Emma Jackson

Artist Printmaker | Summer Exhibition 2025

Emma Jackson is a contemporary artist and printmaker living and working in Manchester. Her evocative and richly layered work explores memory, narrative, and the psychological landscapes we inhabit—both real and imagined.

After completing a BA in Design from Blackpool, Emma spent nearly two decades working in the creative industries before returning to her own artistic practice. In 2017, she began postgraduate studies at Manchester Metropolitan University and was awarded an MA with distinction in 2019. Since then, she has exhibited widely across the UK, gaining increasing recognition for her emotionally resonant and conceptually rich works.

Emma is based at Hot Bed Press in Salford, a vibrant printmaking community that provides the technical resources and creative environment fundamental to her evolving practice. In 2024, she was one of the prize-winners in the Ironbridge Fine Arts Printmaking Competition, and in 2025, she presents new work in our Summer Exhibition. She is also an Associate Member of the Manchester Academy of Fine Arts (MAFA).

Artist Statement

Emma Jackson Talks about her work…

“I am fascinated by how we process our experiences, however mundane, and how they shape our identity. Through my work I seek to open a dialogue, speaking to truths of the past and offering sanctuary to new narratives.

With a passion for theatre, the experience of an audience when viewing performance arts inspires my research.

With recurring themes of absence, loss and memory, my work often responds to personal archives and found objects. Confronting the echoes of memory through processes of creation, destruction, isolation, and reconstruction, I aim to reflect what we choose to remember, what fades away, and what is entirely imagined.

Printmaking processes offer a level of tension vital to my practice, with landscapes forming an integral part of my visual language – symbolic of worlds where memories are both recalled and reinterpreted, each serving as a testament to the fluidity of memory and the stories we tell ourselves.”