Emma Sywyj
Curriculum vitae
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Education
Camberwell College of Arts, UAL, London, 2005 - 2009
Foundation Diploma in Art and Design, Merit, 2005-2006
BA Honours Photography, 2:2, 2006-2009
WellesleyX, USA (online edX), 2019 - 2020
Italian Language and Culture: Beginner, Pass
MOOC, OOAC, New York (online), 2013 - 2013
Contemporary Architecture, 20 CPD Credits
RCAT, Dinnington, 2010 - 2011
French Reading, Level 2 (Intermediate), Grade 9
Positions Held
Photographer for I AM VIP, September 2012 - February 2013
Photographer for Toast Magazine, November 2011 - January 2012
Photographer for Mercury Newspaper, October 2011 - January 2012
Newspaper Photographer, Sheffield Star & Sheffield Telegraph, Sheffield, 2011 - 2011
Newspaper Photographer, Sheffield Star & Sheffield Telegraph, Sheffield, 2011 - 2011
Stills photographer for “Land of Dreams” by Jon Rosling, May 2011
Event Photographer, Sheffield Doc/Fest, Sheffield 2011
Floor Manager/Stills photographer for “Free Lunch” by Love Boat (music video) by Helene Michaelides, June 2011
Gallery Photographer, RCM Gallery, China, September 2008
Event Photographer, Chelsea College Of Arts, UAL, London, April 2008
Calendar Photographer, Holy Tetta Calender, London 2007
Solo Exhibitions
2004 Colour Travel Photography Collection, BRB, Sheffield
Group Exhibitions
2026 Seeing Red, 13b, Kamnik, Slovenia
2025 Shadow and Shade, BobCat Gallery, London (online)
2025 There’s No Place Like Home, 13b, Kamnik, Slovenia
2025 Entangled Geographies: Displacement, Belonging, and the Spaces In Between, Cista Arts, London (online)
2025 Landscape, Collect Art, Tbilisi, Georgia (online)
2025 Nocturnal Hours, N.Y Photo Curator, New York, USA (online)
2024 Upside Down, PH21 Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2023 Light and Shadow, PH21 & Valid World Hall Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
2023 Migrations and The Shifting Borders, Millepiani, Rome, Italy
2020 Tempus Film Festival, Belarus
2020 The Global Gallery, Ars Electronica .ART Gallery, (online)
2020 Planet Earth, The Glasgow Gallery of Photography, (online)
2020 FESTPRO Film Festival, Moscow, Russia
2020 Ambitus Film Festival, St. Petersburg, Russia
2020 The New Dreams International Film Festival, Los Angeles, USA
2020 Onirica Film Festival, Liguria, Italy
2019 Night, (The Glasgow Gallery of Photography), COLAB, Glasgow, Scotland
2019 Monochrome II, (The Glasgow Gallery of Photography), COLAB, Glasgow, Scotland
2019 The Game, Millepiani, Rome, Italy
2019 Landscape, (The Glasgow Gallery of Photography), COLAB, Glasgow, Scotland
2019 Glitch, PH21 Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2019 What Makes You Feel Proud?, Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool
2019 International Photography Exhibition (The Glasgow Gallery of Photography pop up shop), COLAB, Glasgow, Scotland
2019 "F is For" Feminism and the Female Form, Hyperflexion Contemporary Art, Eastern Cape, South Africa
2019 Cooltzine Vol.2 Launch, Stour Space, London
2019 Cooltzine Vol.2 Launch, Papergirl Galerija Hub, Belgrade, Serbia
2019 Cooltzine Vol.2 Launch, MOVE.BG, Sofia, Bulgaria
2019 Wish You Were Here 19 Postcard Show, A.I.R Gallery, New York City, USA
2019 International Photography Exhibition (The Glasgow Gallery of Photography pop up shop), COLAB, Glasgow, Scotland
2019 Her Story Afterparty (SeeMe), Jane Hotel, New York City, USA
2018 So Limitless and Free Film Festival, Quebec, Canada
2018 Art Takes Miami (SeeMe), SCOPE, Art Basel Miami, Miami, USA
2018 Magna Mater, Lys d'Or (online exhibition), Italy
2018 Plastic, Millepiani, Rome, Italy
2018 Tucasa, Art Muzeo, Sabor y Cultura, Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles, USA
2018 The Capsule Vending (V/.) Machine, Vandal/., UK
