Karin Weber Gallery

Emily Allchurch

Babel Hong Kong

Emily Allchurch

Solitary Temple Hong Kong

Emily Allchurch

Memory View Hong Kong II

Emily Allchurch

Memory View Hong Kong I

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Amidst Towering Peaks (after Ma Yuan)

Emily Allchurch

Picture Window (after Hiroshige)

Emily Allchurch

Spring Festival (after Hiroshige)

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Mirrored Cities I

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Mirrored Cities II

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Italian Style Town (after Carpaccio)

Emily Allchurch

Along The Road (after Zhang Zeduan)

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The Lion & The Phoenix (after Carpaccio)

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Venezia Land (after Bellini)

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Suzhou Twinned With Venice (after Xu Yang)

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Tokyo Story 1: Lotus Garden (after Hiroshige)

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Tokyo Story 4: Interior (After Hiroshige)

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Tokyo Story 8: Temple (After Hiroshige)

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Grand Tour II: Homage To Soane (After Gandy)

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Babel London (after Bruegel)

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Emily Allchurch United Kingdom

Born in 1974, Jersey, Channel Islands, UK

Currently lives and works in Hastings, UK

 

Education

1999

Master of Arts in Sculpture, Royal College of Art, London, UK

1996

Bachelor of Fine Art (First class), Kent Institute of Art & Design, Canterbury, UK

1993

Foundation Art & Design (Distinction), University of the West of England, Bristol, UK

Born in 1974, Jersey, Channel Islands, UK

Currently lives and works in Hastings, UK

 

Education

1999

Master of Arts in Sculpture, Royal College of Art, London, UK

1996

Bachelor of Fine Art (First class), Kent Institute of Art & Design, Canterbury, UK

1993

Foundation Art & Design (Distinction), University of the West of England, Bristol, UK

Solo Exhibitions (Selected)

2021

‘Mirrored Cities’, Pingyao International Photography Festival, China

2020

‘Emily Allchurch: ‘Mirrored Cities’, Karin Weber Gallery, HK

2018

‘Fact and Folly’, Private & Public Space, Jersey, Channel Islands

‘Visions of Architectural Fancy’, Sir John Soane’s Museum, London, UK

‘Gloria Mundi’, Galerie Rothamel, Frankfurt, Germany

2017

‘Then Is Now’, Karin Weber Gallery, HK

‘Project Space’, Galerie Rothamel, Erfurt, Germany

2015

‘Emily Allchurch, In the Footsteps of a Master’, Djanogly Art Gallery, Nottingham, UK

‘Emily Allchurch, In the Footsteps of a Master’, Manchester City Art Gallery, Manchester, UK

2014

‘Tokyo Story / After Hiroshige’, Tokaido Hiroshige Museum, Shizuoka, Japan

2011

‘Tokyo Story’, Diemar Noble Photography, London, UK

‘Tokyo Story’, Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation, London, UK

2008

‘Urban Chiaroscuro’, Galleria Galica, Milan, Italy

2007

‘Urban Chiaroscuro’, Frost and Reed Contemporary, London, UK

2006

‘Emily Allchurch, A Retrospective’, Frost & Reed Contemporary, London, UK

‘Model City’, Galica Arte Contemporanea, Milano, Italy

‘Model City’, Alberta College of Art & Design, Calgary, Canada

2005

‘Settings’, The Blue Gallery, London, UK

2003

‘Setting’, Galica Arte Contemporanea, Milano, Italy

2002

‘Light Sensitive’, East 73rd Gallery, London, UK

‘Exposure’, with Laura White Standpoint Gallery, London, UK

‘A Hill with a View’, with Pamela Wells, Orleans House Gallery, Twickenham, UK

2001

‘On The Horizon’, Royal London Hospital, London, UK

 

Group Exhibitions (Selected)

2022

Asia Now, Karin Weber Gallery, Paris, France

Impossible Architectures, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nancy, France.

‘For the Love of the Master’, Dublin Castle & Casino Marino, Ireland

Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition. London, UK

A Generous Space, Artist Support Pledge. Hastings Contemporary, UK

Art Central, Karin Weber Gallery, HK

Photo London, GBS Fine Art, UK

London Art Fair, GBS Fine Art, UK

2021

Art Central, Karin Weber Gallery, HK

2020

‘True Fictions: Visionary photography from the Seventies until today’, Fondazione Palazzo Magnani, Reggio Emilia, Italy

