Emma Rushton is a visual artist, curator and many years a university lecturer - come interior designer / house renovator - based in Manchester. She has worked in the field of contemporary art for 30 years, exhibiting internationally - from Hong Kong and Australia to the U.S. and St Petersburg and numerous venues in The Netherlands, Germany, across Europe and in The U.K. Rushton’s work has been included in the Saatchi collection, in Shark Infested Waters and the Arts Council Collection and in her early career she was Momart Fellow at Tate Gallery, Liverpool and resident artist at Bemis Centre for Contemporary Art, Omaha, U.S. She worked in collaboration with artist Derek Tyman from 1999 to 2016. Their work opened The Tetley art space in Leeds with the exhibition Fear of The Surplus.

Through her teaching - most significantly at University of Leeds for 20 years - and her practice of inviting others to exhibit, perform, write, or speak within her exhibitions and projects, Emma Rushton has worked with emerging and established artists, craftspeople, writers, musicians, cultural workers, designers, theorists, and curators, resulting in knowledge of many different practices and materials, styles and ways of working, nationally and internationally. She has exhibited predominantly in artist-run spaces and public galleries and worked with many young artists on setting up and making use of unused spaces for exhibition.

THE EYES HAVE IT.