Leah Emery
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LEAH EMERY
Born 1980, Sydney
2002 Bachelor of Arts, University of Queensland, Brisbane
AWARDS AND PRIZES
2017 Manning Prize, Manning Art Gallery, Taree NSW, finalist
2017 Contemporary Art Prize 2017 Exhibition, online, finalist
2016 40 x 40 Art Prize, Brunswick St Art Gallery, finalist
2015 Goa Project Exhibition, Judith Wright Centre, Brisbane, runner up
2015 The Laundrie National Emerging Art Prize, The Laundry Artspace, Brisbane, finalist
2014 The Blake Prize, UNSW Galleries, Sydney, finalist
2014 The Kennedy Prize, Stomping Grounds Studios, Adelaide, Foundation's Choice Exhibition
2009 University of Queensland Artist Self Portrait Prize, University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane, finalist
2006 Queensland Artworkers Awards, Raw Space, Brisbane, highly commended
2005 Artrage Erotic Art Awards, Breadbox, Perth, finalist
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Upcoming
2020 Still Lyfe, Artisan, Brisbane
2019 Snog of the Beast, Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery, Bundaberg
2018 Animal Queendom, Michael Reid, Sydney
2018 Who Told You You Were Naked?, Gow Langsford, Auckland
2017 Leah Emery, The Other Art Fair, Melbourne
2015 It's Going Swimmingly, Heiser Gallery, Brisbane
2015 Bodies of Evidence, Michael Reid Gallery, Berlin
2014 Twist and Shout, Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney
2012 Recent Works, Heiser Gallery, Brisbane
2012 In & Out, Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney
2010 The Observer, Grant Pirrie Gallery, Sydney
2010 Melbourne Art Fair, Heiser Gallery, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
2008 The Exhibition, Heiser Gallery, Brisbane
2007 Secret Museum, Ark Atelier Gallery, Brisbane
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Upcoming
2019 Pleasure, RMIT, Melbourne
2019 Shiver, Onespace Gallery, Brisbane
2019 London Textile Biennial, Towneley Hall, Burnley
2019 Brooching the Subject, Pine Rivers Regional Gallery, Strathpine
2019 LOVE, Tweed Regional Gallery, Murwillumbah
2019 Flesh Cells: Reworked, Bib N Brace, Brisbane
2018 The Launch of The Arts Club, The Arts Club, Melbourne
2018 Sydney Contemporary, Gow Langsford, Sydney
2018 Spring 1883, Jan Murphy, The Hotel Windsor, Melbourne
2018 JusticeINJustice, The Lock-Up, Newcastle
2018 Out Front by Art World Women, Here We See Gallery Three, Melbourne
2018 Stitch Fetish 6, The Hive Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
2017 Tucker'd Out! KickArts Gallery, Cairns
2017 Stockroom Highlights Part 1, Michael Reid Gallery, Berlin
2016 Space Junk Alert, Woolloongabba Art Gallery, Brisbane
2016 SSFA16, Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney
2015 The Dreams Our Stuff is Made Of, Verge Gallery, Sydney
2015 SSFA15, Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney
2014 Decennalia, Heiser Gallery, Brisbane
2014 Tools of the Trade, Jugglers Art Space, Brisbane
2014 SSFA14, Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney
2014 Stitch Fetish 2, The Hive Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
2013 Christmas Show, Heiser Gallery, Brisbane
2013 SSFA13, Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney
2013 Special Moves, MOP Gallery, Sydney
2013 Push + Pull, Gallery Artisan, Brisbane
2012 Christmas Show, Heiser Gallery, Brisbane
2012 SSFA12, Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney
2011 Christmas Show, Heiser Gallery, Brisbane
2011 LUST, Brenda May Gallery, Sydney
