the power of nature and metamorphosis.
She uses mixed media including paper, flowers (both live and fake), florist’s supplies and scrap metal to create sculptural pieces. Her experimentation explores the human need to fill a void after loss with physical forms that hold emotional weight.
Using continuing themes of flowers, memorials and ash in the creation of personal transitional objects, she creates a narrative of the grieving process to find catharsis; Drawing the conclusion that joy can exist with sorrow and grief exits because love exists.
Education
2021 - 2023
MA Fine Art
Brighton University | UK
1998 - 2002
BA (Hons) Visual Communications
University of Technology Sydney | Australia
MA Fine Art
Brighton University | UK
1998 - 2002
BA (Hons) Visual Communications
University of Technology Sydney | Australia
Group Shows
Wattle Tree House
Artists Open Houses | Hove
2025
Wattle Tree House
Artists Open Houses | Hove
2024
Goldstuecke Gelsenkirchen
Light Art Projects Gelsenkirchen | Gelsenkirchen, Germany
2023
Just After
Regency Townhouse | Hove
2023
Now Is The Time | International Women’s Day
Brighton CCA | Brighton
2022
Work in Progress
MA Fine Art 2nd Year | Edward Street Gallery | Brighton
Group Residencies
2022
Under Construction
MA Fine Art Group Residency | Edward Street Gallery
Under Construction
MA Fine Art Group Residency | Edward Street Gallery
2023
Showcase Collaboration
Brighton CCA | Grand Parade
Press
Wattle Tree House, shares thoughts
on creativity, family and a giant glitter ball
aoh.org.uk
Emma Scott-Child: Ich liebe es, die Oberflächen
der Stadt als künstlerisches Medium zu nutzen
goldstuecke.net
Graduates 2023:Emma Scott-Child: MA Fine Art
blogs.brighton.ac.uk
on creativity, family and a giant glitter ball
aoh.org.uk
Emma Scott-Child: Ich liebe es, die Oberflächen
der Stadt als künstlerisches Medium zu nutzen
goldstuecke.net
Graduates 2023:Emma Scott-Child: MA Fine Art
blogs.brighton.ac.uk