‘The Grand Tour’, James Freeman Gallery, London, UK

‘Summer Exhibition 2020‘, Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK

Artsy x Art Central, Karin Weber Gallery, HK

2019

‘20/20’, Karin Weber Gallery Anniversary Exhibition, HK

‘Summer Exhibition 2019, Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK

‘Inspiration Masterpiece’, Museum Villa Rot, Burgrieden, Germany

2018

‘Columbia Threadneedle Prize’, Figurative Art Today, Mall Galleries, London, UK

2017

‘Terra Firma’, James Freeman Gallery, London, UK

‘Sussex Open’, Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne

‘Summer Exhibition 2017’, Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK

2016

‘Trace Elements’, James Freeman Gallery, London, UK

‘Merge Visible’, Mall Galleries, London, UK

‘East Sussex Open’, Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne

‘Fix Photo Festival’, LA Noble Gallery, London, UK

2015

‘Xenotopia’, Gibberd Gallery, Harlow, UK

‘Small is Beautiful’, Flowers Gallery, New York, USA

‘Summer Exhibition 2015’, Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK

2014

‘/seconds’, Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah, UAE

‘Edo Pop : The Graphic Impact of Japanese Prints’, Singapore Tyler Print Institute, Singapore

‘Sense Of Soane’, School of Art Gallery, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, UK

‘Summer Exhibition 2014’, Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK

2013

‘Liminal’, Camberwell College of Art, London, UK

‘The Wisdom Of Escape’, Nancy victor Gallery, London, UK

‘Edo Pop’, Japan Society Gallery, New York, USA

‘Memory & Imagination: Dutch Italianate & Contemporary Landscape’, Mall Galleries, London, UK

‘Summer Exhibition 2013’, Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK

2012

‘Sense Of Soane’, PM Gallery & House, London, UK

‘BITE : Artists Making Prints’, Mall Galleries, London, UK

2011

‘Edo Pop’, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, USA

2010

‘Based on a True Story’, ArtSway Gallery, New Forest, UK

‘Perspectives’, Candlestar, Hyatt Regency, London, UK

2009

‘Paper City : Urban Utopias’, Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK

Diemar/Noble Photography Inaugural exhibition, London, UK

2008

‘Transcriptions’, Sarah Myerscough Fine Art, London, UK

‘Set in Stone’, PM Gallery and House, London, UK

2007

‘The Light Fantastic’, Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto, Canada
‘Britain in Pictures’, Museum of Film & Photography, Bradford, UK

2006

‘Lumiere, transparence, opacite’, Nouveau Musee National de Monaco

‘Making Space’, Corporation of London, Spitalfields, London, UK

‘Celeste Art Prize’, The Well, Old Truman Brewery, Brick Lane, London, UK

‘Metropolitanscape’, Palazzo Cavour, Olimpiadi Program of Culture, Turin, Italy

‘The Boundary, the Limit, a look at the City’, Reggio Emilia, Italy

2005

‘The Wrong Map’ Three Colts Gallery, London

‘A Digital Picture of Britain’, Museum of Film & Photography, Bradford, UK

2003

‘Landscape’, The Blue Gallery, London, UK

‘La Ciudad Radiante’ Bancaja Foundation, Valencia, Spain

‘Distopie Urbane’, Change Studio d’Arte Contemporanea, Rome, Italy

2002

‘2 in uno’, Galica Arte Contempoanea, Milan, Italy

2000

‘And then there was the bad weather…’, LWF Projects. London & Memphis USA2000

‘Tunnel Vision’, Aldwych tube station, London Open House

 

Awards

2020

Arts Council England, Emergency Response Fund

2019

Arts Council England, ‘Developing Your Creative Practice’ Grant

2018

Visitors’ Choice Award, Columbia Threadneedle Prize

Finalist, Columbia Threadneedle Prize

2017

British Council & Arts Council England, Artists’ International Development Grant

2016

a-n Travel Bursary

2015

Grants for the Arts Award, Arts Council England, Tower of Nottingham

Art Happens, Manchester Art Gallery, Crowd funding Commission, The Art Fund

2014

Friends of the Institute Public Lecture, Minneapolis Institute of Arts

2013

Artist in Residence, Tokaido Hiroshige Museum, Shizuoka, Japan

AA2A Artist in Residence at Wimbledon College of Art

Honorary Fellow, Society of Architectural Illustration

2012

Grants for the Arts Award, Arts Council England, Sense of Soane

Diamond Jubilee Pageant Commission, States of Jersey, Channel Islands

2011

This Green and Pleasant Land, BBC 4 film celebrating British landscape painting

2007

Britain in Pictures, How we Built Britain BBC series profiling British Photographers

2006

Celeste Art Prize. Finalist

Artist in Residence, Financial Services Authority

Visiting Artist, Drawing Department, Alberta College of Art & Design, Canada

2005

A Digital Picture of Britain, BBC series profiling British Photographers

2004

Museum & Galleries Month Award: Most inspiring project. Orleans House Gallery

2003

London Residencies, Footsteps in the Street, London Arts Grant

2002

A Hill with a View, Commission for Orleans House Gallery, Twickenham

2001

London Arts, Individual Artist Bursary

Year of the Artist Residency Award, Arts Council of England

2000

Year of the Artist Residency Award, Arts Council of England

Route 12:36 commission, South London Gallery

 

