Emma Verhulst

About Emma Verhulst

Emma Verhulst’s work centers on visually interpreting her surroundings, with storytelling - perhaps a lasting influence from her background in illustration - remaining at the core of her artistic practice. Beginning with an intuitive drawing, she follows the associations it evokes as a guide, using narrative techniques to create compelling imagery. Her drawings, paintings, and prints are often fragmented, evoking dream-like impressions of stories in which clear, recognizable elements appear within disorienting contexts. By confronting viewers with a world that feels both familiar and uncanny, Verhulst explores the banalities and (mis)communications of everyday life, frequently employing humor as a subtle, subversive device.

Born in Antwerp in 1994.