EMMA HOLMGREN
Born 1992
"The body is central to my work, and serves as both a tool and a vehicle for experience. Through action, movement and physical interaction, I explore what it means to be human. My body is my pen and my tool for telling stories from reality in clay.
My current focus in my degree project at Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts and Design is on the many ways in which you can draw. My inspiration is Yoko Ono, who wrote ‘Grapefruit: A Book of Instructions and Drawings’. My own interpretation is that it contains different ways of drawing. In my current work, I explore an interaction between two people. One of them sits in front of unfired clay and draws based on what the other one is drawing on their back. This project will evolve into drawing with the body using cords attached to my body, with magnets that go to a magnetic field with a sheet of paper on it. As my body moves, the movements will be drawn onto the sheet. See the adjacent sketches."
Currently studying for a bachelor’s degree in Ceramics and Glass, Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts and Design
Photos: Emma Holmgren, Anna Riedl


EMMA HOLMGREN
Plaster, 2025. Original size 12x10cm
Clay sculpture that has been cast several times in plaster, 2024. Original size 15x11 cm
Clay sculpture that has been cast several times in plaster, 2024. Original size 15x11 cm
Clay sculpture that has been cast several times in plaster, 2024. Original size 15x11 cm
Stoneware clay, 2025. Original size 16x10 cm
Pencil drawing, from the sketch of metal and threads attached to my hands, 2026. Original size 141x90 cm