EMA PINA

b. 1984, Porto, Portugal.
Currently lives in London.
ema.pina@gmail.com
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EDUCATION
2025-26 MA Painting, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2014 BA Fine Art, Central Saint Martins, London, UK
2011 Foundation Diploma in Art and Design, Central Saint Martins, London, UK
2006 Bachelor in Economics, Faculdade de Economia Universidade do Porto, Porto, PT

SOLO & TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2025 Boiantes, Cultural Forum Ermesinde, Valongo, PT
2024 Aerosols, Caldeiraria, Porto, PT
2023 Common Denominators, Hotel Flor de Sal, Viana do Castelo, PT
2019 Void Feelers, Exhibition with Annette Fernando, Thames-Side Viewing Room, London, UK

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026 (Forthcoming Group) Salon 0502, The Old Waiting Room, London, UK
2024 Beep Painting Biennial, Swansea, UK
2023 New Wave, Spitalfields Studios, London, UK
2023 Do You Buy This?, Ugly Duck, London, UK
2018 Here then, was I / Here now, am I, Thames-Side Studios Gallery, London, UK
2016 Maverick Expo 3, Noho Studios, London, UK
2016 Through a Screen Darkly, Gallery Sensei, London, UK
2016 The Future is Female, La Porte Peinte, Noyers, FR
2016 Sleep Easy, The Amersham Arms, London, UK
2015 The Sleeping Giant, The Amersham Arms, London, UK
2015 Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize, Mall Galleries, London, UK
2014 Clyde & Co Art Award Collection 2014-15, Clyde & Co, London, UK
2014 Print/3, Arcane Gallery, London, UK
2014 Show One, Central Saint Martins, London, UK
2013 First Come First Served, Lion & Lamb Gallery, London, UK
2013 TombRaiders, Petrie Museum, London, UK

AWARDS & GRANTS
2025 The Black Heart Foundation Scholarship, The Black Heart Foundation
2025 Lucy Halford Bursary, Royal College of Art
2020 Editorial Mentorship, Hedera Felix
2019 The Eaton Fund, Eaton Fund
2015 The Brian Botting Prize, The Worshipful Company of Painter-Stainers
2014 Kate Barton Award, Central Saint Martins
2014 The Clyde & Co Art Award Collection 2014-15, Clyde & Co

COLLECTIONS
Municipal Collection of Porto
La Porte Peinte Centre pour les Arts
The Worshipful Company of Painter-Stainers
University of the Arts London

PUBLICATIONS & PROJECTS
2024 Article, Emerging Artists: Ema Pina, Made In Bed magazine, Sotheby’s Institute of Art, online
2023 Founder and artistic director of Caldeiraria, an artist-led project in Porto, online
2023 Print publication, Into The Wild - A guide for bodies and the cities they create, Ping! gineceu + estigma, Galeria Municipal do Porto
2021 Magazine cover (artwork), Mycelia IV, Hedera Felix
2020 Artist talk with Katie Pratt, NPA Lab 2020: Katie Pratt x Ema Pina, newplatform.art, online
2016 Interview, Creative Conversations com James Mungai, MungzMedia, online
2015 Article, Lynn Painter-Stainers 2015 Prizewinners by Katherine Tyrrell, Making a Mark, online 
2015 Exhibition catalogue, Clyde & Co Art Award Collection 2014-2015, Clyde & Co
2014 Article, In Pictures: 2014’s Scholarship Winners, University Arts London, online
2014 Exhibition catalogue, Show One, Central St Martins