Emma Hislop
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Adam Ogwu
I was first inspired by and then collaborated with Emma when I started my postgraduate studies in Science Communication. Her knowledge, passion and desire to tell the story of science through the medium of art is one of a kind. Always open to explaining her thought processes in a clear and concise way in person, or via her social media platforms and website, is furnished with the fact that everything she creates is eye-catching and inspirational. A story-teller with the brightest of futures and someone whose passion for sustainability and science education, we will be sure to work with each other again in the future.
John Thorne
I worked with Emma during her time at the Glasgow School of Art. We value disruption, challenging the accepting norms and asking questions of why things are how they are, and can we change them. From the viewpoint of my work with students and staff looking at environmental and social justice issues, I am looking to help change the whole system, to get people thinking and make them aware. I work across disciplines, and find the power of students such as Emma inspirational, in their power to influence, emote and disrupt through their art. There is more and more being done on the psychology of non-engagement with big issues like climate change and biodiversity loss. Emma's work adds substantially to this body of work, asking us to question and think about the World around us, many of these issues are things we accept as social norms and as standard practice, but are harmful to ourselves, wider nature and our children's future lives. Her Degree Show work was a perfect example of this, a sculpture asking us to rethink the motorway just outside her Degree Show exhibition space, disrupting our thinking with ambiguous, imaginative work that revealed hidden things that were in plain sight - such as traffic and pollution. Her Degree Show piece was meditative, helping us bridge the World as seen and accepted, and what is really happening, past and present, different realities, helping us re-think how we see issues and our place within them. I recommend Emma as an original thinker, someone who can come up with inventive and unusual ways of looking and explaining problems and issues. She's a great pleasure to work alongside, and is passionate about the issues she examines, but also works well to get a piece done in time and can explain it well. I would certainly hope to bring her back to the GSA to speak to future students and staff to help us raise awareness and create action on these major issues.
Adam Ogwu
I was first inspired by and then collaborated with Emma when I started my postgraduate studies in Science Communication. Her knowledge, passion and desire to tell the story of science through the medium of art is one of a kind. Always open to explaining her thought processes in a clear and concise way in person, or via her social media platforms and website, is furnished with the fact that everything she creates is eye-catching and inspirational. A story-teller with the brightest of futures and someone whose passion for sustainability and science education, we will be sure to work with each other again in the future.
John Thorne
I worked with Emma during her time at the Glasgow School of Art. We value disruption, challenging the accepting norms and asking questions of why things are how they are, and can we change them. From the viewpoint of my work with students and staff looking at environmental and social justice issues, I am looking to help change the whole system, to get people thinking and make them aware. I work across disciplines, and find the power of students such as Emma inspirational, in their power to influence, emote and disrupt through their art. There is more and more being done on the psychology of non-engagement with big issues like climate change and biodiversity loss. Emma's work adds substantially to this body of work, asking us to question and think about the World around us, many of these issues are things we accept as social norms and as standard practice, but are harmful to ourselves, wider nature and our children's future lives. Her Degree Show work was a perfect example of this, a sculpture asking us to rethink the motorway just outside her Degree Show exhibition space, disrupting our thinking with ambiguous, imaginative work that revealed hidden things that were in plain sight - such as traffic and pollution. Her Degree Show piece was meditative, helping us bridge the World as seen and accepted, and what is really happening, past and present, different realities, helping us re-think how we see issues and our place within them. I recommend Emma as an original thinker, someone who can come up with inventive and unusual ways of looking and explaining problems and issues. She's a great pleasure to work alongside, and is passionate about the issues she examines, but also works well to get a piece done in time and can explain it well. I would certainly hope to bring her back to the GSA to speak to future students and staff to help us raise awareness and create action on these major issues.
Adam Ogwu
I was first inspired by and then collaborated with Emma when I started my postgraduate studies in Science Communication. Her knowledge, passion and desire to tell the story of science through the medium of art is one of a kind. Always open to explaining her thought processes in a clear and concise way in person, or via her social media platforms and website, is furnished with the fact that everything she creates is eye-catching and inspirational. A story-teller with the brightest of futures and someone whose passion for sustainability and science education, we will be sure to work with each other again in the future.
