Emma Elizabeth
– Exhibitions, Friday 13th November 2009, Saturday 14th November 2009
Born in Sydney, Emma Elizabeth spent the majority of her youth in the USA and UK, relocating to Brisbane as a young teen. Commencing her studies within a Bachelor of Built Environment at the Queensland University of Technology and an Architecture and Arts History degree at the University of Queensland, she then completed a short course in Fashion Styling at Central St Martin’s College in London. Qualifications aside, Emma Elizabeth knew that in order to get ahead in style and design she would have to stand up while everyone else was sitting down - and hence relocated to Milan and completed a degree in Commercial Interior Design (Scenografia) from the acclaimed Istituto Europeo di Design (IED).
It is the montage of art, design, fashion and innovation that appeals most to Emma Elizabeth. This potent fusion is what inspires her lifestyle interior design and creations. Drawing from years of travel and study abroad, Emma’s work is heavily European influenced, yet her artistic cultural reach extends as far as the likes of her favourite artist, Tokyo based Yayoi Kusama.
Uncomplicated yet uncompromising in form, Emma Elizabeth Designs featured at Zona Tortona during Milan Design Week 2006. Emma Elizabeth Designs were on show alongside the likes of Swarovski, Tom Dixon, Casa Armani and many other leading international names. However, the defining moment in Emma’s trajectory, thus far, was when the Philippe Starck Network requested to view her work—The penultimate validation of her design and styling prowess—an overwhelming accolade.
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Backbone Youth Arts receives financial assistance from the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland, and the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its funding and advisory body. |
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