Collections

Mr. Hans Michael Jebsen

Gaw Capital, HK

Link Reit, HK

Modern Media Group, HK

Museum of London, UK

Manchester Art Gallery, UK

Financial Services Authority, London, UK

Aspen Reinsurance, London, UK

Unilever, London, UK

Schroders, London Rathbones, London, UK

Morgan Stanley, London, UK

Borough Art Collection, Twickenham, UK

States of Jersey, Channel Islands

Minneapolis Institute of Arts, USA

Nouveau Musée National de Monaco

Galleria Parmeggiani, Italy

ACAD, Canada

Tokaido Hiroshige Museum, Japan

Fidelity, Tokyo, Japan

 

Publications (Selected)

Photo London Magazine: Issue 72. Emily Allchurch – featured artist. May 2022, pp.1-41

Deutsche Welle, Euromaxx: Lifestyle in Europe, ‘Art in Crisis: Photo Collages by Emily Allchurch, 6 min film about artistic response to Covid-19 pandemic. First broadcast 15/05/2020.


RIBA Journal. Vol 126, Issue 07. July 2019 ‘Climate change takes the floor’ RA Summer Exhibition pp. 70-71

Wired. December 2018. Photo Vertical interview with Michael Hardy.

Photomonitor. August 2018. Interview with Christiane Monarchi.

ZARCH, Journal of interdisciplinary studies in Architecture and Urbanism, Issue #9. Arquitectura, mirada y cultura visual (Architecture, glance, and visual culture), December 2017

Hong Kong Perspective: Architecture / Design / People, November 2017, p.16-17

The Photographer, 2016, Issue 2, pp.16-23

Photomonitor – August 2015, In the Footsteps of a Master, Review by Camilla Brown

Manchester Art Gallery 2015, Catalogue, Emily Allchurch, In the Footsteps of a Master

Ashgate 2014, The Architectural Capriccio: Memory, Fantasy & Invention ISBN: 987-1-409-3191-6

Impressions (The Journal of the Japanese Art Society of America), Issue: 34, 2013 pp.122-139

Photo+, South Korea, Issue 12, Winter 2012, Tokyo Story, pp. 34-41

Sunday Telegraph Seven Magazine, 9th September 2012

FT weekend, 21st & 22nd Jan 2012, London Art Fair Review, Francis Hodgson, Life & Arts p.11

The Sunday Times Magazine, 6 March 2011, p.42

Printmaker Today, Winter Issue 2010, Front cover

Digital Photographer, Issue 102, 2010, Text by Dylan Baker, pp.74-77

Frieze, Issue 134, October 2010, Text by David Trigg, pp.246-247

Fotografi, Winter 2008 (Norway) Text by Michael Diemar pp. 28-35

Portfolio, Issue 47, June 2008, Text by Nigel Warburton, pp 50-55

FMR, White Edition, Classical 2008 (Italy), Text by Walter Guadagnini, pp 34-45

Printmaking Today, Vol 17 No.2 Summer 2008, Anne Desmet Old Masters Reborn pp.10 & 11

Digital Photography Masterclass, Tom Ang, Dorling Kindersley Ltd, May 2008, pp.332-337

Arte, May 2008, Emily Allchurch Architetture Ideali by Nicoletta Cobolli Gigli, pp.120-125

Building Design, 4 April 2008, Mean Streets by Gareth Gardner, p.16

Design Week, Volume 23 / Number 13, 27 March 2008, Stone Cold by Clare Dowdy, Back Cover

BBC Radio London, Robert Elms show, Interview for Set in Stone, 24th March 2008

Guardian Guide, 22-28 March 2008, Exhibitions Previews p.37

Arts Industry, 7 March 2008, Issue 204, Front Cover

Ag Magazine, Number 50, pp.10-11, Winter 2008

Blueprint, Paper City Commission, p.82, January 2008

/Seconds 7 : sci-fi, utopia, roadside picnics, December 2007

Contemporary, Issue #91, Special issue on digital art, David Shariatmadari, 2007

Arte, June 2006, Emily Allchurch Sfida ai Capolavori di Nicoletta Cobolli Gigli, pp84-89

Exhibitions

Asia Now - Paris Asian Art Fair 2022 | Booth M02 in the section Cour Mansart

Art Central 2022 | Booth A7

Fine Art Asia 2021 | Booth C2

Art Central 2021 | Booth 05

Emily Allchurch: Mirrored Cities

Artsy x Art Central 2020| Booth C09

Then Is Now Introductory Show & The Making Of Babel Hong Kong

Art Fairs

Asia Now - Paris Asian Art Fair 2022 | Booth M02 in the section Cour Mansart

Art Central 2022 | Booth A7

Fine Art Asia 2021 | Booth C2

Museum Villa Rot 2019 | Room 8 | 1/F

Art Central 2019 | Booth C11

Art Central 2018