John Thorne
I worked with Emma during her time at the Glasgow School of Art. We value disruption, challenging the accepting norms and asking questions of why things are how they are, and can we change them. From the viewpoint of my work with students and staff looking at environmental and social justice issues, I am looking to help change the whole system, to get people thinking and make them aware. I work across disciplines, and find the power of students such as Emma inspirational, in their power to influence, emote and disrupt through their art. There is more and more being done on the psychology of non-engagement with big issues like climate change and biodiversity loss. Emma's work adds substantially to this body of work, asking us to question and think about the World around us, many of these issues are things we accept as social norms and as standard practice, but are harmful to ourselves, wider nature and our children's future lives. Her Degree Show work was a perfect example of this, a sculpture asking us to rethink the motorway just outside her Degree Show exhibition space, disrupting our thinking with ambiguous, imaginative work that revealed hidden things that were in plain sight - such as traffic and pollution. Her Degree Show piece was meditative, helping us bridge the World as seen and accepted, and what is really happening, past and present, different realities, helping us re-think how we see issues and our place within them. I recommend Emma as an original thinker, someone who can come up with inventive and unusual ways of looking and explaining problems and issues. She's a great pleasure to work alongside, and is passionate about the issues she examines, but also works well to get a piece done in time and can explain it well. I would certainly hope to bring her back to the GSA to speak to future students and staff to help us raise awareness and create action on these major issues.
Adam Ogwu
I was first inspired by and then collaborated with Emma when I started my postgraduate studies in Science Communication. Her knowledge, passion and desire to tell the story of science through the medium of art is one of a kind. Always open to explaining her thought processes in a clear and concise way in person, or via her social media platforms and website, is furnished with the fact that everything she creates is eye-catching and inspirational. A story-teller with the brightest of futures and someone whose passion for sustainability and science education, we will be sure to work with each other again in the future.
John Thorne
I worked with Emma during her time at the Glasgow School of Art. We value disruption, challenging the accepting norms and asking questions of why things are how they are, and can we change them. From the viewpoint of my work with students and staff looking at environmental and social justice issues, I am looking to help change the whole system, to get people thinking and make them aware. I work across disciplines, and find the power of students such as Emma inspirational, in their power to influence, emote and disrupt through their art. There is more and more being done on the psychology of non-engagement with big issues like climate change and biodiversity loss. Emma's work adds substantially to this body of work, asking us to question and think about the World around us, many of these issues are things we accept as social norms and as standard practice, but are harmful to ourselves, wider nature and our children's future lives. Her Degree Show work was a perfect example of this, a sculpture asking us to rethink the motorway just outside her Degree Show exhibition space, disrupting our thinking with ambiguous, imaginative work that revealed hidden things that were in plain sight - such as traffic and pollution. Her Degree Show piece was meditative, helping us bridge the World as seen and accepted, and what is really happening, past and present, different realities, helping us re-think how we see issues and our place within them. I recommend Emma as an original thinker, someone who can come up with inventive and unusual ways of looking and explaining problems and issues. She's a great pleasure to work alongside, and is passionate about the issues she examines, but also works well to get a piece done in time and can explain it well. I would certainly hope to bring her back to the GSA to speak to future students and staff to help us raise awareness and create action on these major issues.
Experience
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Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop
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United Kingdom
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Arts & Crafts
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1 - 100 Employee
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Technician
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Jan 2021 - Present
Specialising in metalwork, also including foundry, casting, wood, ceramics and mixed media
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Artist In Residence
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Nov 2020 - Jan 2021
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Freelance Artist/Writer
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Artists and Writers
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1 - 100 Employee
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Artist
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2019 - Present
Fine artist available and open to all opportunities Fine artist available and open to all opportunities
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Marchmont Makers Foundation
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United Kingdom
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Arts & Crafts
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1 - 100 Employee
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Artist In Residence
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Mar 2022 - Apr 2022
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SHIFT Programme
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Virtual
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Guest Speaker
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Sep 2021 - Sep 2021
Industry Partner as Speaker for SHIFT Programme, running an elective on freelancing as a creative/visual practice. Delivered virtually through zoom to two groups of students from the SHIFT summer school cohort. Providing insight and on the spot advice in response to Q&A sessions as well as aftercare through shared contact details. Industry Partner as Speaker for SHIFT Programme, running an elective on freelancing as a creative/visual practice. Delivered virtually through zoom to two groups of students from the SHIFT summer school cohort. Providing insight and on the spot advice in response to Q&A sessions as well as aftercare through shared contact details.
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AiR Assens
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Assens, South Denmark, Denmark
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Artist In Residence
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Sep 2021 - Sep 2021
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Creative Carbon Scotland
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United Kingdom
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Environmental Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Guest Speaker
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Mar 2021 - Mar 2021
Guest Speaker at Green Tease event “Embedded”. Speaking alongside filmmaker Janine Finlay and exploring what it means to be an embedded artist in an organisation and exploring the Cultural Adaptations Embedded Artist Toolkit. Guest Speaker at Green Tease event “Embedded”. Speaking alongside filmmaker Janine Finlay and exploring what it means to be an embedded artist in an organisation and exploring the Cultural Adaptations Embedded Artist Toolkit.
