Emma Prempehis a British artist with Ghanaian and Vincentian heritage based in London. Her practice plays upon the notion of distant memories drawing from immediate and future evocations. Prempeh's paintings project warm, darkened earthly tones, recalling feelings of nostalgia, loss, and intimacy. Partially defined figures and objects float freely through the space they inhabit, mystifying forms and shapes. The artist enjoys working on life-size canvases and using pigment in ways that transcends surfaces and edges.
Prempeh studied Fine Art at Goldsmiths University of London, graduating in 2019 winning the Alumno/SPACE Studio Bursary award for 2020. In 2019, the artist won first place forthe Ingram Collection Purchase Prize. She exhibited her first international solo show In and Out of Time in Accra, Ghana in 2021. Prempeh is currently attending an MA in Painting at the Royal College of Art under the LeverHulme Trust Arts Scholarship.
