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MAISON AMOUR - for lovers of love A selection of Emma's work will now be permanently available from new boutique/consultancy Maison Amour, a sumptuous love-themed shopping experience!
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JUST WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS... AN EMMA DOLL!!! Ok - bear in mind this is just what I hear on the grapevine and nothing's been confirmed yet but a toy company is very interested in making Mam Tor/Event Horizon toys based on characters from the books and peripheral Mam Tor activities such as Zombie Elvis and yes, there is discussion of an Emma Simcock-Tooth toy!!! Now, everyone who knows Emma has known all along that it was just a matter of time - just imagine it, changeable removable hair, and accessories just like the real thing, a floatilla of miniature pampered show-hens and authentic oversized luggage for all the other Mam Tor characters to carry for her! Fingers crossed! |
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BUSY RUN UP TO NEW YEAR! Watch out for Emma all over the place at the moment! She is one of 3 artists selected to exhibit at the opening event of Derby's new Friar Gate Studios on November 15th 06 representing herself and Bank's Mill Studios of which she is now an associate member. This is an invite-only event for Derbys "movers and shakers" and the list is full we're told, but fear not, as almost immediately after, she will be appearing with her paintings for 3 days at Banks' Mill Open Studios event 24-26th Novemeber 06. All are welcome and last year over 800 visitors attended! Not forgetting of course Emma will be hopping on the Eurotunnel again to France with some work for Lille Comics festival 8+9 december 2006, La Halle aux Sucres et La Cave des Célestines dans le Vieux Lille. |
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LIVERPOOL BIENNIAL Emma will be selling a range of paintings, prints and cards at the LIVING MARKET during the Liverpool Biennial at 52 Roscoe Street, Liverpool 1 (parallel with Berry Street) Emma will be present on the following dates: |
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SO MUCH NEWS! There's so much to keep up with lately! Firstly The Liverpool Biennial/Living Market and The Nottingham Open Exhibition are both now underway with 2 more dates at the Living Market still to go. Emma will be showing a different set of paintings at each Art Market happening along with prints and cards etc in The Art Organisation's 52 Roscoe Street reclaimed-derelict project space accompanied by a range of other artists/makers and live musicians. For a complete change of scenery The London Vampire Group will be hosting an exhibition of Emma's prints at their Requiem event on the 21st of October 06. 8pm-1am Penderels Oak Cellar Bar, High Holbourn, London. Banks' Mill artist studios of Derby will be opening up to show the work of their own and associated artists including Emma, before Christmas. dates tbc. Not one to miss an opportunity, Emma will be hopping on the Eurotunnel again to France with some work for Lille Comics festival 8+9 december 2006, La Halle aux Sucres et La Cave des Célestines dans le Vieux Lille. A brand new art gallery/boutique/consultancy will soon be opening in Derbyshire - Maison Amour will represent a number of creatives including Emma working on the shared theme of Love! Emma will soon be getting involved with Liverpool's The South Bohemia Art Gallery so watch out for more exhibitions coming soon! And that will take us up to a busy 2007 with lots more dates planned! |
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NOTTINGHAM CASTLE Emma's latest work, Clinic II will get it's first outing at the Nottingham Annual Open Exhibition 06 at Nottingham Castle from 7 October - 5 November open daily 11-4 Private view: october 6th 7-9pm Nottingham Castle, off Maid Marian Way, Nottingham, NG1 6EL |
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DERBYSHIRE OPEN ARTS Emma has been crowned Area Representative for Derbyshire Open Arts - the group responsible for opening artists workspaces to the public in the summer to sell and show work. http://www.derbyshireopenarts.co.uk/ She will also be showing her work in the event next year. More details later. |
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NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT! The London Vampire Group will be hosting an exhibition of Emma's prints at their Requiem event on the 21st of October 06. Club venue to be confirmed. Please email for details... |
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EMMA BACK IN FRANCE Emma Simcock-Tooth est la femme vétûe d'une robe victorienne avec un pislolet sur sa cuisse et des oiseaux dans ses cheveux... That's right, only months after causing a stir in the newspapers in Roubaix (see below) Emma will be back in France with an extended Mam Tor presence; Liam Sharp, Kev Crossley and Emily Hare again bringing Event Horizon goodness to the continental masses! http://lillecomicsfestival.ifrance.com/ more details (in English) to follow hopefully... |
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EXHIBITIONS COMING UP! A whole crop of them! Firstly Derbyshire Artists in Nottingham A joint exhibition by four artists based in Derbyshire. Nottingham Society of Artists Gallery, 71 Friar Lane, Nottingham. 28-30 June 2006 9:30am to 5:30pm. Private View: Thursday 29 June 2006 6:00 to 9:00pm Next Emma will be having an exhibition at the University of Derby on one of it's campuses - more details to follow. ... Then Emma will be having an exhibition later this summer at a nightclub venue in London with the LVG. (who are the LVG you ask...) More details to follow. ... Emma will be appearing at several more French "Salons" in 2006/7. Watch this space. And of course, considerably further in the future is Emma's retrospective show at the Boxfield Gallery, Hertfordshire in winter 2008! This promises to be quite an event and will be Emma's largest ever show to date, held in the large and luxurious gallery space which is part of the Boxfield theatre complex. |
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AFTER LESS THAN 24 HOURS IN FRANCE EMMA'S IN THE PAPERS!
