About
Born 1990 in Toronto, Canada
Lives and works in London, UK
EDUCATION
2016
MFA (Fine Art Media) Slade School of Fine Art, London, UK
2013
BFA (Photography) Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, Canada
AWARDS
2016
Bernice Goodwin Prize for Achievement in Performance, University College London, London, UK
2015
Spark+Mettle Art Award second runner-up, Spark+Mettle, London UK
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2019
]Performance Space[ Open Space Residency, Folkestone, UK
2018
Threads Micro-Residency, River, Kent, UK
Arch 9, Bowling Harbour, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK
SOLO EXHIBITIONS AND PERFORMANCES
2021
From the Void With Love, Clapton Craft Walthamstow, London, UK
2020
Sessions/Isolations: Continuum Live from London (online performance), Cock and Bull Arts
(cockandbullarts.org), Online
The Beach is Calling and We Must Go [for Danica], Art Dream Foundation
(https://www.artdreamfdn.org/emilie-newman), Online
2019
Works in Progress and Performances (performance), ]Performance Space[, Folkestone, UK
2018
Ebb // Flow, Arch 9, Bowling Harbour, Scotland
2015
East Anglia Records Presents: luxul (luxul performance), Studio 5, London, UK
2010
Corpsepaint, Gallery 44 Members Gallery, Toronto, Canada
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS AND PERFORMANCES
2022
Live (opening for Opium Lord) (luxul performance), New Cross Inn, London, UK
Skronkfest 2022 (collaborative noise performance), New River Studios, London, UK
Oooh Festival London 2022 (collaborative noise performance), New River Studios, London, UK
2021
Queer Heterotopias, Socially Engaged Art Salon, Brighton, UK
Crux AV (luxul performance), New River Studios, London, UK
Bruital Furore (luxul performance), MS Stubnitz, Hamburg, DE
Silkworm, Squish (for Fem Fest organised by WORM Rotterdam and KONTRA) (https://hubs.mozilla.com/pa6XKVZ/), Online/Rotterdam, NL
2020
Skronktronic #28 (luxul performance), New River Studios, London, UK
Coronapocalypse!, FUBAR Art Collection (https://www.artsteps.com/view/5f048b4ad151a73ad2371b73), 2019 Online/UK
States of Existence, Socially Engaged Art Salon (https://www.seasbrighton.org/states-of-existence), Online/Brighton, UK
On Point, Surface Gallery (https://www.surfacegallery.org/on-point), Online/Nottingham, UK
Queer In Exile, Queer In Exile (queerinexileart.wordpress.com), Online
Live Art Club May, Live Art Club (liveart.club), Online/London, UK
Sessions/Isolations, Cock and Bull Arts (cockandbullarts.org), Online/Chicago, USA
Psychasthenia, Psychasthenia Art (Instragam: @psychasthenia_art), Online
Trials & Errors presents ‘Feral Machines’ (luxul performance), IKLECTIK, London, UK
Flimflam presents (collaborative noise performance w/ Alan Wilkinson), Ryan’s N16, London, UK
2019
luxul Deutschland Dezember 2019 (luxul tour), various cities, DE
States Of Existence, Well Space, London, UK
Live w/ Taupe (luxul performance), Centrala, Birmingham, UK
Oooh Madrid (collaborative noise performance), Espacio B, Madrid, ES
Live w/ knifedoutofexistence (luxul performance), Sister Midnight Records, London, UK
dESTRUKTIVA XII (luxul performance), AZ Mülheim, Mülheim-An Der Ruhr, DE
Noise Shed (collaborative noise performance w/ Raxil4), Windmill Brixton, London, UK
The Spirit Of Gravity (luxul performance), The Rossi Bar, Brighton, UK
Steep Yourself In Sound (luxul performance), The Intimate Space, St Mary’s Tower, London, UK
Live w/ Joey Molinaro (luxul performance), Windmill Brixton, London, UK
Splitting The Atom (luxul collaborative performance w/ Raxil4chestra), Green Door Store, Brighton, UK
Bristol Live Art (BLA) Performance Night (performance), Caraboo Projects, Bristol, UK
Oooh Festival London (collaborative noise performance), New River Studios, London, UK
Bristol Live Art Performance Night (performance), Caraboo Projects, London, UK
Psychosonic Action Lab (luxul performance), Planet Cheek, London, UK
Envisioning Other Worlds (performance), RAW Labs, London, UK
Skronk #58 (collaborative noise performance w/ Raxil4chestra), New River Studios, London, UK
