CV | Emma Bäcklund

EDUCATION

2024 – Methods of Writing in an Artistic Practice, HDK Valand - Academy of Art and Design (distance).

2024 – Visual Culture, Linnæus University (distance).

2015 – 2017 MA Photography, (first class dissertation), Royal College of Art, London, UK.

2012 – 2015 BA (Hons) Photography, (first class), London College of Communication, London, UK.

2011 – 2012 Foundation Diploma Art and Design, (merit), Central Saint Martins, London, UK.

2010 – 2011 Foundation Diploma Art and Design, (merit), Folkuniversitetet, Stockholm, Sweden.

RESIDENCIES

2023 ISSP Riga, Latvia

2022 DUPLEX, Lisbon, Portugal

2022 PADA Studios, Lisbon, Portugal

2020 Officina, Berlin, Germany

2019 SÍM Korpúlfsstaðir residency, Reykavik, Iceland

2018 TAKING HOLD - THE DOUBLE BRIDGE, residency led by Phoebe Davies at PRAKSIS with events held in collaboration with Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway

2018 Studio4 Residency at Chisenhale Studios, London, UK

2016 Arts Letters & Numbers, Albany, New York, US

AWARDS

2022 ISSP Nordic - Baltic Scholarship

2021 Nordic Culture Point Grant, Mobility funding.

2021 The Swedish Arts Grants Committee, International exchange and travel grant

2020 The Swedish Arts Grants Committee, International exchange and travel grant

2020 Nordic Culture Point Grant

2020 Shortlisted for Contemporary Calgary

2019-2020 A Woman’s Work – Creative Europe Programme of the EU

2019 Helge Ax:son Johnsons Grant

2018 Longlisted for Berlin Art Prize

2016 Otto and Charlotte Mannheimer foundation

2015 Postgraduate support scheme grant, Royal College of Art

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

SOLO

2024 Touch me not, Forget me not, Bolette, Drammen, Norway.

2024 Touch me not, Forget me not, Estufa Fria, Lisbon, Portugal.

2023 Renegades, flashmob performance, Riga, Latvia.

2020 Belly of the Beast, Artists & Allies, Sankt Studio, Berlin, Germany.

2018 Clench, Lady Beck's, Leeds, UK.

2018 Walls have Tongues, Chisenhale Art Place, Chisenhale studio 4, London, UK.

2017 Sloppy Tails Grow from Walls, curated by Trine Stephenson, A Corner With,

London, UK.

GROUP

2024 Autobiography of a Paper, Brussels, Belgium.

2023 Der Greif, Past & Present: Weekend at Pinakothek der Moderne, München, Germany.

2022 PADA Studios, Barreiro, Portugal.

2021 Sculptural Landscapes, Galleri Format, Malmö, Sweden.

2021 Fleshy Poems/Tuning Tentacles, exhibition and performance in collaboration with Katja/Kay Taavitsainen, Sankt Studio, Berlin, Germany.

2021 Performing Dawns, curated by Tom Lovelace, Hoxton Gallery, London, UK.

2020 Foto festival Lenzburg.

2020 Odesa Photo Days.

2019 Der Greif, Berlin Photo Week, Kraftwerk, Berlin, Germany.

2019 Rehearsing the Real, Copeland Gallery, Photo London, Peckham24, London, UK.

2019 Falling Upwards, Alte Münze, Berlin, Germany.

2019 Keep Your Eyes Peeled, AFF Gallery, Gallery Weekend, Berlin, Germany.

2019 SÍM (Samband íslenskra myndlistarmanna) Reykjavik, Iceland.

2019 Departure, Arrival, Return, Kunsthaus KuLe, Transmediale Vorspiel, Berlin, Germany.

2018 Field(s), Sluice, London, UK.

2018 Landskrona Photography Festival, Sweden.

2018 The Salamander Devours its Tail Twice, Gallery 46, London, UK.

2018 Emerge/ncy, Galerie Mausefalle, Transmediale Vorspiel, Berlin, Germany.

2017 Making It Real: Analogue LDN at Ugly Duck, London, UK.

2017 Degree show | MA Photography, Royal College of Art, London, UK.

2017 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, self-published book Moving Mountains, London, UK.

2016 Aether, Imperial College, London, UK.

2016 To Become Invisible (The Flux of Disappearance), Self published book | 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

2023 Workshops held for students at the ISSP Skola, ISSP, Riga, Latvia in January.

2020 Moving Together, Four day workshop in collaboration with children from Tamajas refugee housing in Neukölln, Berlin, Germany | as part of Officina art residency.

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, Workshop with children from East London elementary schools

as part of Chisenhale Studio 4 residency, London, UK.

2018 Walls Have Tongues, Workshop for adults as part of Chisenhale Studio 4 residency, London, UK.

PROJECTS | COLLABORATIONS

2024 Co-editor Still Life Magazine

2020 Co-founder Chapters

2020 Co-founder Artists & Allies Berlin

2020 Participant in A Woman's Work, European Prospects, Edinburgh, Scotland.

2020 Collaboration with Adam Bromberg and Mack books.

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

2023 Artist talk, ISSP, Riga, Latvia.

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, London College of Communication for BA Photography, University of Art and Design, London, UK.

CURATORIAL

2021 Assistant curator, Peepal & Banyan, Thx Again, Haus Der Statistik, Berlin, Germany.

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)

2020 Event and program director, Artists & Allies Berlin, Germany.

2019 Falling Upwards, Lagoon Parliament, Alte Münze, Berlin, Germany.

2019 Departure, Arrival, Return, Lagoon Parliament, KuLe, Berlin, Germany.

2017 Curator Paper, Publication and Performance with Jonathan Miles, Lychee One Gallery, London, UK.

2015 Voice, Gesture, Sound, reading performance series with participants from Royal College of Art, Lychee One Gallery, London, UK.

ONLINE FEATURES

http://artistsandallies.art/

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/