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Central Saint Martins, University of The Arts London
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United Kingdom
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Higher Education
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300 - 400 Employee
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Guest Lecturer
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Feb 2021 - Feb 2021
Presented a lecture, "Purposelessness: Life's Magnum Opus' to MA Innovation Management on autotelic state and practices, how to foster the autotelic state, why uncertain times (such as the pandemic) mean we are out of practice, and why everyone has a practice. Presented a lecture, "Purposelessness: Life's Magnum Opus' to MA Innovation Management on autotelic state and practices, how to foster the autotelic state, why uncertain times (such as the pandemic) mean we are out of practice, and why everyone has a practice.
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Ellen MacArthur Foundation
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United Kingdom
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Non-profit Organizations
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100 - 200 Employee
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Artist In Residence
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2020 - Jan 2021
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Central Saint Martins, University of The Arts London
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United Kingdom
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Higher Education
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300 - 400 Employee
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Guest Lecturer
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Nov 2020 - Nov 2020
Presented a lecture to MA Innovation Management on how they can bridge industries, brief writing for your disruptor as employee (AKA an AiR) and posing questions to ask themselves, "how can I foster multiple possible futures?". As well as sharing my practice, work and time as AiR with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation Presented a lecture to MA Innovation Management on how they can bridge industries, brief writing for your disruptor as employee (AKA an AiR) and posing questions to ask themselves, "how can I foster multiple possible futures?". As well as sharing my practice, work and time as AiR with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation
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Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication (ESHCC)
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Netherlands
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Higher Education
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1 - 100 Employee
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Guest Lecturer
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Oct 2020 - Oct 2020
Guest Lecturer for elective, 'Sustainability in the Visual Arts and Crafts', providing presentation of work and research, critique of cohort group projects and Q&A Guest Lecturer for elective, 'Sustainability in the Visual Arts and Crafts', providing presentation of work and research, critique of cohort group projects and Q&A
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SHIFT Programme
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Virtual
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Guest Speaker
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Sep 2020 - Sep 2020
Industry Partner as Speaker for SHIFT Programme, running two back-to-back electives on freelancing as a creative/visual practice. Delivered virtually through zoom to two groups of students from the SHIFT summer school cohort. Providing insight and on the spot advice in response to Q&A sessions as well as aftercare through shared contact details. Industry Partner as Speaker for SHIFT Programme, running two back-to-back electives on freelancing as a creative/visual practice. Delivered virtually through zoom to two groups of students from the SHIFT summer school cohort. Providing insight and on the spot advice in response to Q&A sessions as well as aftercare through shared contact details.
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Central Saint Martins, University of The Arts London
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United Kingdom
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Higher Education
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300 - 400 Employee
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Industry Panelist
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2020 - 2020
Panellist/Industry Partner, "Ripples: Navigating liquid times with imagination and care", Virtual Conference, Central Saint Martins, 2020. Ongoing relationship with MA Innovation Management 2020 cohort through Aeffect Innovation, including featured article in the Aeffect annual journal. Panellist/Industry Partner, "Ripples: Navigating liquid times with imagination and care", Virtual Conference, Central Saint Martins, 2020. Ongoing relationship with MA Innovation Management 2020 cohort through Aeffect Innovation, including featured article in the Aeffect annual journal.
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Tour Guide
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2018 - 2018
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Invigilator
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2018 - 2018
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Milk Cafe
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Glasgow, United Kingdom
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Art Tutor
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2018 - 2018
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Cass Art
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Retail
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1 - 100 Employee
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Workshop/Engagement Coordinator
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2015 - 2017
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Wasps Studios
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Artists and Writers
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1 - 100 Employee
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Assistant
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Oct 2014 - Oct 2014
Assistant to artists and curator Assistant to artists and curator
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Turner Prize
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Glasgow, United Kingdom
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Tour Guide
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2014 - 2014
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Somewhereto_
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DNAhub, Glasgow
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Weekend Project Supervisor
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Aug 2013 - Sep 2013
Working as assistant for artists and exhibitors during this month long project for young creatives using DNAhub as an exhibition space, managing PR and social media updates, General housekeeping and maintenance of space, Working with exhibitors to design and build their sanction area to their brand/needs, Ensuring adequate advertisement of workshops/launches/exhibitions, Sourcing props and furniture to furnish space as well as to exhibitors needs, Networking with companies to receive gratuitous donations/loans of furniture/props/equipment/services in return for promotion, Networking launch events to receive captures and interest in Somewhereto_ and Re:Store projects as well as promoting exhibitors and introducing them to promoting themselves, Acting as keyholder for the space. Show less
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Education
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2015 - 2019
The Glasgow School of Art
BA Hons, Sculpture & Environmental Art -
2018 - 2018
Kyoto Seika University
Exchange, Sculpture -
2014 - 2015
Visual Arts Studio, Tramway
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2007 - 2008
Clydebank College
HNC, Visual Communication in Art -
2002 - 2007
Our Lady and St Patrick's High School
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