Education
2015 -- 2017 MA Photography, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2012 – 2015 BA (Hons) Photography, London College of Communication, London, UK.
2011 – 2012 Foundation Diploma Art and Design, Graphic Design, Central Saint Martins, London, UK.
2010 -- 2011 Foundation Diploma Art and Design, Folkuniversitetet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Residencies
2020 ISSP Riga
2019 SÍM Korpúlfsstaðir residency, Reykavik, Iceland.
2018 Studio4 Residency at Chisenhale Studios, London, UK.
2016 Arts Letters & Numbers, Albany, New York, US
Awards
2020 Nordic Culture Grant
2019 Helge Ax:son Johnsons Stiftelse
2018 Longlisted for Berlin Art Prize
2016 Otto and Charlotte Mannheimer foundation
2015 Postgraduate support scheme, Royal College of Art
Selected Exhibitions
2019 Group exhibition, Der Greif, Berlin Photo Week, Kraftwerk, Berlin, Germany.
2019 Group exhibition, Peckham 24, Rehearsing the Real, Copeland Gallery as part of Photo London 2019, London, UK.
2019 Group exhibition Falling Upwards, Alte Münze, Berlin, Germany.
2019 Group exhibition, Keep Your Eyes Peeled, AFF Gallery, Gallery Weekend, Berlin, Germany.
2019 Group exhibition SÍM (Samband íslenskra myndlistarmanna) Reykjavik, Iceland.
2019 Group exhibition, Kunsthaus KuLe with Lagoon Parliment, Transmediale Vorspiel, Berlin, Germany.
2018 Solo exhibition, Clench, Lady Beck's, Leeds, UK.
2018 Group exibition, Field(s, Sluice, London, UK.
2018 Group exhibition, Landskrona Photography Festival, Sweden, September 2018.
2018 Chisenhale Art Place, workshops, installations and performances as part of Chisenhale studio 4 residency, London, UK.
2018 Group exhibition, Emerge/ncy, Galerie Mausefalle, Transmediale Vorspiel, Berlin, Germany.
2017 Solo exhibition Sloppy Tails Grow from Walls, curated by Trine Stephenson, A Corner With, London, UK.
2017 Group exhibition Making It Real: Analogue LDN at Ugly Duck, Tanner st, London, UK.
2017 Degree show, MA Photography, Royal College of art, 23 - 30 June, London, UK.
2017 Group exhibition: At Home She’s a Tourist, curated by Tom Lovelace, Copeland Gallery (with tours for Photo London VIP, The Photographers’ Gallery and Tate Patrons) London, UK.
2017 Tate Modern, Offprint London, self-published book Curved Spine, London, UK.
2016 Brighton Photo Fringe. S.KIN Journal, group exhibition; The Unfold, Brighton, UK.
2016 Tate Modern, Offprint London, (20 - 22 May) self-published book Moving Mountains, London, UK.
2016 Group exhibition, Aether, Imperial College, London, UK.
2016 Self published book To Become Invisible (The Flux of Disappearance), as part of
Paper|Publication|Performance, Lychee One Gallery, London, UK.
2016 Work in Progress show, Royal College of Art, London, UK.
2015 Pingyao International Photography Festival, Pingyao, China.
2015 The Kitchen Gallery, London, UK.
Workshops
2019 Collaboration with Tom Lovelace at The Photographers Gallery, London, UK.
https://thephotographersgallery.org.uk/whats-on/course/course-possibilities-photographic-body
2018 Workshop with children from East London elementary schools as part of Chisenhale Studio 4 residency.
http://chisenhale.co.uk/chisenhale/public-programme/project-space/
2018 Workshop for adults as part of Chisenhale Studio 4 residency.
http://chisenhale.co.uk/chisenhale/public-programme/project-space/
2018 Workshop at Siobhan Davies held by Seke Chimutengwende exploring relations between the improvised and choreographed.
Ongoing projects/collaborations
2020 Participant in A Woman's Work, European Prospects
2019 Ongoing; assistant to Broomberg & Chanarin http://www.broombergchanarin.com/
2018 Ongoing; book collaboration with artist and writer Isobel Wohl.
2017 Photographer's Gallery: Selected for ArtQuest's Photography Peer Group Forum.
2019 Guest tutor and lecturer, London College of Communication for BA Photography, University of Art and Design, London, UK.
2018 Guest tutor and lecturer, Swansea school of art, BA Photography, University of Art and Design, Swansea, UK.
2017 - Curator “Paper, Publication and Performance” together with Jonathan Miles, Lychee One Gallery, London, UK. http://lycheeone.com/wp/paper-show/
Online features
https://www.europeanprospects.org/programme/emma
https://www.bjp-online.com/2017/05/peckham-24
https://www.rca.ac.uk/showcase/show-rca/emma-backlund/
https://www.sim-residency.info/SIM-Projects
https://stilllifemag.org/Less-Habitual-Grip
https://dergreif-online.de/contributors/emma-backlund/
https://dergreif-online.de/artist-feature/emma-backlund/#content-slider-old
https://photoworks.org.uk/showcase-emma-backlund/
https://intern-mag.com/emma-backlund/
https://www.praksisoslo.org/residents-list/2018/9/emma-bcklund
http://www.alvarmagazine.com/thoughts/emma-backlund/
https://www.bjp-online.com/tag/emma-backlund/
https://www.acornerwith.com/emma-backlund
https://www.source.ie/graduate/2015