Degree: BA (Hons) Fine Art
University: Duncan of Jordanstone
Graduation Year: 2014
The immediacy of Emma Doig’s work is captivating. Fluid forms blend and escape us, the figural images twisting to and fro in enigmatic vivid expressions. Violent, tempestuous movements are tamed with sympathetic hues which vanish into the background complimenting the urgency and spontaneity of the works. As if breaking free of chains the figures dance and swing, becoming unbound from invisible cocoons. Through an intuitive painterly style the work mimics the cathartic experience of acting on impulse, of becoming truly extemporaneous. In doing so, the work itself compels liberating responses and cleansing notions of freedom.
Through experimental paintwork, various techniques and spontaneous application, my work explores human experience and the relational compulsion to feel free. I usually have the figure suspended in a transient state, letting go and embracing the unknown. Suspended in a quiet composition, the figure emerges from layers of brush marks and pallet knife painting. A lot of the work is left to chance, the final outcome usually unpredicted. The painting in itself is a meditative process of pushing and pulling and being led in a somewhat unexpected direction. With a sense of weightlessness, the work communicates a metaphorical jump; caught in transition, the figure is leaping into the unknown. The emphasis is not on the figure, but on the movement, beauty and intensity of letting go.
2017, Art Pistol, Cresswell, Glasgow
2017, Holburn Gallery exhibition, Aberdeen
2016, Christmas Exhibition, Alpha Art, Edinburgh
2016, Artweeks, Oxford Town Hall, Oxfordshire
2016, Oxford International Art Fair, Poseytude gallery
2016, Biggar Art Gallery 2015 - Edinburgh Art Fair, Alpha Art gallery
2015, London Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, London
2015, present Alpha Art Galler
2015, Artweeks, Oxford Town Hall, Oxfordshire
2014, Present Wall Projects, Montrose
2014, Present Art Pistol, Glasgow
2014, Present MULBERRYS, Poseytude Gallery, Buckinghamshire
2014, Present Holburn Gallery, Aberdeen
2014, Present Three ORIGINAL WORKS from Becoming Undone Series, Ninewells Medical Centre, Dundee
2014, Life is Better with Art in it, Wall Projects, Montrose
2014, Present WINTER EXHIBITION, Art Pistol, Glasgow
2014, Artsyland 8, Wall Projects, Montrose
2014, 15° Fifteen Graduates, Art pistol, Glasgow
2014, Graduate Exhibition, Antiques and Arts, Abernyte
2014, Becoming Undone, DJCAD Degree Show, Dundee
2013, Passing Place, The Old Ambulance Depot, Edinburgh
2013, Show Off, Canmore Street, Dunfermline
2012, Meeting Point, The Old Hairdressers, Glasgow