‘Everything is in flux, evolving, growing dying and dissolving in a perpetual cycle. I am compelled by the tensions that exist between the transient and the permanent; between form and the void, and what is material and immaterial.’

Emilie Pugh

About

Emilie Pugh’s work is guided by an interest in the interconnectivity of all living things. It draws on systems of belief from the spiritual to the scientific, the micro to the macro and the conflicting or confluent universal forces that govern them.

Pugh experiments with a wide range of mediums and processes, from unconventional methods of mark making using incense sticks, soldering irons, to the more conventional pen and ink.

Emilie is drawn to the tranquility within nature and man and the ancient sensibilities of beauty, philosophy and science. She is interested in capturing the ephemeral nature of things, as she says; ‘we exist in a state of flux’.

Michael Goedhuis

Biography

Born

London, 1988

Eduction

2006-2007 - Byam Shaw School of Art, London

2007-2010 - The Ruskin School of Fine Art and Drawing, Oxford University

Forthcoming shows

12th September 2024 - ‘What is possible.. what is promised’, Galerie Isa, Mumbai, India

Solo Shows

2023 - ‘ Patterns of Consequence’, Solo Show, Galerie Isa, Mumbai, India

2021 - ‘Surface Tension’, Michael Goedhuis Gallery, Noho Studios, London

2019 - ‘Force Fields’, Michael Goedhuis Gallery, Tomasso Brothers, London

2017 - ‘Motions of the Mind’, Solo show, Michael Goedhuis Gallery, London

2016 - ‘Topologies’ , Solo show, Hunter/Whitfield Gallery, Clerkenwell, London

2016 - ‘State of Becoming’ , Solo show, The Cob Gallery, London

2014 - ‘Tracing Pathways’, Solo Show, Kunsthalle m3, Aterlierhaus Mengerzeile, Berlin

Art Fairs

2024 - Delhi Art Fair 2024, Galerie Isa

2023 - The Winter Show 2023, New York, Michael Goedhuis Gallery, USA

2022 - Tefaf Maastricht Art Fair 2022, Michael Goedhuis Gallery

2022 - Delhi Art Fair 2022, Galerie Isa

2021 - Frieze London 2021, Platform Earth

2019 - Tefaf New York, Michael Goedhuis Gallery

2019 - Tefaf Maastricht 2019, Michael Goedhuis Gallery

2018 - PAD London 2018, Michael Goedhuis Gallery

2018 - Expo Chicago 2018, Michael Goedhuis Gallery

2018 - Tefaf Maastricht 2018, Michael Goedhuis Gallery

2017 - PAD London 2017, Michael Goedhuis Gallery

2017 - Masterpiece London 2017, Michael Goedhuis Gallery

2017 - DRAWING NOW 2017, Cob Gallery , Paris

2016 - Art Basel Miami 2016, Michael Goedhuis Gallery

Group Exhibitions

2024 - ‘What is possible.. what is promised’, Galerie Isa, Mumbai, India

2024 - Carbon II, Platform Earth, Palazzo Experimental, Venice Biennale, Italy

2023 - ‘Paper’, Tristan Hoare Gallery, London

2022 - ‘The Chinese World of Ink’, Michael Goedhuis Gallery, Cromwell Place, London

2022 - Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London

2022 - ‘AORA:VI Light’ , Online Group Exhibition, www.aoraspace.com

2022 - ‘The Conference of the Birds’, Tristan Hoare Gallery, London

2022 - ‘Ode to the Oceans’, Platform Earth, Superblue, Royal Academy of Arts, London

2021 - ‘The Breath Project’, Online Group Show, Auction Collective

2021 - ‘The Waiting Room’, Group show, The Art Station

2020 - ‘Reaction in Seclusion’, Online Group show

2019 - ‘She Persists’, Group show, Heist Pavilion , Palazzo Benzon Venice Biennale , Italy

2019 - ‘Into the Sea’, Group Show, Tree Line Residency, Il Frantoio Capalbio , Italy

2018 - ‘Her Stories’ , Group Show , Protein Studios, London

2018 - ‘Adventures and Curiosities’ , Group show, Hauser and Wirth , London

2015 - 'Drawing In' , Group show, Mount House Gallery

2014 - 'INTERACT' , Group show, East Wing XI Courtauld, London

2014 - 'Material Identity', Rook and Raven Gallery, London, W1

2014 - BFAMI auction, PHILLIPS, Berkeley square, London

2013 - 'Natural Perceptions',Group show, 68 Dean Street, London

2009 - Pirye Prize, Oxford University Press, Group show, Oxford

2009 - ‘Warp and the Weft’, Group show, Botanical Gardens, Oxford

2009 - ‘Morph’, Group show, North Wall Gallery, Oxford

2008 - ‘Box Ladder’, Ruskin Group Show, Modern Art Oxford, Oxford

Joint Shows

2015-2017 - ‘COLD FOLDS’, Emilie Pugh and Alice von Maltzahn, Blacks Club, 67 Dean Street, London

2014 - ‘INTRA’ , Emilie Pugh and Alice von Maltzhan, The Asylum, Peckham, London

Prizes

2015 -Longlisted for Aesthetica Magazine art prize

2009 - Pirye Prize shorlist, Oxford University Press, Oxford

Residencies

2019 - 2 week residency ‘Tree Line Residency’ , Calpalbio, Tuscany, Italy

2013-2014 - 6 month residency , Aterlierhaus Mengerzeile, Berlin

2009 - 6 week residency, ‘Draw International’ Caylus, France