2018 Cooltzine #1 Launch, Leyden Gallery, London
2018 Cooltzine #1 Launch, Kvaka 22, Belgrade, Serbia
2018 Cooltzine #1 Launch, be'kech, Berlin, Germany
2018 Cooltzine #1 Launch, Cush.Bar, Sofia, Bulgaria
2018 Get it Arts - Group Exhibition, 5th Base Gallery, London
2017 Los Angeles Photography Awards, French Alliance of Pasadena, Pasadena, USA
2017 GOLDTAPPED, The Newbridge Project, Newcastle upon Tyne
2017 The (Accidental) Marks Made While Making Art, Cultivate (on-line exhibition), London
2017 Blowing a Gail, Old Town House, Warrington
2017 Art Auction, Holy Biscuit Gallery, Newcastle
2017 Surprise 8, Organization Earth K44, Athens, Greece
2017 Street Photography, PH21 Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2017 Visualising The Home, The Vallum Gallery, Carlisle
2017 Colour Assembly, Pop-up shop, London
2016 The China Connection, The Centre For Chinese Contemporary Art (CFCCA), Manchester
2013 Gallery Town, Rotherham
2012 Art Takes Times Square, New York, USA
2012 Welcome Show, A.Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland
2012 Souvenir, Pump House Gallery, London
2012 MOPLA + Smashbox Studios Group Show, Los Angeles, USA
2012 Untitled, Enjoy Gallery, Leeds
2011 Midlands Open 2011, Tarpey Gallery, Castle Donnington
2011 Vibe Nation, Vibe Gallery, London
2011 Artificial Light, Cupola Gallery, Sheffield
2011 Open Salon, Surface Gallery, Not Lost Festival, Nottingham
2011 Oxfordshire Artweeks, Artspool, Oxford
2011 Art Soul Kollective, Warehouse, Sheffield
2011 Holy Ghost:The Collection, New Gallery, London
2011 Fragile City, The Stable, London
2010 Postcard Show 14, The LAB, San Francisco, USA
2010 Brixton Salon, Viewfinder Gallery, London
2010 The Parallax Error, Enjoy Gallery, Leeds
2007 Two.Things.That.There.Are.Never.Enough.Of, The Sassoon Gallery, London
2006 Abstract Light Work, Bessemer Gallery, Sheffield
2004 Colour Travel Photography Collection, BRB, Sheffield
Photography Competitions and Awards
Winner
2026 Athens Marathon International Film Festival, Athens, Greece
2026 Global India International Film Festival, Mumbai, India
2026 Better Earth International Film Festival, Kolkata, India
2026 Avalonia Photography Competition VI, Best Street Photography, Florida, USA
2026 Beyond Border International Film Festival, Kolkata, India
2026 Asian Independent Film Festival, Kolkata, India
2026 CenCal Fin Lit Film Festival, Fresno, California, USA
2025 Theta Short Film Festival, Naples, Italy
2025 Silver Wings International Film Festival, West Bengal, India
2025 Caravan International Film Festival, Kolkata, India
2018 Erie International Film Festival, Best Experimental, USA
2018 Silver Needle Press, Visual Art Contest, USA
2018 Avalonia Festival, Avalonia Photography Traveler Award, Rhode Island, USA
2018 Annual Copenhagen Film Festival, Best Photograph, Copenhagen, Denmark
Gold Award
2025 Wallachia International Film Festival, Budapest, Hungary
Silver Award
2018 Angeles Documentaries, Best Documentary Photographer, Los Angeles, USA
2017 Los Angeles Photography Awards, Los Angeles, USA
Honorable Mention
2026 Athens Marathon International Film Festival, Athens, Greece
2025 Wallachia International Film Festival, Budapest, Hungary
2025 India Chicago International Film Festival, India
2025 L.A Photo Curator, The Great Escape, Los Angeles, USA
2025 Caravan International Film Festival, Kolkata, India
2021 International Panoramic Film Festival of India, Kerala, India
2018 20th Hal Poetry, Prose and Photography Prize, USA
2018 Virgin Spring Cinefest, Kolkata, India
2016 International Photography Awards (IPA), Family of Man : Old Age, Los Angeles, USA
Nominee
2026 18th Jaipur International Film Festival (JIFF), New Delhi, India
Finalist
2026 Athens Marathon International Film Festival, Greece
