Solo Exhibitions
2023 Fictionalish, Logan Regional Gallery, QLD
Ethereal Selves, Northsite, Cairns QLD
2021 Wildish, Lismore Regional Gallery, Lismore, NSW
2020 Wildish, Redlands Regional Gallery, Cleveland QLD
Looking In and Looking Out, Gallery Lane Cove - sculpture plinth, Lane Cove, NSW
2018 Material Ambiguity, Air Space Projects, Sydney NSW
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 Curiosity Brisbane, Schools Challenge collaboration with MacGregor State High School, QLD
Entwine, Ipswich Community Gallery
2022 En Light En, Cyanotype Australia, Online
2021 Fresh Material, Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville QLD (new commission)
RMXTV, at BAD, Museum of Brisbane, QLD (performance)
Second Bloom, Plexus Gallery + Bib 'n' Brace Collective, Brisbane QLD
Rejuvenation, KEPK, Brisbane QLD
New Moon, Plexus Gallery, Online
2020 Door to Door, No Vacancy Gallery, Melbourne VIC (online)
Salon Hang, M16 Artspace, Canberra ACT
Asia Pacific Architecture Festival, Architecture Media and State Library of Queensland, Brisbane QLD
Boiling Point, The Third Quarter, Brisbane QLD
BOXCOPY|AIRspace, Metro Arts, Brisbane QLD
A Sign of the Times, POP Gallery, Brisbane QLD
Virtually Live, Plexus Gallery, Brisbane QLD (online)
2019 Flesh, No Vacancy Gallery, Melbourne VIC
Land/Sea/Sky, PhotoNola, New Orleans USA
Land/Sea/Sky, A Smith Gallery, Texas USA
Under the Southern Sun, Maud Gallery, Brisbane QLD
Wild Remembering, Onespace, Brisbane QLD
2018 Contemporary work for the screen, D-LUX, Sydney NSW
Wild Remembering, Darwin Fringe Festival, collaborative performance with Rachael Wellisch, Darwin NT
Wild Remembering, Webb Gallery, Brisbane QLD
The Moving Image – The Image Moves/Space and Structure, Vienna, Austria
2017 Contemporary Survey, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne VIC
I Know You Are, but What Am I, Jugglers Arts Space, Brisbane QLD
Pop Up, Collaboration with Ka-He, Brunswick street, Melbourne VIC
Drawing Blue, House Conspiracy, Brisbane QLD, collaboration with Rachael Wellisch
As We Unfold, The Pod, Brunswick Street, Brisbane QLD, collaboration with Rachael Wellisch & Rebekah Evans
Drawing 2017, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne VIC
2016 40x40, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne VIC
Christmas Pop-up, Maverick Art Space, Coolangatta QLD
Fastplant 111, No Comply Gallery, Toowoomba QLD
Mint, Pop Gallery, Brisbane QLD
Transversing, Webb Gallery QCA, Brisbane QLD
Something Like This But Not This, The Laundry, Brisbane QLD
2015 Transit, Studio One 29, Lismore NSW
Collective, Kirra Hill Community and Cultural Centre, Coolangatta QLD
Arts Classic, Community and Cultural Centre, Byron Bay NSW
Draw to Perform - International Drawing Symposium, with Kellie O'Dempsey, London UK (Event/Performance)
White Night Festival, with Kellie O'Dempsey, Melbourne VIC
2014 Investigation into Strength, Lone Goat Gallery, Byron Bay NSW
Automainia, Studio One 29, Lismore NSW
You Show Me Yours, Studio One 29, Lismore NSW
‘The Kellie O Collective’, Falls Festival, village painter/installer, Byron Bay NSW
Byron Vibes, director for participatory sculptures, Byron Bay NSW (Event)
Scholarships | Grants | Prizes | Residencies
2023 Travel Grant, Creative Arts Research Institute
2020 National Assistance Program for the Arts, Myer Fund & Sidney Myer Foundation Grant
Gosford Art Prize - Finalist, Gosford Regional Gallery, Gosford NSW
2019 Bag Factory residency, South Africa
2018 Queensland Arts Showcase Program (QASP) for Wild Remembering - Queensland Government Grant
2018 RI/ACE residency, India
2014 SCU - Barcelona/Independent Project – Australian Government Grant
Publications
2021 Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, 'Fresh Material: New Australian Textile Art'
https://issuu.com/percpin/docs/fresh_material_2021_publication
2017 Fine Print, ‘Unfold In View’, Review by Jenna Green
http://www.fineprintmagazine.com/current/#/unfold-in-view/
2015 ‘Drawing through Travel Experiences’, Blue Gum - Barcelona University, Spain Issue 2 http://www.ub.edu/dpfilsa/Blue_Gum/BlueGum_Vol2/2.%20emma%20gardner.pdf
2014 ‘Emma Gardner’, Holistic Living, EPub - Issue 4, October
Education
2017 Graduate Certificate in Museum Studies – University of Queensland, Brisbane
2016 Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honours - Queensland College of Arts, Brisbane
2013/15 Bachelor of Visual Arts - Southern Cross University, Lismore
Professional Appointments
2023 Sessional Lecturer - Drawing and The Body; Performing Drawings, Drawing Foundations, Queensland College of Arts
Production/Exhibitions Assistant, The University of Queensland Art Museum (continuing since 2017)
2022 Sessional Lecturer - Drawing Foundations, Queensland College of Arts
Artist Facilitator - Reconciling Histories Project, Micah Projects
2020/21 Project Co-Ordinator, Flying Arts Alliance
2019/20 Art Installation technician, Museum of Brisbane
2018/19/20/21
Sessional Drawing Tutor - Drawing Foundations, Studio 1, Studio 2, Studio 3 - Queensland College of Arts
Visitor and Services Officer, Queensland Art Gallery & Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA)
2017 Public Programming, Education, FOH assistant, Pine Rivers Heritage Museum
2015/16 FOH assistant, Lismore Regional Gallery