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