Emma Bäcklund is an artist and researcher whose work moves between photography, installation, live practices and writing, examining the relationship between body and image. Her work draws on visual culture, dance and philosophy to explore the nature of limitation. Themes of gesture, care, duality, and the close-up often recur throughout her work, which is frequently realised through tactile and analogue processes, including alternative photographic techniques and screen printing. Her work has been exhibited in galleries, independent art spaces and photography festivals, and featured in artist publications, journals and online platforms.

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She holds an MA in Photography from the Royal College of Art (2017), a BA (Hons) in Photography from the London College of Communication, and completed Foundation Diplomas in Art and Design at Central Saint Martins and Folkuniversitetet in Stockholm. Since graduating, she has been invited as a visiting artist and guest tutor on BA- and MA-level photography and fine art courses in the UK and Portugal.

Bäcklund has experience in curating and organising exhibitions, public programmes and events, and has participated in independent art collectives in London and Berlin, bringing artists and writers together through talks, reading groups, exhibitions and collaborative exchange while challenging institutional and social biases.