Born in Southsea, England, Emma Camden graduated from the Southampton Institute of Education in 1985 and completed a BA (Hons) in glass with ceramics at Sunderland Polytechnic in 1990. She moved to Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland in 1991 to work at Carrington Polytechnic as a glass tutor. In 1993 she studied in Canberra in a masterclass with renowned UK glass artist David Reekie, and this began her love of the lost-wax cast-glass method. She also worked with internationally renowned Aotearoa New Zealand artist Ann Robinson, which prompted her to consider working on a larger scale. She has gained national and international recognition for her work, and has received numerous awards including the Ranamok Glass Prize (Australia) in 1999. In 2016 the Serjeant Gallery, Whanganui, presented her mid-career survey exhibition ‘Now’: New and Selected Glass Works, which also toured to The Dowse Art Museum, Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai Lower Hutt.

Emma has been included in numerous group exhibitions and her work is in the collections of Auckland Museum; The Dowse Art Museum; Glasmuseet Ebeltoft, Denmark; Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane; and the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. She lives in Whanganui with her partner and fellow glass artist, David Murray.

More info about Emma:
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