About.
The artist in her studio, photographed by Jamal Springer-Lynch
Emily North born 1994 in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, is an artist currently based in London. She has studied at the Glasgow School of Art (architecture), Newcastle University, and the Royal Drawing School. She holds MAs from Kings College London (‘Radical Act: an Examination of Zine Culture’) and Camberwell College of Art in Fine Art Drawing. At Camberwell she developed a body of work exploring the importance of youth culture and nightlife and attempted to answer the question ‘How can one communicate the experience of memory as a constructed fantasy in the context of nightlife and clubs?’ through the installation Deterioration, 2021.
Previously exhibited by the Royal Society of British Artists and Dazed Magazine and Emily has shown work in venues across London including the Copeland Gallery and the Soho Revue Gallery.
Emily has recently shown a new body of work exploring the relationship between memory and place and the sense of belonging for her debut solo show Crawling Home On Bloody Knees which opened at Lamb’s Tail Gallery 17th July 2025. She is the artist in residence at Reference Point art library, for whom she is working on a book.
In October 2025 her work I Don’t Think About You At All, 2024, was shown as part of the pop up installation ‘Freeze’, an art exhibition in a children's play tent curated by Angelica Jopling of Incubator Gallery and hosted in collaboration with Reference Point. The show also featured works by Jake Chapman, Charlie Gosling, Corbin Shaw and Sam Taylor Johnson.
She has been part of the alternative art school Conditions online programme since November 2024.
She has previously been a guest lecturer at London Southbank University.
Emily North is currently available for commissions.
2025
Artist in Residence at Reference Point Art Library, ongoing.
Crawling Home On Bloody Knees / Lamb’s Tail Gallery, 17th - 20th July, Solo show.
‘Freeze’ Reference point + Incubator Gallery / Reference Point, 16th October, showed the piece ‘I Don’t Think About You At All’.
Accepted onto Conditions Online Programme for a second year, continuing November 2025
2024
Artist in Residence at Reference Point Art Library, ongoing.
Illustrated the contents page for Agapius paper, September
Guest lecturer at London Southbank University on subject of Zines, Punk and Subcultures, 15 October
Accepted onto Conditions Online Programme, beginning November 2024
2023
Art on Postcard x War Child / Soho Revue Gallery, May
Artist in Residence at Reference Point Art library, ongoing.
Collages for Launch of poetry pamphlet ‘Go’ by EKAS / Reference Point 1 August
2022
Semi Finalist for the RBA Rome Scholarship 2022
RBA Rising Stars 2022 / The Royal Overseas League, April - June
Flux regroup collective / Espacio Gallery 5 - 10 April
Show Us Your Club! Billboard for Dazed Club X BUILDHOLLYWOOD / Ashley Road Bristol 28 June - 15 July
Intimacy regroup collective / Fitzrovia Gallery 12 - 16 July
2021
Graduated MA Merit from Camberwell College of Art in Fine Art Drawing
The Drawing Postal Project / Camberwell Space 16 April - 20 May 2021 and included in associated publication.
Unmute interim show / Copeland Gallery 26 - 27 June 2021
Please Don’t Bin mini show / Camberwell College of Art 24 September 2021
MA Graduate Showcase /Camberwell College of Art 10 September - 17 September 2021.
2020
Began MA in Fine Art Drawing at Camberwell College of Art.
Studied ‘Drawing a Story’ with the Royal Drawing School
Undertook ‘The Drawing Marathon’ with the Royal Drawing School.
2019
Was selected for the Drawing Intensive term with the Royal Drawing School.
Studied ‘Drawing a Head’, ‘Hogarth’s London’ and ‘City Parks and Gardens’ at the RDS.
Fulfilled Role Of ‘Archivist’ in the debut performance of Lover’s Table by artists Lotte Andersen and Rashid Kazim at Sheffield Doc Fest / June 2019
2017
Graduated MA Merit from Kings College London in Arts and Cultural Management.
Produced, edited and designed Radical Act Zine / June 2017 - October 2017.
2016
Graduated BA First Class Hons. from Newcastle University in Ancient History.
2014
Completed a summer school in The Expanded Field of Drawing at The Slade
Won the Student Media Award 2014 for ‘Illustrator/Photographer of the Year’ for my illustratons for the Newcastle University student paper The Courier.
2013
Completed and passed the first year of BA Architecture at the Glasgow School of Art.