ARTIST STATEMENT
"My work is primarily concerned with acts of painting, whether it be through my large scale site-specific interventions, or smaller studio based propositions.

Colour is a critical concern within my practice, through  implementation of an intensely saturated and  repetitive spectrum. House paint is my preferred medium, for its' availability, its' readiness, and its resistance as a 'high art' material.

My practice considers the intersection between painting, architecture, and the occupation of interior space through the creation of paintings that can be physically entered.

Through my site-specific work  or 'spatial deconstructions', I deliberately aim to challenge the hierarchy of the art institution and fine art, by blurring boundaries between place, painting and the viewer's experience.

I am interested in breaking limitations between elitism and popular culture through the use of colour and spatial practice as ideas that transcend the usual divisions of knowledge and power."
  Emma Coulter

ARTIST BIOGRAPHY
Recent exhibitions and new works include a spatial deconstruction commission at the Museum of Brisbane, for NEW WOMAN. An exhibition which recognises "ground-breaking women artists"; 'doppel symmetrie' a site-specific work in Germany at ADHOC; 'composites', at THIS IS NO FANTASY, as well as site specific works for, 'support structure' at Latrobe Art Institute and the Nillumbik Prize for Contemporary Art.

Other selected exhibitions and recent works include, 'Trace Patterns', PALMER Sydney, '9X5 NOW', Margaret Lawrence Gallery, 'chrominance' Anna Pappas Gallery, Melbourne, 'chromo-spatial' CHASM,  New York, 'colour Imperative', Rubicon ARI, 'Marvel Windsor prize', Hotel Windsor, 'threshold'  Five Walls, Melbourne.

Prizes and grants received include the Linden Art Prize, an Ian Potter Cultural Trust Grant, the Woollahra Small Sculpture Viewer's Choice Award, the Fiona Myer Award, an Australian Artists Grant and the Jim Marks Postgraduate Scholarship.

Emma has a Master of Contemporary Art from VCA, a Bachelor of Built Environment from QUT, and a Bachelor of Visual Art from QUT and is represented by  THIS IS NO FANTASY in Victoria.