Rough translation: "Fanatical/passionate about comic strips? At 8am yesterday (oh yes..) some enthusiasts were already waiting in front of the Public Square for the opening of the first comic strip and graphic art expo. This is set to continue this Sunday. There has been an impressive audience since the opening of the expo where people can discover comic strip authors and material - a shop which has allowed Emma (above), English artist/designer, to discover France for the first time!" Emma has returned from a very succesful and enjoyable Salon de la Bande dessinée et des Arts Graphiques de Roubaix. The biggest difference she discovered was just how polite and "gallant" the French are and how much better-dressed the comic audience is there! Rather than being the stereotypical "comic geeks" the audience were families, middle-class people, older people, a real mixture and the gap between "Fine Art" and comic art is much smaller there, where comic art is valued much more highly by a wider audience. Plus, with a European convention its all expenses paid all the way! Additionally, Emma stuck out like an even sorer thumb in France than she usually does in the UK because in Roubaix and Lille she was very much "the only goth in the village"! She made some very good friends - (Hi Emily! Hi David! Hi JJ! Hi Marlene and everyone else! Thanks for looking after us!) Emma hopes to do more European cons in the future, even though travelling with paintings is hard work!
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APPEARANCE IN FRANCE!Salon de la Bande dessinée et des Arts Graphiques de Roubaix Emma has been invited to appear at a French comic/ graphic art convention as a guest along with her work. The city of Roubaix will host the event on 2-4 june 2006 beginning at the Museum La Piscine (Art and Industrial Museum). The press release reads: Conviviality, originality, creativity and savoir-faire are the keys words of our event and the “Salon de la Bd et des Arts Graphiques” promises to become a yearly appointment with the Roubaisiens! Schedule of the salon: Friday 2nd June, Museum “La Piscine” in Roubaix: introduction of the Salon Saturday 3rd June, Condition Publique in Roubaix: 10:00 - 18:00 Sunday 4th June, Condition Publique in Roubaix: 11:00 – 17:00 |
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EMMA'S MOVIE APPEARANCEThe Opening, the latest and most ambitious film yet by Owen Tooth is now in the can about to be edited. Emma made an appearance alongside Olivia Barnard-Firth in the film's final scene shot on location at Olivia's home as one of the two strange oracles who guide the protagonist, Clinic, to his destiny. More info and clips of Owen's other films at: www.toothpix.co.uk
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MORE BOOKSIGNING!Emma will be appearing again alongside the Mam Tor/ EVENT HORIZON crew for more booksigning, fun and games at Comic Expo in Bristol on saturday 13th and sunday 14th may 2006. See you there! edit: Thankyou to all who attended, for your patience during our increasingly bizarre panels and a big hello especially to the lovley girls from Sweatdrop Studios! Emma had a very pleasant meeting with a nice lady from Vertigo comics and is spending much of her time finding more and more interesting ways to cross her fingers... |
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BEST GRAPHIC NOVEL AWARD!Event Horizon (the graphic novel anthology extravaganza that Emma's work forms a part of) has won the Best Graphic Novel Award at Sci-Fi-London 2006 (aka. The 5th London International Festival of Science Fiction and Fantastic Film)
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MAM TOR / EVENT HORIZON VIDEO ON BIGMONSTER.TVDuring the Brighton Comic Expo BigMonster.Tv filmed Liam Sharp at the Mam Tor stand talking about Event Horizon, with Emma and her work making several appearances during the video. To see Emma gossiping visit http://www.bigmonster.tv/standard/flash.html click comics and books and select... MAM TOR! |
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BACK FROM BRIGHTON COMIC EXPO 2005What a lovely weekend! Emma and the Event Horizon crew shunned sleep entirely during a surprisingly sunny late november weekend to bring their unique creativity and party atmos to the Comic Expo at the Hilton amid the marble staircases and chandeliers. Emma's paintings (YES, they're paintings and NO she didnt just pose for some man to paint them - incase you didn't get that the first 300 times round!!) hung at the Mam Tor table while drawing and booksigning and the odd bit of dalek-baiting ensued... dont ask... Emma's costume drew much attention and she took part in interviews and panels too. The book is fantastic and is now available and sold just under one copy for every 10 guests at the huge event! |
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BRIGHTON COMIC EXPO 2005Emma will be attending Comic Expo 2005 in Brighton (nov 19-20th, Hilton Metropole hotel). She will be easy to spot at the Mam Tor stand as she will be the one on Victorian costume as seen in the book! She will be available for booksigning and posing for photos and will as usual do everything in her power not to do sketches for punters as she hates working under pressure! There will also be a big panel event where the creators of EVENT HORIZON will be speaking and taking questions. Hopefully it will run more smoothly as I've been told it will have been planned - or at least thought about - more than 2 mins in advance! The proofs of the book have arrived and I can tell you they look amazing! (even though Emma looks a bit sunburnt on one of her pages!) The book will be much bigger and better this time around! Emma is now confirmed on the official guestlist and looks forward to meeting you all! AND DON'T FORGET - IT'S EMMAS BIRTHDAY ON NOVEMBER 9TH!!! |
