Emma Stibbon studied at Portsmouth College of Art, Goldsmith College and the University of the West of England. She is currently Senior Lecturer in Fine Art Printmaking at the University of Brighton. An award winning artist with an international reputation, she has held several residencies, including the Derek Hill Scholarship at the British School in Rome (2010). She also participated in the Arctic Circle 2013, an art and science expedition to the Arctic Circle.
Drawing is at the heart of Emma’s practice and she has travelled widely, recording her responses to the physical appearance and psychological impact of natural and built environments. Working from sketches and photographic records, Emma creates stark, monochrome, often large-scale works on paper. Romantic in character, they dramatise the effects of human intervention and natural phenomena on monumental structures and explore the fragility of existence.
She has works in public and private collections, including the Victoria and Albert Museum, Scott Polar Research Institute, the University of Cambridge and the Stadtmuseum, Berlin.
Engraver
Born: 1962 in Munster, Germany
Elected RA: 13 March 2013
Gender: Female
Preferred media: Printmaking, Engraving, and Wood engraving
Watch Emma Stibbon describe how she produced her woodcut Collapsed Whaling Station, Deception Island, Antarctica and discuss the themes of desolation that run through her display in the Collections Gallery Cabinet.
Emma Stibbon RA, Hverir, Iceland.
2012 Berlin/Potsdam: Changing Cities, Kunstverien Kunsthaus-Potsdam
Terra Infirma, Listhus Artspace, Iceland
2011 Falls the Shadow, R O O M, London
ROMA, Rabley Contemporary Drawing Centre, UK
The Gods that Failed Beck and Eggeling New Quarters, Dusseldorf
2010 Now’s the Time upstairs berlin, Berlin
StadtLandschaften University of Brighton Gallery, Brighton
2009 StadtLandschaften Stadtmuseum, Berlin
2008 Retreat R O O M, London
Glacial Shift, Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge
Aldrich Collection, University of Brighton
Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery
Dorset County Hospital
Grampian Hospitals Art Trust, Aberdeen
Hereford and Worcester Education Trust
Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle on Tyne
Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, West Sussex
Potsdam Museum, Berlin
New Hall Art Collection, Murray Edwards College,
University of Cambridge
Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum, Bournemouth
Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge
Stadtmuseum, Berlin
Victoria & Albert Museum, London
2013 Grants for the Arts Award; Drawing the Polar Regions
Friends of Scott Polar Research Institute/HMS Protector/Bonhams Artist Placement in Antarctica
The Arctic Circle; Svalbard Expedition
2012 University of Brighton Research Sabbatical Scheme
Listhus Artspace, Ólafsfjördur, Iceland
2010 Derek Hill Scholarship, British School at Rome
2009 Friends of the Laing Prize, Northern Print Biennale, Newcastle on Tyne
Artist Award: Arts Council England, South West
British Council support Emma Stibbon: StadLandschaften
2007 Exchange Partners in Print: False Gods, Honourable Mention
Faculty Research Award University of Brighton School of Arts Design & Media
Artist Award: Arts Council England, South West
Take a look inside the sketchbook of Emma Stibbon and learn how her arctic landscapes come to life.
A new exhibition showcases the Academician’s artistic response to her Arctic and Antarctic journeys.
Celebrating with the artists in this year’s Summer Exhibition.
Each month, we have a quick chat with one of our Academicians to find out what they’re up to and what the RA means to them.