2018
Noise-Fest (luxul performance), New River Studios, London, UK
Tempting Failure 2018 (luxul performance), The Front Room, Croydon, UK
Light & Shade, Christmas Steps Gallery, Bristol, UK
Queer Noise (luxul performance), The Others, London, UK
Dronica #7 (luxul performance), The Old Church, London, UK
Vibrant (performance), The Old Biscuit Factory, London, UK
Monochrome, The Old Biscuit Factory, London, UK
The Art of You, Artizan Gallery, Torquay, UK
2017
EVE (Experimental Video Evening), Bloc Projects, Sheffield, UK
Skronktronic #4 (luxul performance), New River Studios, London, UK
Something Blue, An Art Exhibition…, Organ (organthing.com), Online
Noizemaschin #12 (luxul performance), Amersham Arms, London, UK
On Primrose Hill, Primrose Hill, London, UK
Me Me Me Me, The Crypt Gallery, London, UK
2016
All in One, Piazza Mariti della Libertà, Chiari, Italy
Random Artists present 4 Days of Art and Culture (luxul performance), ExFed, London, UK
1717 Dedicated to Zambanella – A Sonic Sabbath, curated by Lucia Farinati in collaboration with
Richard Crow, Dro, Itlay
Encountering Pain, University College London, London, UK
Homer Reimagined, Woburn - Slade Research Centre, London, UK
Slade School of Fine Art MA/MFA Degree Show (luxul performance), Slade School of Fine Art, London, UK
Chronic Illness of Mysterious Origin IV (luxul performance), The Dungeons of Polymorphous Pan, London, UK
Transitions, Menier Gallery, London, UK
2015
Spark + Mettle Art Award Exhibition, The Russet, London, UK
Slade MA/MFA Interim Show 2015, Slade School of Fine Art, London, UK
2014
[Untitled Exhibition], University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
2013
Maximum Exposure 2013, The Burroughes, Toronto, Canada
Photopia, Gallery 44, Toronto, Canada
2012
Wall To Wall, Gallery 44, Toronto, Canada
Eyes On The World, Marshall Building (Northern Oklahoma College), Enid, OK, USA
Eyes On The World, Ponca City Art Center, Ponca City, OK, USA
Eyes On The World, Eleanor Hays Art Gallery (Northern Oklahoma College), Tonkawa, OK, USA
Ryerson/Brighton Exchange, University of Brighton, Brighton, UK
Brighton x Ryerson, IMA 310, Toronto, Canada
2011
Maximum Exposure 2011, Meta Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Function, Steam Whistle Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Seventy-Five Perfect, I.M.A. Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2010
Semaine de la photo, Photo Club Pavillonnais, Paris, France
Maximum Exposure 2010, Lower Ossignton Theatre, Toronto, Canada
NOS-UNA, Cryptic Canvas Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2009
Semaine de la photo, Photo Club Pavillonnais, Paris, France
2007
Vibrant Communities in Focus, Brookfield Place, Toronto, Canada
Semaine de la photo, Photo Club Pavillonais, Paris, France
CameraLinks – Urban, Gallery 44, Toronto, Canada
2006
Picture Change – AIDS, BCE Place, Toronto, Canada
SELECT PUBLICATIONS AND FEATURES
Rowe, Andy. "Emerging from lockdowns with Emilie Newman" The Sunday Tribune, July 25, 2020,
https://www.thesundaytribune.com/2020/07/25/emerging-from-lockdowns-with-emilie-newman/
NanoHour, Psychasthenia Exhibition EBook, eBook, Online (indd.adobe.com/view/5c67cf8e-fa7c-42a1-9d4f-8eecf467bdaf), 2020
Crowder, Ken. Eyes on the World. Oklahoma: Blurb, 2012
Function Magazine, Volume 12. Toronto, 2011, p. 100
B & W Magazine, Issue 52, 2007. pp. 166-167
Photosensitive, Vibrant Communities in Focus. Toronto: Photosensitive and Trillium Foundation, 2007.
PhotoEd Magazine, Guide to Photography, Special Issue, Second Edition, Toronto, 2007
PhotoEd Magazine, Abstract Photography, Issue 19. Toronto, 2007
PhotoEd Magazine, The Art of Presentation, Issue 15. Toronto, 2005
PhotoEd Magazine, Places and Cultures, Issue 14. Toronto, 2005
PhotoEd Magazine, Processes and Explorations, Issue 13. Toronto, 2005
PhotoEd Magazine, Guide to Photography, Special Issue. First Edition, Toronto, 2005
Recherches Innovations – La revue du Fonds québécois de la recherche sur la société et la culture, Volume 3. Montreal, 2006