about
Emily Gee is a queer and neurodivergent artist from Cardiff, Wales. She works primarily within abstract shapes, colour, text, and texture; creating gestural and process-based works that rely heavily on the artist's intuition and emotion.
Gee’s work is mostly autobiographical and used as a way to process lived events that vary from music the artist enjoys to the trauma they have experienced. They are inspired by the work of Helen Frankenthaler and the concept of automatism, as well as the works and philosophy of Keith Haring. They also draw inspiration from the works of Claude Monet, Tracy Emin, and Louise Bourgeois. She also enjoys music and poetry which often find their way into her work.
Her work explores themes of femininity, drawing on her own experiences of being a traditionally-feminine-presenting person in a patriarchal world, the trauma that comes along with this, as well as examining the on-going process of healing from this trauma. Gee is also interested in the aspects of performance that come along with using their experiences as subject matter, as well as the inherent performance of existing in today's political climate.
Gee has exhibited in a number of galleires in the Cardiff area,
2024
group show @ dd
2023
in the flesh @ umbrella
radar 04 launch
pallet. gurrellia galleries
pallet. @ radar issue 03 magazine launch
pallet. 008
dyddiau du - neighbourhood
2022
cardiff made - winter show
pallet. 007
tiny rebel - your art here (solo)
2020
cardiff made - made from home (online and billboards)
the re write company - and then there was her (london)
2019
bath spa arts degree show
holborne: up late (contemporary arts practice take over)
walcott chapel - us (contemporary arts practice group show)
2016
foundation art and design final major project show (bridgend college - trade street campus)
For her day job, Gee is a youth, community and support worker, which involves working with marginalised groups (people with disabilities and/or neurodigertent people, as well as LGBTQ+ youth) to provide support, promote personal growth and community participation. you can read a little more and see some examples of this work here.