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Award winning artist Emma Hack continues to be at the forefront of an art form growing in worldwide popularity. Through dedication and a passion for her craft Emma’s 20-year career has evolved from beginnings as a children’s face painter and qualified hairdresser and make-up artist, to an artist of world acclaim.
March 2001, Emma won the coveted 1st prize at the CIDESCO World Congress Professional World Body Painting Championship in Hong Kong. Emma assisted in the co-ordination and success of this event in Adelaide, Australia the following year.
Abroad works include body painting and designing concepts for the Paspaley Pearls and Tiffany & Co store launches in Dubai, Touring Holland and Belgium with Renown Cabaret Duo Miche en scene, a Playstation 2 commercial in Hong Kong, the launch of the 2005 ski season in Whistler, Canada. Within Australia Emma’s client list is extensive, with clients such as Sydney and Melbourne Fashion Weeks. MAC is a large supporter of Emma’s work, including her in their ‘Deck of Cards’ and ‘Chinese dress ‘events, the only outside artist chosen.
The Adelaide Cabaret Festival utilised Emma’s exhibition skills to feature a collection of cabaret artists painted as their cabaret persona as an exhibition during the 2004 festival. Emma’s portraits of celebrity chef personalities Ian Parmenter, Geoff Jansz and Jason Roberts feature at the National Portrait Gallery, Canberra.
In 2005 Emma collaborated with Deborah Paauwe in her ‘Dark Fables’ collection, featuring Emma’s illustration on the faces of the girls featured.Emma’s Wallpaper 2005, 2007 and 2008 collections feature Florence Broadhurst wallpaper designs mixed with her body illustration. Emma continues to work blending her ‘wallflowers’ with the beautiful designs of Broadhurst. Emma’s images were recently featured in a story about Broadhurst on ABC’s Sunday Arts program. Emma’s 2008 collection, featured during the Adelaide Fringe Festival, features exotic Australian animals, nude landscapes and a continued collection of Florence Broadhurst wallpapers. Emma photographed this collection herself, evolving her talents further
Works featured this past October at The Weekend Australian Art Sydney include a continued mix of Broadhurst wallpaper images featuring a mixture of male and female muses. Her ‘Beautiful Ways to Die’ collection, inspired by fairytales incorporating framed situations. Emma explores intricately painted porcelain busts and a mix of other treasures sure to project her into the national and international art arenas.
Emma won the Renault New Generation Art Award at ART Sydney 2008. Emma’s 2009 Adelaide Fringe Festival exhibition, Panoramic Bodies, was held at The Adelaide Airport and featured 3m wide panoramic images shot on location throughout South Australia.
'We shot the images over five days in early sunlight and late afternoon light. The weather was extreme; from freezing mornings to very hot days and it was a testing experience for all, but one never to be forgotten. The landscape was just amazing - some of the most beautiful countryside I have ever seen.
Emma’s recent exhibition I Melbourne of her works drew much media attention and sales were extremely strong, establishing her further as an artist worth watching.
‘I love working with the beautiful and aesthetically pleasing designs of the late Florence Broadhurst, they allow for a lovely energy and character combined with the human form. I hope to continue this relationship further with Signature Prints’.
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