2026 Luminous Frames Festival, Yerevan, Armenia
2025 Indigenous Culture Short Film Festival (InCuFF), Denizli, Turkey
2020 FESTPRO Film Festival, Moscow, Russia
2020 Paris Play Film Festival, Paris, France
2020 Ambitus Film Festival, St. Petersburg, Russia
2019 Take it East Film Festival, New York City, USA
2019 Aphrodite Film Awards, New York City, USA
2018 LifeArt Festival, Los Angeles, USA
2018 Near Nazareth Festival, Photography Contest, Nazareth, Israel
2018 The Mediterranean Film Festival (MedFF), PhotoArt Challenge, Sicily, Italy
2018 Calcutta International Cult Film Festival, Best Photography, Calcutta, India
2018 Hollywood Art & Movie Awards, Best Art Photography, Los Angeles, USA
Semi-Finalist
2019 I Filmmaker International Film Festival, Barcelona, Spain
2019 VISUALIS Film Festival, St.Petersburg, Russia
2019 The International Film Festival "Catharsis", Moscow, Russia
2018 The Alternative Film Festival, Ontario, Canada
2018 Los Angeles CineFest, Los Angeles, USA
Official Selection
2026 Columbus Film, Author and Photography Festival, Ohio, USA
2026 Niagara Canada International Film Festival, Niagra Falls, USA
2026 Lebanese Independent Film Festival, Beirut, Lebanon
2025 Chameleon Film Festival, Naples, Italy
2025 Hak İş 6th International Labor Photographs Competition, Ankara, Turkey
2025 TUSCANY WEB FEST - Yes. It's your moment, Tuscany, Italy
2025 WOLF Media Festival, Florida, USA
Regional Finalist
Channel 5 Big Art Challenge, Manchester, (2004)
Teaching
2012 Guest Lecturer, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield
Published Work
2026 Pancho Zine
2026 JustArt Newspaper Club
2026 Collect Art
2026 Burningword Literary Journal
2025 The Flux Review
2025 The Penn Review
2025 The Novus Literary Arts Journal
2025 JustArt Newspaper Club
2025 Collect Art
2025 Cista Arts
2025 Collect Art
2024 Meta Space Gallery
2020 Fearsome Critters
2020 Sand HIlls
2019 Catamaran
2019 2 Bridges Review Volume 8
2019 Indestructible Energy
2019 Meat for Tea: The Valley Review
2019 Fourteen Hills
2019 Cooltzine Vol.2
2019 Foxhole Magazine
2018 Penny Thoughts
2018 The Finger Magazine
2018 Artist Talk Magazine
2018 Peninsula Pulse
2018 Music and Misery, Lonely Boy Zine, UK
2018 Consumnes River Journal, USA
2018 The Las Positas Anthology 2018: Rise, USA
2018 LEVITATE Literary Magazine, USA
2018 Cooltzine, UK
2017 Magazine 43, Taiwan
2017 A5 Magazine, UK
2017 Average Art Magazine, UK
2017 Wotisart Magazine, UK
2017 Visualising The Home catalogue, The Vallum Gallery, Carlisle
2013 Agora Publication, London
2011 - 2012 Toast Magazine, Sheffield
2011 Sheffield Star & Sheffield Telegraph
2010 Brixton Salon catalogue, Viewfinder Gallery, London
2008 The RCM Gallery, Nanjing, China
2007 Holy Tetta Calendar, London
Work Placement
RCM Gallery, Nanjing, China, October 2008 – November 2008
My experience here included photographing art works at the Nanjing Triennial for documentary purposes and publication. I also dealt with international artists and worked alongside them on publications like flyers and posters for their exhibition. I researched a lot about Chinese contemporary Art whilst in China and learnt a lot about the context of the artwork, speaking to several lecturers and emerging Chinese contemporary artists whilst I was working for the gallery.
Sheffield Star, Sheffield, UK, September 2011 - October 2011
Here I worked with the photography department. I was sent to photograph places, events and people to go alongside written articles. My photographs were published I was given several bylines. I also used the Atex System to log and archive all images that were taken, so that they could be searched for by other photographers and journalists at a later date.
References
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