ABOUT EMILIA ASHBY

BIOGRAPHY

Emilia Ashby is a self-portrait artist working in photography, exploring the shifting relationship between identity, technology and performance. Working across portraiture and fashion construction, she has developed a distinct and consistent visual language, creating speculative, research-led narratives that examine how emerging technologies shape belief, human connection and our understanding of ourselves. Drawing on themes of artificial intelligence, religion and mental health, her images blur the line between fiction and reality, inviting viewers to question what it means to be human in an increasingly technological world.

Her work with brands and magazines has opened space for close collaboration with clients and their teams. She brings bold, striking visuals to every project, helping each client's vision emerge through her lens.

Winner of The Graduate Art Prize, 2024.

EXHIBITIONS:

'Origins', UAL, Online, July 2021
‘Confine and Escape’, Bricks, Bristol, November 2021
'The Museum of Curiosities', UWE, Bristol, November 2022
‘Wunderkammer’, UWE, Bristol, February 2023
‘After’, Trinity Centre, Bristol, May 2023
'Kharites', Millbank Tower, London, August 2023
‘An Exhibition of Music Appreciation’, LTKD, Cloak, Bristol, December 2023
'UWE Degree Show', Arnolfini, Bristol, June 2024
'Orbit', Copeland Gallery, London, June 2024
'South West Graduate Prize', The Photobook Cafe, London, November 2024
'The UK Graduate Art Prize', The Woolff Gallery, London, November 2024
'The UK Graduate Art Prize', The Vanner Gallery, Salisbury, February 2025