CV | Emma Prempeh
Born in 1996 Lives and works in London, UK.
EDUCATION
2020-2022
Royal College of Art
2016-2019
Goldsmiths University
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025
Belonging In-Between, Tiwani Contemporary, Lagos, Nigeria
2024
Wandering Under a Shifting Sun, Tiwani Contemporary, Mayfair, London, UK
2023
In Presence and Absence, Ordovas Gallery, London, UK
2022
You Are, You Were, And You Always Will Be, Tiwani Contemporary, Lagos, Nigeria
2021
In and Out of Time, Ada\contemporary Art Gallery, Accra, Ghana
2020
Raise Your Glass, The Lightbox Gallery and Museum, Woking, UK
The Faces of Love, V.O Curations Post Residency Solo Show, London, UK
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS AND PROJECTS
2025
Femmes, Perrotin, Paris, France
2024
Conversations, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, UK
In The Blood, Tiwani Contemporary, London, UK
The Superfluity of things, James Cohan Gallery, New York, USA
In The Know Show, Green Family Art Foundation in partnership with Dallas Arts District Atelier Apartments, Dallas TX, USA
Where Dreams are Born and Peace Restored, Bwo Art Gallery, Douala, Cameroon
2023
Free The Wind, The Spirit and The Sun, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London
With Tenderness, Abigail Lucien & Emma Prempeh, Tiwani Contemporary, London, UK
2022
On Love, Home by Ronan Mckenzie, London, UK
Friends and Family, Pi Artworks, London, UK
2021
At Peace, Gillian Jason Gallery, London, UK
Mother of Mankind, Ada \ Contemporary Gallery X Hofa Gallery, London, UK
Heart of The Matter, Gillian Jason Gallery, Online
2020
Ing Discerning Eye Group Exhibition, Online
Onward and Upward-Art in The Garden of Life, Droog Gallery, Amsterdam
Redressing the Balance #woman Artists, The Lightbox, Woking, UK
Bloomberg New Contemporaries, South London Gallery, London, UK
2019
Young Contemporary Talent Purchase Prize Exhibition, The Cello Factory, London, UK
Graduate Art Prize Shortlist Exhibition, Herbert Smith Freehalls, London, UK
Bloomberg New Contemporaries, Leeds Art Gallery, Leeds, UK
Flock at The Buday Graduate Exhibition, At the Buday, London, UK
The Table Exhibition, Swiss Church, London, UK
RESIDENCIES
2024
Afroprocene, 2 Month Residency, Kampala, Uganda
2022
Tiwani Contemporary / G.A.S. Foundation 1 Month Residency, Lagos, Nigeria
2021
Ada / Contemporary Art Gallery, 1 Month Residency, Accra, Ghana
2020
V.O Curations 3 Month Residency 12th Floor Tower Building, Waterloo, London, UK
AWARDS
2022
Valerie Beston Artist Trust Award
2020
Leverhulme Trust Arts Scholarship
Alumno/space Studio Bursary Award
2019
The Ingram Collection Young Contemporary Talent Purchase Prize
Bloomberg New Contemporaries
Collections
Green Family Foundation, TX, USA
Harris Museum, Preston, UK
Harry David Art Collection
The Perimeter, London, UK
The Taylor Family Collection, London, UK