Emma Fineman
Growth#82
Egon Investment Scores
Liquidity
2/10
How easily works can be bought and sold at auction
Institutional
6/10
Museum collections, biennials, and institutional recognition
Momentum
7/10
Recent price trends, gallery moves, and market buzz
Discovery
3/10
Undervaluation opportunity relative to peer artists
Risk
5/10
Investment risk factors — higher means more volatile
Market Position
- Pricing
- Trend
- Not determinable - no public auction data
- Volatility
- Unknown - insufficient data
- Market Phase
- Early career gallery building phase
- Comparables
- Peer Group
- Emerging UK-based painters from Royal College of Art cohort (2018), Bloomberg New Contemporaries alumni
- Positioning
- Emerging talent with institutional validation but limited market testing
- Similar Career Stage Artists
- Antonia Showering (b. 1991), other emerging figurative painters in London market
- Primary Market
- Media Mix
- Paintings (15), Works on paper (5), Sculpture (2)
- Sales Evidence
- Multiple works listed as 'Sold' on Artnet via Huxley-Parlour (2021-2023 period)
- Gallery Pricing
- Price on Request
- Available Inventory
- 21 works listed on Artnet through Huxley-Parlour
- Sold Works Identified
- Girdled (2023)Before it's Over, and Then it Starts (2021)Boots for a Dollar (2021)Interior Touches II (2022)
- Price Disclosure Policy
- Gallery-controlled pricing through Huxley-Parlour
- Auction History
- Auction Houses
- None - no secondary market presence on Artsy, Artnet, or major auction databases
- Market Structure
- Liquidity
- Very Low - No secondary market activity
- Collector Base
- Emerging collector demographic, UK-focused with US exposure
- Trading Venues
- Primary galleries only
- Geographic Distribution
- Primarily UK market with secondary presence in US (New York)
- Hammer Price Range
- No auction records found
- Recent Performance
- Artist operates exclusively in primary market through gallery representation
- Total Lots Recorded
- 0
- Market Position
- Primary Market Only
Institutional Presence
- Exhibitions
- Biennials Fairs
- Art Fairs
- Huxley-Parlour at miart 2023 (Milan)
- Biennials
- SURGE East Wing Biennial 13 (2018), Liverpool Biennial context via New Contemporaries (2018)
- Geographic Reach
- UK (primary), US (secondary), International (India, Italy, Turkey)
- Solo Exhibitions
Title Year Venue Encounters 2022 Huxley-Parlour, London REALMS OF THE [UN]REAL 2019 PUBLIC Gallery, London May I Have Your Attention Please? 2019 BEERS London Fin_Bow 2017 Eleven Spitalfields Gallery, London O.S. 1 2016 The Great Highway Gallery, San Francisco - Total Exhibitions
- 20+ documented exhibitions since 2013
- Notable Group Exhibitions
Title Year Venue Across The Pond: Contemporary Painting in London 2024 Eric Firestone Gallery, New York Birdsong 2023 Timothy Taylor, London Dreaming of Eden 2023 Timothy Taylor, New York Positions, Part One 2023 Alma Pearl, London Liminal Spaces 2022 Galerie Isa, Mumbai, India Group Exhibition with Sholto Blissett and Madeline Peckenpaugh 2021 Alexander Berggruen Gallery, New York
- Museum Collections
- Confirmed Holdings
- No public museum collections identified in research
- Curatorial Attention
- Juried Selections
- Bloomberg New Contemporaries (2018) - highly competitive emerging artist platform
- John Moores Painting Prize shortlist (2018)
- SURGE, East Wing Biennial 13 - selected by Courtauld Institute (2018)
- RBA Rising Stars - selected by Royal Society of British Artists (2018)
- Curatorial Significance
- Strong validation from UK institutional curators in 2018, establishing early career momentum
- Institutional Exhibitions
Year Venue Exhibition Type 2018 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool John Moores Painting Prize Exhibition Group/Prize Exhibition 2018 South London Gallery Bloomberg New Contemporaries Juried Group Exhibition 2018 Courtauld Institute, Somerset House, London SURGE, East Wing Biennial 13 Biennial 2018 Saatchi Gallery, London Paper Cuts (curated by Kris Day) Group
Career & Biography
- Career
- Key Milestones
Year Event 2018 Bloomberg New Contemporaries exhibition at South London Gallery 2018 John Moores Painting Prize Exhibition shortlist, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool 2021 Finalist for the Hopper Prize 2022 First solo exhibition at Huxley-Parlour Gallery, London (Encounters) 2023 Exhibited in group shows at Timothy Taylor galleries (London and New York)
- Identity
- Awards
- Presidential Fellowship Grant, Anderson Ranch Arts Center (2013)
- Harley Open Judges Prize, Welbeck Estates, Harley Museum and Foundation, Nottingham (2017)
- London Bronze Editions Prize, London Bronze Casting (2020)
- Residencies
- Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT (2013)Anderson Ranch Arts Center Residency Workshop, Snowmass, CO (2013)Palazzo Monti Residency, Brescia, Italy (2019)Porthmeor Studios, St Ives, UK (2020, 2024)
- Years Active
