EMA PINA

b. 1984, Porto, Portugal.
Currently lives and works in London, UK.
ema.pina@gmail.com
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EDUCATION
2026    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    BSc Economics, Faculdade de Economia da 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    The Sunworshippers, Thames-Side Studios Gallery, London, UK + info
2026    Painting MA Show, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2026    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

RESIDENCIES
2026    Good Eye Projects, 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
2026    Print publication, ARK:(POST)HUMAN, ARK Magazine no 57, Royal College of Art
2024    Article, Emerging Artists: Ema Pina, Made In Bed magazine, Sotheby’s Institute of Art, online
2023    Founder and art 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
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