Emma Bennett

Emma Bennett studied Fine Art at Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design and completed an MA in Fine Art at Chelsea College of Art and Design. Bennett has exhibited widely in the UK and internationally, including at Saatchi Gallery, Hastings Contemporary, Museum of Modern Art, Bremen, Kunstmuseum Bochum, and Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum, Braunschweig. Her work has been published in key volumes such as '100 Painters of Tomorrow' and 'Nature Morte' (Thames & Hudson). She has recently collaborated with acclaimed fashion designer Jun Takahashi for UNDERCOVER. Bennett’s work is held in significant private and institutional collections worldwide.

Bennett’s painting reconsiders the tradition of still life through a contemporary lens. Working with recurring motifs such as flowers, interiors, fire and landscape elements, she situates these forms against deep black grounds, intensifying their psychological and symbolic resonance. Her compositions explore themes of time, memory and transience, balancing restraint with emotional charge while drawing on art-historical references from classical painting to modern visual culture.