b. 1991
Scotland
Associate Member,
British Society of Scientific Glassblowers
Education
Modual: Climate Emergency, University of the Arts London, virtual course, 2020
Sculpture & Environmental Art,
BA Hons (first class)
Glasgow School of Art 2015/19
Sculpture, Exchange Programme
Kyoto Seika University, Japan 2017/18
Portfolio Preparation, Visual Arts Studio
Tramway, Glasgow 2014/15
Selected Exhibitions
UPCOMING:‘Bathyal Crease’
Hidden Door Festival, Edinburgh
10th – 11th May 2024
CURRENT:
‘Mythic Instruments’ (solo show) [Edinburgh Science Festival]
Lab Gallery, Summerhall, Edinburgh
30th March – 26th May 2024
2023/24 ‘What is Left Behind’ (solo show)
Post Mortem Gallery, Summerhall, Edinburgh
2023 ‘Aphotic Archaeology’
Hidden Door Festival, Edinburgh
2023 ‘Tools for the Gloaming’
Seripaja Gallery, Helsinki
2022 ‘NORTH’ [Visual Arts Scotland]
Inverness Creative Academy, Inverness
2022 ‘Effusus Over Nothing’ (solo show)
Patriothall, Edinburgh
2022 ‘Unknot’ (solo show) [Marchmont Creative/Wasps]
South Block, Glasgow
2022 ‘Second Nature’ [Marchmont Creative/Wasps]
Patriothall, Edinburgh
2021 ‘Åbne Værksteder’ [AiR Assens/PABiAK/Assens Kunstråd]
Nårup Savværk, Funen, Denmark
2021 ‘Imprints: Art Editing Modernism’ [Blue & Green Project/New Modernist Editing]
Shandy Hall, Coxwold
2020 ‘RSA: New Contemporaries'
Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
2020 ‘Viridescent Epiphyte'
The Briggait, Glasgow
2019 ‘Degree Show 2019’
Glasgow School of Art, Stow Building, Glasgow
2019 ‘Systemeterographgauge’
The Art School, Glasgow
2018 ‘I’ll Have to Calm Down A Bit Or Else I’ll Die With Happiness’
Pig Rock Bothy, National Galleries Scotland: Modern One, Edinburgh
2018 ‘Poach Lab: Phenomena Delicti’
Pig Rock Bothy, National Galleries Scotland: Modern One, Edinburgh
2018 ‘ASSEMBLY LINE’ The Pipe Factory, Glasgow
2018 ‘24の交差 (24 Crossing)’ Gallery Fleur, Kyoto, Japan
2017 ‘BETWEEN THE GAPS’ Yokai Soho, Kyoto, Japan
2017 ‘CAHOOT’ Laurieston Arches, Glasgow
2017 ‘MATERIAL GIRL’
The Old Hairdressers/Stereo, Glasgow
2017 ‘DETAIL THERAPY’
Cass Art, The Art Space, Glasgow
2016 ‘( BODY )’
The Old Hairdressers, Glasgow
2016 ‘AVERAGE GOODS’
Cass Art, The Art Space, Glasgow
2015 'MACKINTOSH REIMAGINED'
Mackintosh Building, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow
2015 ‘ART ASSISTANCE’ Tramway, Upper Foyer, Glasgow
2015 ‘VISIONS’ Hoxton Arches, London
2015 ‘PARADISE’ Voidoid ARCHIVE, Glasgow
2015 ‘AM I AN ARTIST?’ Tramway, T4, Glasgow
Publications
Various Authors, “Blue & Green Project”, [New Modernist Editing, 2021] <Read Here>Hislop, Emma, “Empathy for Entropy”, [GENERATOR Projects, 2021] <Read Here>
Various Authors, “Aeffect. The Journal of Innovation Management”, ‘Twicelight: Collaborative disruption and advocacy for the amateur’, [MAIM, Central Saint Martins, 2020]
Various Authors, “QUALITY, SLEEP, HARMONY, LIFE ! Vol. 1”, [Edinburgh Art Festival, 2019]
Hislop, Emma, “Onomasticon”, [Downie Allison Downie, 2019]
Hislop, Emma, “Tenki Archive: Conditions of a Treasury”, [S.I. Blurb: 2018]
Woresley, Dawn (Ed.), “Psyche. 1”, ‘Forgotten Shopping’, [Glasgow: 2017] p. 4
Hislop, Emma, “: This is a body of text”, [Glasgow: 2016]
Hislop, Emma, “Split the Veil”, [Glasgow: 2016]
Bibliography
Hidden Door, Environments, “Sea Bed: Aphotic Archaeology”, 2023Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop “Studio Conversation with Studio Holder Emma Hislop”, 2023
OFLUXO “Tools For The Gloaming, Maija Fox & Emma Hislop at Paja Galleria, Helsinki”, 2023
Kuba Paris “Maija Fox & Emma Hislop: Tools For The Gloaming”, 2023
The Scotman, “Making Art in a Beautiful Setting: Artists are invited to get creative in the Borders”, 2022
The Herald, “Borders estate Marchmont House welcomes artist Jack Brindley and Emma Hislop to the artist community”, 2022
Metro, “House That for a New Art Studio?”, 2022
“Two Artists Make Marchmont Their Spring Home”, Wasps, 2022
