EMILY SPARKES
b. 1992, Worcester. Lives and works in London
She teaches at Oxford Brookes University
Her studio is at ACAVA, West London
EDUCATION
PhD in Fine Art Research, Royal College of Art, London
Turps Studio Programme, London
PgCert in Fine Art Research, Birmingham City University, UK
MA Queer Studies in Arts & Culture, Birmingham City University, UK
BA Fine Art (Hons), Birmingham City University, UK
2023
2017
2015
2014
SOLO SHOWS
PhD solo presentation, Royal College of Art, London
Speed Date, with Catherine Parsonage, Oceans Apart, Salford, UK
Yo, What’s the Swing-Scene Like Here? with Kristian Evju, CIA, London
solo presentation, Open Out Festival, Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum, Tromsø, Norway
sitcom laughing, Artefact, Birmingham, UK
Artist of the Day, Flowers Gallery, Cork Street, London
solo presentation, Havill & Travis, Birmingham, UK
2023
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
Ripe Bananas, Turps Banana, London
Hopscotch, Copeland Gallery, London
Semantics of Love, Royal College of Art, London
Unruly Encounters, Southwark Galleries, London
2084, Dyson Gallery, Royal College of Art, London
Summer Camp, Eastside Projects, Birmingham, UK
Play, Stryx, Birmingham, UK
Showcase - Forward: New Art from Birmingham, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, UK
Forward: New Art from Birmingham, Medicine Bakery + Gallery, Birmingham, UK
Women, Power, Protest, Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, UK
Flight Mode, Assembly Point, London
WIP, Stryx, Birmingham, UK
Next Wave, Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, UK
Gotcha ;), QUAD, Derby, UK
NN Open, Northampton Contemporary, UK
Coming Out: Sexuality, Gender and Identity, Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, UK
Ruth Borchard Self-Portrait Prize, Piano Nobile, London
Little Monsters, Jubilee Trade Centre, Birmingham, UK
Small is Beautiful, Flowers Gallery, London
Salon, Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, UK
New Art West Midlands, Birmingham & Coventry, UK
West Midlands Open, Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, UK
Cold Tea, Wolverhampton Art Gallery, UK
What’s the Agenda? mac, Birmingham, UK
2023
2022
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
LAHP Research Support Fund, London
LAHP PhD Studentship (AHRC), London
Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant for Artists, CA
Venice Biennale Travel Grant, a-n, UK
Frieze Artists’ and Curators’ Development Bursary, NAWM
Arts, Design & Media PhD Classic Studentship, BCU
Residency at Gas Hall, Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery
Gertrude Aston Bowater MA Bursary Bequest, BCU
2020, 2021
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
PREVIOUS TEACHING (VISITING LECTURER)
UAL affiliated Foundation Diploma, Abingdon + Witney College, Oxford, UK
BA, Oxford Brookes University, UK
MA, Royal College of Art, London
KS5, Birmingham Ormiston Academy, UK
BA, MA, Birmingham City University, UK
2020, 2022
2020, 2021
2018
2017
2016 - 2023