Artist's biography
Social practice artist Emily van Lidth de Jeude works primarily in graphite, oil, and interactive installation. Her various projects explore human connection and social change; her installations in particular explore interactivity between individual viewers as well as bridging generational and social divides. Emily is a synaesthete; she sees sound and emotion as colours, shapes and movement in her visual field. She uses this unique perspective to enable her to depict the emotional nature of the subject matter she explores. As a member of a family of storytellers and ballad singers, her work is informed by story from her own experience as well as others’. Emily often goes to great lengths to interview subjects and gather stories in preparation for her work, even using donated and reclaimed household items such as linens, clothing, and wall panels as a foundation for her work. She states that these used items already carry a story of their own, which she then builds upon.