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EMMA'S FIRST EXHIBITION ABROAD! AMADORA COMICS FESTIVAL, PORTUGAL. OCTOBER 23rd 2005Emma has been quietly hoping that she will get to show someting outside of her home country of the UK for some time now and at last it's happened! Today, thursday 13th oct, a courier is taking the few paintings she could find (2!) that weren't on ridiculously huge canvasses to Portugal. She will be showing alongside some of her Event Horizon teammates including Liam Sharp and Dave Kendal at the Amadora Comics Festival. AMADORA COMICS FESTIVAL Fabrica da Cultura, Rua das Industrias, Venda Nova, 2700 Amadora PORTUGAL |
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EVENT HORIZON 1 - now available in... Italian?!Prego... It's true, now you can read tales of testoserone run wild (and other things) in Itailian! Should the mood take you you can get your copy here! |
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PLUGGING EVENT HORIZON 2IT'S NEARLY HERE! THE NEXT BOOK - EVENT HORIZON 2 Shipping date: November 22nd, 2005! Picture reviews now up at Newsarama!; view a stretched, distorted version of one of my paintings - suberashii! You can also download a PDF preview of the book here.
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BRIGHTON COMIC EXPO 2005Emma has just read online (they're saying lovely things on this forum!) that she is expected to attend Comic Expo 2005 in Brighton (nov 19-20th, Hilton Metropole hotel). This is the first she's heard of it but, yes, she'd love to go! Presumably it will be panels and booksignings again (sighs casually...) |
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EMMA GOES HEAD TO HEAD WITH NOTORIOUS TV CHEF GORDON RAMSAY
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BUY EVENT HORIZON NOW!!!What - you don't have a copy yet?!! Don't despair! It has never been easier to buy Mam Tor's EVENT HORIZON what with it now being available on AMAZON.CO.UK and directly from MAM TOR.COM!!! Now it's going into it's second printing there's plenty of copies for everyone! (You can only imagine how amused Emma is that her name is now indexed on Amazon!)
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MORE EVENT HORIZON BOOK SIGNING!Event Horizon has been declared a runaway success! At the booksigning at Bedford's CLOSE ENCOUNTERS bookshop it was revealed that Event Horizon was the fastest selling book they'd ever had; major distributors are putting in reorders as they are selling out and the book is approaching the very real possibility of a second print run! Now you can see the all new galleries of the Bristol Launch and the Close Encounters signing! Plenty of plans are underway for volume 2 and Emma is confirmed to be among the artists contributing - this time she will be writing her own story (a first for her!) and making all the paintings for the story (rather than having a story written around existing paintings, as was the case the first time round) the title will remain A Trace Of Fragile Bliss as in the first volume. |
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EVENT HORIZON IS HERE!EVENT HORIZON is now available in shops in the UK and the US and is in process of being translated into Italian! Emma enjoyed a weekend in sunny Bristol signing copies of the book at the Comic Expo with the other Mam Tor artists and even did a few sketches for lucky punters and suceeded in saying very little at the panel. Perhaps best of all, when she left the Expo for her lunch in a local pub she was greeted with the sight of her own face on the beermats! (See beermats etc in scrapbook) CLICK HERE FOR PHOTO GALLERY OF THE EVENT! |
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BOOK SIGNINGEmma will be appearing at Bedford's CLOSE ENCOUNTERS alongside Liam Sharp and other artists for more booksigning goodness on may 21st at 1pm (gallery) Close Encounters, 59 Midland Road,Bedford, MK40 1PW comicsgamesfilms@aol.com |
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CONVENTION APPEARANCEAs promised below here are more details: Emma is listed on the website as one of the guests at Bristol's Comic Expo with everyone from Event Horizon. Details here. GOOGLE IT!! Look at it all! Word is getting around!! MAY 13TH PEOPLE! You can now download a PDF rough preview of the material in Event Horizon. More Press on the book at Newsarama.com (including quotes from Emma herself as well as other artists involved) and page previews at Broken Frontier |
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PREVIEWSHere is the p/review of the Event Horizon mook below in this months Diamond Previews comic industry magazine - yes Emma is mentioned by name (!!) and again here in this review at Mile High Comics! Click here to see pics of the HUGE pull-out advert in Previews magazine! The book was also "staff pick"! Here's the review:
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DOWNLOAD YOUR *EMMA'S FACE* DESKTOP WALLPAPER NOW!!!Now you too can have Emma's Face(tm) on your desktop! Yes, it's true, and it's available at the Event Horizon/Mamtor website. Get yours HERE NOW!!!