- 2013-Present (12 years professional practice)
- Current Location
- London, UK
- Artistic Family Background
- Multi-generational artist family - grandmother, mother, and maternal grandfather all painters
Artistic Profile
- Style
- Scale
- Realistic scale, often life-size or larger
- Style
- Figurative abstraction - work exists between representation and abstraction
- Palette
- Dark tones with bright color accents, muted flesh tones contrasted with vibrant colors
- Atmosphere
- Sinister, foreboding, dreamlike, ghostly, haunting
- Composition
- References Renaissance composition, classical forms, William Blake
- Evolution
- Mid Period
- 2018-2020: Development of psychological figurative work, RCA graduation style
- Early Period
- 2013-2017: Ocean Series, naturalistic coastline work influenced by Bay Area fog
- Current Period
- 2020-present: Mature style emerging from pandemic reflection, post-internet themes
- Influences
- Cited Influences
- Helen Frankenthaler, Kiki Smith, Kara Walker, Alice Neel, William Blake
- Art Historical References
- Renaissance composition, Baroque allegory, 20th-century figuration
- Themes and Subjects
- Self-portraits within fantastical settingsPsychological imagined worlds and recurring dreamsMemory and personal narrativeReligious and mythological themesJewish folkloreArt historical allegoriesQueer identity and embodimentDomestic spaces and personal life
- Movements and Periods
- Comparables
- Stylistic Peers
- Contemporary figurative painters working between abstraction and representation
- Market Comparables
- UK-based emerging painters from Bloomberg New Contemporaries cohort
- Conceptual Framework
- Themes
- Time and temporalityMemory and personal historyQueer embodiment and identityReligion and mythologyPost-internet consciousnessCommunication and encounter in digital ageGaps and slippages in perceptionFreedom and constraint
- Philosophical Influences
- Gender studies, post-internet theory, Jewish theology, feminist discourse
- Critical Reception Aesthetic
- Praised for technical skill, material intelligence, ability to merge classical and contemporary concerns
- Techniques and Mediums
- Technique
- Process
- Subjects traced sketchily then developed through prolonged meditation of gestural painting
- Approach
- Gestural painting with sketchy drawing elements
- Working Method
- Extended process, often returning to works over time as relationship to memory develops
- Surface Treatment
- Heavy impasto brushstrokes, wrought surfaces
Critical Reception
- Critical Reception
- Monographs
- None
- Critical Themes
- Work described as existing between painting and drawingComparisons to William Blake for transcendent, religiously inflected compositionsFocus on memory, time, psychological spacePost-internet age themesQueer identity and lived experienceJewish folklore and art historical references
- Catalogue Raisonne
- None
- Academic Scholarship
- Limited academic scholarship - primarily featured in emerging artist platforms and art media
- Critical Positioning
- Recognized emerging voice in UK contemporary painting, noted for technical skill and conceptual depth
- Publications and Media
- Media Visibility
- Online Platforms
- Active presence on Artsy, Artnet, personal website
- Digital Engagement
- Strong - multiple online features and interviews
- Instagram Followers
- 58,000+ (significant social media presence)
- Major Publications
- Artforum (mentioned in artist bio)Hyperallergic (2018 - RCA graduate show coverage)Juxtapoz (2017 - featured in '18 Artists to Follow on Format')New American PaintingsArtMaze Magazine (2018)Format Magazine (2017 - '20 Contemporary Painters With Gallery-Worthy Portfolios')Medium
Gallery & Representation
- Fair Presence
- miart Milan 2023 with Huxley-Parlour
- Representation
- Since
- Approximately 2019 (group show), 2022 (solo show)
- Gallery
- Huxley-Parlour Gallery
- Location
- London, UK
- Gallery Tier
- Established London contemporary gallery
- Gallery Trajectory
- Ascending - moved from emerging London galleries to established Huxley-Parlour representation, with exposure at blue-chip Timothy Taylor
- Gallery Description
- Founded 2010, represents 25+ artists and estates, intergenerational international roster
- Relationship Status
- Active primary representation
- Secondary Galleries
Location Note Gallery Relationship — Group exhibition participation, not formal representation Timothy Taylor Included in prestigious group exhibitions (2023) New York Established New York gallery, son of legendary dealer Heinz Berggruen Alexander Berggruen Gallery Group exhibition (2021) London — Alma Pearl Group exhibition representation (2023) London — PUBLIC Gallery Solo exhibition venue (2019) San Francisco — The Great Highway Gallery Early career solo exhibition venue (2016)
- Geographic Reach
- UK-based with growing US market development (New York exhibitions 2021, 2023, 2024)
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