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Emily Day b. 1991 Australia
Emily Day is a contemporary painter based in Meanjin/Brisbane, with a formal background in architecture. Working from her home studio, she paints tangled floral scenes and still life arrangements inspired by the pockets of bushland surrounding her. Her paintings explore feelings of familiarity and quiet observation, with recurring floral motifs such as the flowering gum, flannel flower and banksia featuring prominently throughout her work.
Influenced by her time working as a designer, Emily combines a collection of photographs, sketches and botanical references gathered over many years to create imagined compositions, using the sculptural forms of Australian flora as a foundation. Working primarily in acrylic on ultra-smooth polycotton canvas or board, her practice is characterised expressive brushwork with intentional mark making and layering of colour, building to areas of detail.
Emily has exhibited throughout Australia, with her work held in private collections both nationally and internationally. She held her first solo exhibition at Wild Canary, Brisbane, in 2022, and is a founding member of KEAP Collective, exhibiting at art fairs across Australia.
SELECT SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 - 'FLOWERS IN HER HAIR', WILD CANARY ART, BROOKFIELD, QLD
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2025 - 'TINY BEAUTIFUL THINGS', EMILY DAY, KATE QUINN, ISABELLE HESKETH & HAMISH BASSETT, LATROBE ART SPACE, BRISBANE, QLD
2023 - 'SEASONS', EMILY DAY, KATE QUINN, PIA KUYKHOVEN & CHELSEA BAKER, LATROBE ART SPACE, BRISBANE, QLD
ART FAIRS
2026 - AFFORDABLE ART FAIR, KEAP COLLECTIVE, BRISBANE, QLD
2025 - AFFORDABLE ART FAIR, KEAP COLLECTIVE, BRISBANE, QLD
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 - 'INSIDE & BEYOND', MOREE GALLERY, MOREE, NSW
2025 - 'TENFOLD' EXHIBITION, SIDE GALLERY, BRISBANE, QLD
2024 - PAPER PEAR POP UP EXHIBITION, MILLTHORPE, NSW
2023 - 'INSIDE THIS BOX', THE CORNER STORE GALLERY, ORANGE, NSW
2022 - 'BURN' EXHIBITION, SIDE GALLERY, BRISBANE, QLD
2022 - 'INTERCONNECTED' EXHIBITION, NEW ENGLAND REGIONAL ART MUSEUM, NSW
2022 - BGS ART SHOW, BRISBANE GRAMMAR SCHOOL, QLD
2022 - INVERELL COLLECTIVE, INVERELL ART GALLERY, INVERELL, NSW
2022 - INSIDE THIS BOX, THE CORNER STORE GALLERY, ORANGE, NSW
2022 - EMERGING ARTIST EXHIBITION, THE TOOWOOMBA GALLERY, QLD
2021 - CONTEMPORARY EXHIBITION, INVERELL ART GALLERY, INVERELL, NSW
2021 - FIFTY SQUARED ART PRIZE, BRUNSWICK STREET GALLERY, VIC
2021 - LANDING" EXHIBITION, SIDE GALLERY, BRISBANE, QLD
2021 - CONTEMPO EXHIBITION, KAB GALLERY, SYDNEY, NSW
2021 - MINI SERIES ART PRIZE, FINALIST, THE CORNER STORE GALLERY, ORANGE, NSW
2021 - BLUETHUMB ART PRIZE, FINALIST, ONLINE EXHIBITION
AWARDS
2023 - INK GIN ART COMPETITION, PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD
COLLABORATIONS
2024 & 2025 - DANGEROUS FEMALES x AUSTRALIAN ARTIST COLLECTIVE, ORIGINAL ART CHARITY AUCTION + MERCHANDISE COLLAB
2022 - ARTIST IN RESIDENCE, MERCI MAISON, ONLINE
COLLECTIONS
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS - AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, UNITED KINGDOM, UNITED STATES, DENMARK, DUBAI, MALAYSIA
EDUCATION
2009 - 2014 Bachelor of Design
QUT, Brisbane, QLD
2016 Masters of Architecture
QUT, Brisbane, QLD
PRESS
2024 - Q&A WITH EMILY DAY, BRISBANE BASED VISUAL ARTIST
Truly Aus Magazine, for Rex Airlines, Aug/ Sep edition
2024 - STUDIO VISIT VOL. 3 BOOK
Arts for the Hearts Project
2023 - 'INTERVIEW WITH INK ARTIST EMILY DAY'
2023 - 'IN MY STUDIO' FEATURE
With In Her Studio Magazine, Winter print edition, page 21
2022 - 'INTERVIEW WITH AN ARTIST' PODCAST
By Wilamina Russo. Season 4, Episode 98.
2022 - 100 DAYS OF ENCOURAGEMENT PROJECT
2022 - EAT LIVE ESCAPE HOME
'Interview with Australian Artist Emily Day'
2022 - INSIDE OUT MAGAZINE
March print edition: "Culinary Art", page 25.
2021 - THE MAKERS STORY
Issue One, print edition.
2021 - INSIDE OUT MAGAZINE
January print edition: "14 emerging Australian artists to add to your collection".