About

Emmet was born in Co. Clare, Ireland in 1981 and is currently based in London with a studio at The Bomb Factory Art Foundation. He graduated with a BFA from The Limerick School of Art and Design before receiving an MFA from The Glasgow School of Art. Inspired by how the popular imagination influences the psyche, his work mainly takes the form of oil paintings. He has exhibited widely in the UK, Ireland and internationally and has work in the collection of The Arts Council of Ireland, Trinity College Dublin and The Office of Public Works (Ireland).

Solo Exhibitions

2022 Second Nature, The Bomb Factory Art Foundation, London

2012 Something From Nothing, Droichead Arts Centre, Drogheda, IRL

2012 Inside Out, Outside In, Talbot Gallery, Dublin

2011 Make. Believe, Occupy Space, Limerick

2009 Arts Projects, London Art Fair, Business Design Centre, London

2008 Traits and Stains, The Crow Gallery, Dublin

2008 Disconnected, Belltable Arts Centre, Limerick

Selected Group Exhibitions:

2024 In the Emancipation of Self, D Contemporary, London

2024 Pourquoi London, 4 Princelet St. London

2023 Nineteen, The Bomb Factory Art Foundation, London

2023 RHA Open, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin

2022 Beep Painting Prize, Elysium Gallery, Swansea

2020 Zurich Portrait Prize, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin

2020 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London

2017 Soft Formalities, Studio 3 Gallery, University of Kent, Canterbury

2017 SurprEYES!, DLR Lexlcon Gallery, Dublin

2014 Painting as Research, Beaconsfield Gallery, London

2013 Remember Me (Before I Forget), Galway Arts Centre, Galway

2013 Thick, Turgid and Lacking in Soothing Oil, Ormston House, Limerick

2012 Fast Moving Consumer Goods, Talbot Gallery, Dublin

2012 Into the Light, Limerick City Gallery of Art, Limerick

2012 Between Worlds, Galway Arts Festival, Galway

2012 Sunshine and Precipitation, La Station, Nice

2012 Transitive Relationships, Limerick City Gallery of Art, Limerick

2011 Winter Open Show, Rua Red, Dublin

2011 New Living Art, IMOCA, Dublin

2011 Water Tower Arts Festival, Underground Serdika, Sofia

2010 Mainland, E-Vent Gallery, London

2010 The Davy Portrait Award, Naughton Gallery, Belfast

2010 I Always Find Art Galleries Hungry Work, Occupy Space, Limerick

2009 How Do You Know? Blankspace Gallery, Oakland, CA, USA

2008 Subjected, Galway Arts Festival, University Hospital, Galway

2008 The UK’s Future Greats, SaLon Gallery, London.

2008 The State, Glasgow International, State Bar, Glasgow

2007 Furthermore, Artsnews Projects, Berlin

2007 Person, Place or Thing, Riverside Studios, LondonThese