Artist CV

(b 1990NL. Lives and works in London)

"Surrounded by buckets of PVA glue and stacks of newspapers, Emmely Elgersma uses her studio like a surreal kitchen, concocting wonky sculptures and wobbly objects that look good enough to eat (but probably don't taste very good). Elgersma's work is rooted in her formal training as a ceramicist, with a few jokes thrown in. The result is an exploration of what vessels mean to us as human beings, like those old Roman pots they keep digging out of holes in Wiltshire, but bright pink or baby blue instead, and full of the heady power of everyday emotions, like the memory of winning the World Cup in 1966 or drinking afternoon tea with your nan. She is absolutely serious and utterly unserious at the same time. Currently, she's waiting to see if she's made it into the Guinness World Record books for making the biggest ever papier-mâché sculpture back in February 2019. It was very, very big. Too big, if anything. She's recently completed her FA Level 1 coaching qualification so will happily tell you why 4-4-2 is more effective with a diamond and inverted wingers. The result is a joyous collision of colour, history, football and ceramics.

2021 

Between Two Windows. Moscow, Russia XS. Patterns of Play, Online Clerkenwell Design Week Commission w/ Cosentino Group 

2020 

Mettle. Function Suite, London Private Lounge 116. The Columbia Hotel, London Joyce. BrewDog 10 Great White Sharks Commission, Ellon 

2019 

BIRDINABIRDINABIRD duo show w/ Winnie Hall. Art Lacuna, London Art Works Open 2019. Barbican Arts Trust, London Healing Day. Elephant West, London PUB duo show with Jo Kitchen. The Function Rooms, London ULTRA: Art for the Women's World Cup. Presented by OOF at J HAMMOND PROJECTS, London The Biggest. Winsor & Newton Gallery, London Biggest Papier-Mache Pot World Record Attempt. Limbo Gallery, London 100 Vessels Without a Kiln. Elephant Lab Residency Artist January 2019

2018 

Secret Art Sale 2018. Online Art Car Boot Fair. Granary Square, London Royal Academy 250th Summer Show. Royal Academy, London Harbingers. Clerkenwell Design Week 

2017 

On the Rocks. Folkestone Triennial, Space Gallery MA Summer Show. Chelsea College of Arts, London Pot Luck. Chelsea College of Arts, London Side Room presents Brian Dawn Chalkley. Chelsea College of Arts, London Make Up. Highgate Gallery, London MFA Interim Show. Chelsea Triangle Space, Chelsea College of Arts, London 

SHORTLISTED: 

2019

Barbican Art Prize 2019 Delphian Open Call 

2017

Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2017 CBRE Spitalfields Public Sculpture Award 

MA Fine Art Chelsea College of Arts, 2017 BA Textile Design Central St Martins, 2012 

Foundation Diploma West Notts College, 2011