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.
2018 -- Choreography course with Seke Chimutengwende, Siobhan Davies Dance, London, UK.
Residencies
2021 ISSP Riga, Latvia.
2021 PADA Studios, Lisbon, Portugal.
2020 Officina, Berlin, Germany.
2019 SÍM Korpúlfsstaðir residency, Reykavik, Iceland.
2018 Studio4 Residency at Chisenhale Studios, London, UK.
2016 Arts Letters & Numbers, Albany, New York, US
Awards
2020 Swedish Art Council, International exchange and travel grant
2020 Nordic Culture Point
2020 Shortlisted for Athens Photo Festival
2020 Shortlisted for Contemporary Calgary
2019-2020 A Woman’s Work – Creative Europe Programme of the EU
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
2021 Group exhibition | Galleri Format, Malmö, Sweden.
2021 Group exhibition | Performing Dawns, curated by Tom Lovelace, Hoxton Gallery, London, UK.
2021 Group exhibition | Zoetrope, Athens, Greece.
2020 Solo exhibition | Belly of the Beast, Artists & Allies, Sankt Studio, Berlin, Germany.
2020 Foto festival Lenzburg.
2020 Odesa Photo Days.
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 Group exhibition | The Kitchen Gallery, London, UK.
Workshops
2020 Moving Together, Four day workshop in collaboration with children from Tamajas refugee housing in Neukölln, Berlin, Germany | as part of Officina art residency.
2020 Confessions | held together with Sabine Schrüender, Artists & Allies, Berlin, Germany.
2019 Possibilities of the Photographic Body | Collaboration with Tom Lovelace at The Photographers Gallery, London, UK.
2018 Gester - workshop at Kunstnerernas Hus as part of Praksis collaborative residency, Oslo, Norway.
2018 Walls Have Tongues Too | Workshop for adults as part of Chisenhale Studio 4 residency, London, UK.
2018 Workshop at Siobhan Davies Dance held by Seke Chimutengwende exploring relations between the improvised and choreographed movement, London, UK.
Projects | Collaborations
2020 Co-founder Chapters with Trine Stephensen.
2020 Artists & Allies Berlin, Germany
2020 Participant in A Woman's Work, European Prospects, Edinburgh, Scotland.
2019 Ongoing; assistant to Broomberg & Chanarin, Berlin, Germany.
2017 Ongoing: member of Field/s - a collaborative peer group including practitioners in photography, curating and writing initiated by Thom Bridge, London, UK.
Teaching | Talks
2021 Guest tutor, Fine Art course, Farnham University. (Online)
2020 Artist talk, Manchester University, BA Photography. (Online)
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 Guest tutor and lecturer with Ramona Güntert, London College of Communication for BA Photography, University of Art and Design, London, UK.
Curatorial
2020 AN UNFINISHED HISTORY OF GLASS Joshua Leon followed by a conversation with Léon Kruijswijk, assistant Curator at KW. Hosted by Artists & Allies Berlin, Germany. (Online)
2020 Chapter One, exhibition hosted by Artists & Allies Berlin. Artists exhibited; Ramona Güntert and Sam Williams. Berlin, Germany. (Physical exhibition with an online tour)
2020 Susan Bennett (original voice of Siri) in conversation with writer McKenzie Wark, Artists & Allies Berlin, Germany. (Online)
Online features
http://www.acornerwith.com/emma-bcklund-39
https://www.rodrigoorrantia.com/essays/on-touch/
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