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Emily Jo Sargent

Place of birth Dudley
Country of residence United Kingdom

In Sargent’s paintings, urban architecture, seaside resorts, and caravan parks are described in a reductive flattened aesthetic against cloudless blue skies. Psychological portraits, they are reminiscent of the intensely private, introspective, almost surreal world of Edward Hopper. In the ongoing painting series 100 Paintings of Coney Island, the shabby seaside resort of New York is captured in a rare moment; isolated and snow covered. The series endlessly describes this now-faded destination without ever arriving at the definitive image, challenging the transitory nature of the surroundings, freezing it in time.

She lives and works in London and studied at Goldsmiths College.

Selected exhibitions include:
2007:Liebe Leben (Love, Life), Rise Gallery, Berlin
2006:Everything Must Go, VTO, London
2005 Acid drops and Sugar Candy, Transition Gallery and Fosterart, London
2004: Something is Already Happening curated by Dan Howard-Birt, Rosy Wilde Gallery, London; Pub Crawl 39, London
2003: Snow, Transition Gallery, London
Into The Grey, Cover Up, London; Exhibit 01, nth art, Ols & Co Gallery, London.
2002: Flawed Idyll, Ashley Gardens Gallery, London;
Slimvolume poster publication, Launch at Vilma Gold, London.
2001: Modern Love in Dusseldorf and London, VTO, London and hobbypopMUSEUM, Dusselforf; Record Collection, VTO, London.
2000 Emiy Jo Sargent and Adndrew Miller Percy Miller Gallery, London
1999: Sigil, Nylon, London; Father Appollinaris Said, Vilma Gold, London; 21, Spacex, Exeter
1998: Parking Space Gallery, Liverpool; Islington International Festival.
1997 Catch 22, New York City. 1996 Cowabunga!, London.

Exhibitions Start Your Collection 2008!, 01.Aug - 20.Sep.08, Contemporary Art Projects, Start Your Collection 2007!, 01.Aug - 30.Sep.07, Contemporary Art Projects, Summer exhibition 2006, 17.Aug - 03.Sep.06, Contemporary Art Projects, Winter Exhibition 2006, 26.Jan - 26.Feb.06, Contemporary Art Projects, Acid Drops & Sugar Candy, 19.Nov - 18.Dec.05, Contemporary Art Projects