Emma Coyle
Born: IE, 1981. Based in London, UK
Binary 050, Acrylic on canvas. 121 × 152.4 × 0.5 cm
National College of Art and Design (BA Hons Fine Art , 2003)
Coyle has been working within art for over 20 years and been based in London since 2006. A recipient of International Art Market’s Gold List award. ‘Top international contemporary artist of today', ‘Recommended artist to invest in and to be inspired by’, with work acquired by Dame Janet Wolfson de Botton.
Coyle’s first education in art in the 1990’s included an introduction to 1st wave New York Pop Art of the 1950’s. Her current figurative work focuses on contemporary fashion magazine imagery and advertisements to produce painterly paintings of a Fine Art standard. Combining primary and secondary line work with ideas in abstraction, minimalism, and negative space.
Coyle’s work has appeared within many publications including The Times (UK), London's Mayfair Times (UK), Avari art (USA), A5 (UK), Al-Tiba9 (Spain), M&Art (Sweden) and Visions Libres (Germany) to name a few. Also, on the covers of Level 25 art journal (USA), Emergo (Netherlands), Litro (UK), and Kapa magazine (Greece).
Coyle’ work was selected by Los Angeles curator Bridget Carron for her collection Power Pop on Saatchi’ online gallery in 2014. In 2018 Coyle’ painting 12.16.07 won the Artness Magazine cover competition and won her an Artist of the Year 2019; Honorable Mention Award from Circle Foundation in France. In 2019 her painting series ‘12.16’ also won her a Special Artist Award from BESTART. In April 2020 painting Linda no.1 receive a review from Dab Art Co. Los Angeles, and in 2021 won a Finalist Award from Art Show International also in Los Angeles and a Distinguished Award from Canada’s ArtAscent Magazine.
Interviews with the artist have been published in many online and print magazines, including Art Reveal, Murze art magazine, Family Office Elite magazine and Artjobs.com
Earlier in her career in Ireland Coyle exhibited in many galleries in Ireland and exhibited for the Irish National Portrait exhibition in 2005. Coyle also exhibited for charities in the Royal Hibernian Academy and Adam’s Fine Art auctioneers. Just before moving to London Coyle had solo exhibitions in the Signal Art Centre in Co. Wicklow and the Bank of Ireland’s art centre in Dublin, and was described as ‘one of the city’s most promising new artist’ {Metro Life newspaper- January 2006}, and a ‘rising young artist’ {Irish Independent- May 2006}.
While exhibiting in London since 2006, Coyle has expanded her audience exhibiting in America where her work has been positively received. She has also exhibited in NYC charity events alongside artists such as Jeff Koons, Yoko Ono, Ed Ruscha, Kiki Smith and renowned composer Philip Glass.
This year Coyle continues her work in figurative art and abstraction. She has also started working on woodblock prints and after 16 years has now returned to photography, focusing in Polaroid and 120mm camera formats. The work deals with ideas in capturing and using negative space as a focal point.
EDUCATION
National College of Art and Design
RESIDENCIES / AWARDS
2021
Distinguished Award for ArtAscent Magazine
Finalist Award for Art Show International
2020
Honorable Mention for Art Room Gallery
Honorable Mention Award for The Grey Cube Gallery
2019
Honorable Mention Award for Circle Foundation
Gold List Award for International Art Market
Honorable Mention Award for J. Mane Gallery
Special Award for BESTART Artists
2018
555 Special Art Exhibition Award for LightSpaceTime
Special Recognition Award for LightSpaceTime
Front Cover Competition for Artness Contemporary Magazine
2004
Arts Council Funding Award
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2021
Baker-Howard Gallery, London
Art Show International (online), Los Angelos
2020
Art Room Gallery (online), International
Visual AIDS, Bortolami Gallery, New York City
2019
Art Number 23, London
Rochester Contemporary Art Centre, New York City
2018
The Directed Art Modern (online), Miami
Las Laguna Gallery, California
2017
Visual AIDS, Metro Pictures, New York City
1 of 1 Design, London
2016
Visual AIDS, Sikkema Jenkins&Co, New York City
Untitled Art Fair, The Stowaway Gallery, London
2015
Affordable Art Fair Battersea, DegreeArt, London
Mall Galleries, London
ArtAZ, Athens
2014
Rebellious Edge Projects, London
Art House Coop, Northeast USA Touring Exhibition, New York City, Toronto, Portland ME, Philadelphia
Parallax Art Fair, London
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008
Artspace Galleries, London
2006
Signal Arts Centre, Co Wicklow
Bank of Ireland Art Centre, Dublin