Emma Verhulst Belgian, b. 1994

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Emma Verhulst is a visual artist who draws on observations, photographs, and found footage. An initial drawing forms the basis for an intuitive, associative, and accumulative process. Emma's work is characterized by a narrative, graphic language that evokes a familiar and estranged universe. The complex sensations of alienation, awkwardness and attachment are essential aspects.

The exploration of boundaries is recurring: between the internal/interior and the external/exterior, the present and the past, the depth and the surface, the figurative and the abstract. Emma seeks the reconciliation of these opposites, without wanting to blur the lines. Each element retains its identity.

She combines a manual and digital approach, which she does not experience as contradictory. Both methods are linked to the desire to explore the dematerialized, digital world in a tangible way, and both reveal a fascination for symbols of media and the stories behind them. The work ultimately expresses an inability, the inevitable lack of absolute grammar and perfect agreement.

Emma Verhulst graduated with great distinction in Visual Arts at Sint Lucas (Antwerp, 2016). The artist had a duo show at Ponti Gallery, Antwerp (2022) and an artist residency at WIELS, Brussels (2021).