2011 People and Places, Heiser Gallery, Brisbane
2011 Chapel, Wandering Room Dollhouse Gallery, Brisbane
2011 Erotica, James Makin Gallery, Melbourne
2010 Christmas Show, Heiser Gallery, Brisbane
2010 HANDS ON: craft in contemporary art, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, Sydney
2009 Christmas Show, Heiser Gallery, Brisbane
2009 Brisbane Line, The Narrows Gallery, Melbourne
2009 New Order: Emergent Queensland Artists, Redcliffe City Art Gallery, Redcliffe
2009 Queensland Artists, Heiser Gallery, Brisbane
2008 Christmas Show, Heiser Gallery, Brisbane
2008 Shoot low! They are riding Shetlands, Queensland Centre for Photography, Brisbane
2007 Christmas Show, Heiser Gallery, Brisbane
2007 ARC Biennial, Queensland University of Technology Art Museum, Brisbane
2007 Severance, Ryan Renshaw Gallery, Brisbane
2006 Seattle Erotic Art Festival, Seattle, Washington, USA
COLLECTIONS
QUT Art Museum
Art Bank
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Upcoming
Xstitch Calendar, 'Month of June', 2020
'Orient', X Stitch Magazine, September, 2019
Nobel, Emma, 'Modern artists use explicit cross-stitch, ceramic boobs to express feminist issues', ABC News, 31 May 2019
Falkner, Noelle, 'Meet the Woman Making Seriously X-Rated Cross Stitch', Whimn.com.au, 22 October, 2018
Falkner, Noelle, 'Leah Emery', Elle Magazine, October, 2018, p54
'Heroes and Villains', X Stitch Magazine, September, 2018, p 25 - 27
Tetiyevsky, Charlie, 'Leah Emery Cross Stitches Confrontation over Sexual Expression', prohbt.com, 1 August, 2018
'The Green Edition', X Stitch Magazine, June, 2018, p 43 - 45
Langendorff, Julien, 'Crochet Porno', Society (France) , May, p14, 2017
Kelly, Miriam, 'Needlepoint of No Return...', Sturgeon Magazine, March, p53, 2017
Anne and Julien,'Leah Emery' Hey ! Modern Art and Pop Culture #25, France, March, 2016 p 128 - 131
Martin-Chew, Louise, 'Leah Emery', Art Guide, October, p48, 2015
Crum, Maddie, 'Leah Emery Makes Raunchy Scenes Look Dreamy and Personal' Huffington Post , September 3, 2015
Omeha, Jan, 'Artist Leah Emery Creates Masterpieces of Iconic Scenes from Vintage Adult Films', 9 September, 2015
'LEAH EMERY : LE CROCHET ACCROCHE-CŒUR' Union Magazine, France, July 10, 2015Anna Randal, 'Artist Discusses Sexual Health by Embroidering Hardcore Erotic Scenes'
Art Sheep, July, 2015
'Leah Emery Cross Stitches Hardcore Imagery', Juxtapoz Magzine, July 1, 2015
Tozer, Joel, 'Cross Stitch Porn: How one artist has turned embroidery into erotic art', SBS2's The Feed, broadcast date April 15, 2014
McBurnie, Jonathan, 'Explicit Materials: The Art of Leah Emery', Sneaky Magazine, Issue 8, May 19 2014, pp. 56 – 59.
McBurnie, Jonathan, 'Leah Emery: Twist and Shout', Sneaky Magazine, April 10, 2014
'Leah Emery: Twist and Shout', TimeOut, Sydney, April 5, 2014
Mulders, Jacinta, ‘Leah Emery: smut through the very beautiful means of traditional craftwork’, The Vine, April 19 2012
King, Darryn, “Leah Emery: Porn for Knitters’, TimeOut, Sydney, 13 March 2012
Nelson, Robert, ‘Upscale fair, scaled-down Range’, The Melbourne Age, 6 August, 2010, p.18
Cruthers, John. 'The Art of Collecting', Art World, October 2008, p.187
MX Newspaper, 29 October 2008, p. 2
Picture Magazine, Issue 89, Feb 2006, p.18
OTHER
Symposium Panelist, Art and Law: Putting Justice into Action, The Lock-Up, Newcastle
Panelist, Sydney Contemporary, 2017
Art Forum Lecture, Art and Sex, Australian National University, March 2014
‘Let's Talk About Sex’, ARC Biennial Symposium Panel; chaired by Rex Butler, Queensland University of Technology Art Museum, 2007