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.

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Bäcklund holds an MA in Photography from the Royal College of Art (2017) and previously studied at the London College of Communication, Central Saint Martins, and Folkuniversitetet in Stockholm. Further, she is a co-founder of Chapters. Collaboration is integral to her practice and extends to workshops, teaching, and curating.