Emma Black
Contemporary Surrealism Oil paintingGraphite drawingDigital illustration
About
Emma Black is a UK-based pop surrealist artist, illustrator, and tattooist known for her tightly rendered oil paintings that explore the uncanny relationship between death, nature, and human transformation. Living in rural England, her work features surreal imagery where human figures merge with plant life and inanimate objects, evoking a dark beauty and sensory coexistence caught between life and death. She employs effortless precision and technical mastery, primarily using oil on wood, graphite on bristol board, and digital tools for illustrations.
Pop surrealism with dark, uncanny themes of death and nature
Selected Exhibitions
- Beyond the Fall (Solo, Arch Enemy Arts, 2021)
- Joint solo show with Chet Zar and others (2024)
Awards
- First Class Honours, University of Westminster (2012)
- MA Fine Art, Cambridge School of Art (2016)