Emily Hunt

Emily Hunt was born in Sydney, Australia. She relocated to Berlin permanently in 2017. She works between Berlin & Sydney. Emily Hunt explores the history of witchcraft, the persecution of women and the relevance of these topics today across ambitious ceramic installations, highly ornamental paintings and etchings. Hunt takes influence from the history of ornament, visionary art, big-ego personalities and scholarly magical texts. Her exhibition history has covered topics such as the earliest representations of female witches in German Renaissance print culture and the effects of printed propaganda. Represented by Sim Smith Gallery, London