Emily Ponsonby is a British artist, living and working in the Cotswolds. Her work delves below the skin to question how it really feels to be nude, to be natural and to be of the earth.
It is a state of mind, of vitality, honesty and curiosity that she strives to draw from the layers of her paintings. A gentle dialogue between subject and artist that transcends time and place. It is this essence of timelessness that draws her to the nude. She helps her models see their bodies through the eyes of an artist. To see them for the beauty of their existence with every breath they inhale.
Her current work explores the remedial effects of water. The feeling of physical and mental weightlessness when fully submerged and the rush of endorphins that race through the body post emerging from dark, silky waters.
exhibitions
2020
BUCOLIA | Blue Shop Cottage Gallery
Works On Paper | Blue Shop Cottage Gallery
Reaction in Seclusion | Online Exhibition
Sophie Breitmeyer | Pewes Terrace, London
Liberty London | Stocklist
The Summer Show | Josie Eastwood Fine Art, Hampshire
Herstory – Women In Art | Maddox Gallery, London
Solo: BARE | Noho Studios, London
Solo: HUMAN LANDSCAPES | Green & Stone Gallery, London
Solo: The Naked Truth | Villa Africa, Cape Town, South Africa
Tiny Treasures | Group show. Belville, South Africa
Second Nature | Group show. Cape Town, South Africa
Royal Society of Portrait Painters Annual Exhibition | Mall Galleries, London.
British Art Portfolio - Winter Exhibition | The Studio, London
HAIR | Chelsea Waterside ArtSpace, London
Solo: SOAK | Avenue Studios, London
M Restaurant | Threadneedle Street, London
The Royal Society of British Artists | Mall Galleries
British Art Portfolio | Northamptonshire
The Sloane Club | London
Partridges of Chelsea | London
The ING Discerning Eye Exhibition | Mall Galleries, London
Violet Beauregarde's Gum Exhibition | White Conduit Projects, London
The Pickle Factory | London
Art At Butterford | Dartmoor
Royal Society of Oil Painters | Mall Galleries, London
Royal West of England Academy | Bristol
The Society of Women Artists Annual Exhibition | Mall Galleries, London.
Platform: An Exhibition The Strand Gallery | London
Shortlisted for the BP Portrait Awards | London
Annual Exhibition of the Edinburgh Art & Sketching Club
VAS, The Royal Scottish Academy | Edinburgh
Artist Residency - Vila Lena, Italy - 2021
