Emer O'Brien

Emer O'Brien (born 1974) is an installation artist with a background in photography, she was born in Dublin and raised in Toronto. Since 1998 she has lived and worked in London.

She studied at London College of Fashion, London (1999 – 2001) and then at Reading College of Art and Design (2001 – 2002) and graduated with a BA (Hons) from Oxford Brookes University (2002). She then completed her MA at Goldsmiths, University London (2002- 2003).

O'Brien is best known for works that mediate on the redundancy of human artifacts when deserted by man. [1] [2] Her recent large-scale installations like Run Run Run at the Wapping Project chart the intersection of technology and science with the natural and supernatural. [3] O'Brien is also known for her photographs of horses.[4] In 2004 O'Briens work was featured in The East End Academy exhibition at the Whitechapel Gallery.[5] In 2008 O'Brien's work was selected by Humphrey Ocean for the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Claudia Graeter (2015). "Featured – Emer O’Brien "Contemporary Amnesia"". COAXMAGAZINE.
  2. ↑ Tabish Khan (2013-01-16). "Art Review: Four Seasons at ArtEco". Londonist.
  3. ↑ Charlotte Jansen (09-01-2011). "Run Run Run". Artslant. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. ↑ Amica Lane (February 2010). "Peeping Tom at The Vegas Gallery". Amelias Magazine.
  5. ↑ "The East End Academy". The Guardian. 2004.
  6. ↑ "The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition". The Telegraph. 2008.
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