Robertson-Fall, Tansy, “The Role of Art in Driving Systems Change”, Ellen MacArthurFoundation, 2021
Assens Kunstrad, "AiR Assens: Artists Stay Assens", Oplev Kulturen, Assens Kommune, 2021
Cardone, Maurita, “Art in Search of Circularity. Emma Hislop, Ellen MacArthur Foundation's First Artist in Residence”, Economia Circolare, 2021
Royson Mayne, Brian, “Arts and The Circular Economy: An Introduction”, Wales Art Review, 2021
Ripples, “An Interview with Artist Emma Hislop”, Aeffect.co.uk, 2020
Explore The Circular Economy, “Reflections of an artist in residence: Emma Hislop”, Ellen MacArthur Foundation, Apple Podcast, 2020
Ripples Event Catalogue, "An Interview with Emma Hislop", MA Innovation Management Central Saint Martins, 2020
Explore The Circular Economy, “How can art shape the economy for the better?”, Ellen MacArthur Foundation, Apple Podcast, 2020
Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop, "Emma Hislop: Graduate Research Award", News, edinburghsculpture.org, 2020
Ellen MacArthur Foundation, "Emma Hislop Becomes Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s First Artist In Residence", News, ellenmacarthurfoundation.org, 2020
Kay, Rosemary, “At the Royal Scottish Academy: New Contemporaries 2020”, The Edinburgh Reporter, 2020
Macmillan, Duncan, "Art review: RSA New Contemporaries, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh", The Scotsman, 2020
McLeod, Robert, “British Society of Scientific Glassblowers Journal”, BSSG, August 2019
Boyd, Rachel, “Art and Anxiety: student artists discuss the fears and anxieties of creation”, Glasgow Guardian, 2016
Residencies
2022 Wasps X Marchmont Creative, Marchmont House2021 AiR Assens, Denmark
2020 Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop
2020 Ellen MacArthur Foundation
2019 Grizedale Arts, Lawson Park
2018 Pig Rock Bothy, National Galleries of Scotland/Bothy Project
Additional Work
Guest Tutor, University of Stirling Art Collections,Stirling, 2022
Artist Talk, Sulelængen In Magtenbølle, AiR Assens, Assens Kunstrad, 2021
Artist Talk, Gæsteatelier Hollufgård, AiR Assens, Assens Kunstrad, 2021
Guest Speaker, “Good Habits for Freelancers”, SHIFT Programme, Shift into your Future, 2021
Guest Lecturer & Workshop Facillitator, School of Fine Art, Glasgow School of Art, 2021
Speaker, “Green Tease: Embedded”, Creative Carbon Scotland, 2021
Guest Lecturer, MA Innovation Management, Central Saint Martins, 2020 - 21
Speaker, A+E Collective, “BioXmas”, 2020
Guest Lecturer, “Sustainability in the Visual Arts and Crafts”, Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication, 2020
Guest Speaker, SHIFT Programme, Shift into your Future Summer School, 2020
Panellist/Industry Partner, "Ripples: Navigating liquid times with imagination and care", Virtual Conference, Central Saint Martins, 2020
Women's Art Class Tutor, Milk Café, Glasgow, 2019
Panellist, "Round the Canon", Glasgow School of Art, 2016
Families & Youth Workshop Tutor, Cass Art, Glasgow, 2016
Turner Prize Public Engagement Workshop Assistant, Turner Prize, Tramway, Glasgow, 2015
Awards
Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop Graduate Reseach Award - Winner, 2020Sir William Gillies Bequest Award - Winner, 2020
Red Line Artworks Annual Award (for series of works) - Highly Commended, 2020
GSA Sustainability & Sustainability in Action Group Award – Winner, 2019
Grants
VACMA: Edinburgh, Bursary 2023Creative Edinburgh EPAD Fund 2022
Hope Scott Trust, Grant Recipient 2022
A-N: Time, Space Money Bursary, Grant Recipient 2022
Creative Scotland: Hardship Fund for Creative Freelancers 2022
The Floor: Creator Fund 2021
Creative Scotland: Hardship Fund for Creative Freelancers 2021
VACMA: Edinburgh, Bursary, 2021
A-N: Time, Space Money Bursary, Grant Recipient, 2020
Creative Scotland: Bridging Bursary, Grant Recipient, 2020
Princes Trust Enterprise Grant, 2020
Sustainability in Action Group Fund, GSA Sustainability, 2018