Works
Sleeping
Tara
Russ
Sam
Gosia
Drift
Rise
The Pirate
The Space Between Us #07
The Space Between Us #06
The Space Between Us #05
The Space Between Us #04
The Space Between Us #02
The Space Between Us
Tiggy
Riders on the Storm
Emerald City
It's a kind of Magic
Tomorrow Never Knows
The Thinker
Parma Violet
Pan
Boy In The Red Glasses
Qui
Prince
Damian Howell
Self Portrait
Steve Ajao
Zeus, King of the gods
Fluid Strokes
Keith Haring Special
Studio News
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![Books titled 'Paint Liners' featuring a colorful, expressive portrait of a person with green hair, glasses, and a pensive expression.]()
Paint Lingers – book out now
An artist monograph bringing together 19 works from The Wonder Series, The Space Between Us and the Impromptu paintings. Signed copies available at Birmingham Open Studios, Kings Heath (20–21 & 27–28 September 2025) or buy online now.
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![Flyers for Birmingham Open Studios 2025, promoting the event from September 20-21 and 27-28, from 11 am to 5 pm, featuring a woman working on pottery, with social media icons and the website birminghamopenstudios.co.uk.]()
Emma Woolley at Birmingham Open Studios 2025
Emma Woolley will be painting live at • nook • gallery & studios in Kings Heath for Birmingham Open Studios 2025. Across both weekends, visitors can see her process up close as she shares how she approaches figurative painting and reflects on her year’s work.
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![Colorful painting of two women with vibrant hair and clothing, next to text announcing Emma Woolley's shortlisting for the Women in Art Prize 2025 in the Paula Rego Painting Prize category.]()
Shortlisted for the Women in Art Prize 2025
Emma Woolley is incredibly honoured to share that her painting The Space Between Us Hashtag 05 has been shortlisted for the Women in Art Prize 2025, in the Paula Rego Painting Prize category.
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![Exhibit of futuristic, geometric animal sculptures in a museum, including a large white whale with a prominent nose, with visitors viewing the displays.]()
Featured in: The best exhibitions to see across Birmingham
Featured in Birmingham Wire, August 2025. Selected as one of the best exhibitions to see across the city, highlighting key artists and shows shaping Birmingham’s cultural scene.
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![A variety of oil paint blobs and strokes in different colors on a wooden palette or surface, arranged in rows from light to dark.]()
Featured in Arts to Hearts Project’s - 5 Oil Painters Who Remind Us Why
Selected as one of five contemporary oil painters celebrated for keeping the medium alive and showing why its power and relevance will never fade.
The Gallery Shop
Emma Woolley is a Birmingham-based contemporary portrait artist. Collect original figurative artworks, fine art prints, and artist publications directly from her studio. Explore the shop to find art for sale and start or grow your collection.