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EVENT HORIZONEMMA GETS PUBLISHED! MAY 13TH 2005
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BIZARRE MAGAZINE
If you are a reader of Bizarre magazine firstly shame on you and secondly you may have noticed this little photo... You would not believe the attention it has attracted; from Italian writers wanting to make films with Owen to - wait for it - the Trisha Goddard show!!! Yes, it's true, Emma and Owen have filmed an interview with Trisha for her new, supposedly classier (it wasnt) channel 5 show! It will be aired in the next few weeks. "I did it for a laugh" says Emma. Emma is unsure of whether she actually wants anyone to watch it now though... EDIT: The infamous Trisha episode as now been aired twice! |
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MODELLING CAREERAs you may know, Emma is a multi-talented creature (dilettante i believe is the word!) and now she can be seen on the ******* store website modelling a variety of clothing in (of course) her local cemetary. She was headhunted and propositioned when showing paintings at the State Of The Art Tattoo convention, and, never having been one to turn down an opportunity to cry "LOOK AT ME!!!" she rose to the challenge. Her disgraceful posing and preening can be seen here
Edit: links and names have been removed as shop owner turned out to be less than trustworthy. |
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THE WEDDING OF THE YEAR!Emma has finally married the love of her life Owen Tooth after more than 8 years of unwedded bliss together. Links to the Wedding gallery and Honeymoon gallery here |
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Xmas group show in LondonEmma will be showing three paintings (one of which has never been seen in london before) at the Michael Naimski Gallery in London in a december group show... watch this space! As it happens, this will be the last show in this gallery space as Mr. Naimski has bigger plans and will hopefully be leading us on international adventures in the not too distant future! |
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Cover Girl and BoyEmma recently discovered that she and her beau Owen had become the cover girl and boy for dubiously named Norwegian music fanzine "Rimfrost"!
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First Solo Show in LondonThis is an open invitation to all of you to see Emma Simcock's first solo show in London. It promises to be a cracker, with loads of brand new, never before seen work painted especially for the show. See you at the Michael Naimski Gallery http://www.naimskigallery.com/ 6 - 29 May 2004. **STOP PRESS!**I have now been over there personally to give the paintings a good spring clean and hang them and I can honestly say I'm really looking forward to the show! It is really exciting to see ones work of many years all come together in one place. It's like Judgement Day - all my deeds are layed out side by side by side to be 'Judged' as it were. Well, I saw them as the halogen seemed to illuminate them from within and I'm satisfied! It really is very satisfying to see them all together as they were intended. Even I've never seen them like that! I feel a sense of completion - like I'm ready to continue my work in and develop in new ways. Please watch with me to see what comes next; I hope it is a pleasant surprise for us all... |
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First Solo Show in LondonEmma Simcock's first solo show in London is fast approaching. The date has been altered so make a note in your diaries the actual date will now be 6th - 29th May 2004 The show will be held at the Michael Naimski Gallery. For more details please visit http://www.naimskigallery.com/ This will be the first chance to see the series of portraits and self-portraits Emma has worked on over the last 4 years all together and to see her Ophelia series based on actual underwater photgraphy she endured with the help of Arts Council funding this year. Click here to see the underwater fun! UPDATE: This exhibition is being promoted by Will Paget of pagetbaker.com - the same PR company used by Saatchi and a host of other impressive names that can be seen on the website! You can contact him at will@pagetbaker.com for press information. |
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State Of the Art International Tattoo ConventionEmma Simcock (and her work) will be at the State Of the Art International Tattoo Convention again this year. (At their site there is currently a cute little animation running at the top of the page of Back In 5 Minutes!) Using their secure shopping cart you can purchase prints at any size of any of Emmas paintings. Prints and the paintings themselves will be on view and on sale. The convention is held at The Assembly Rooms, Derby Saturday 17th July 2004 Doors Open 1100hrs Assembly Rooms close at 2400hrs (midnight) see you there! |
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Art 2004 updateART 2004 - The London Art fair is on at the Business Design Centre, Islington, N1 from14-18th January 2004. Find us at stand G33. The paintings Emma will be showing are Cherie and 2 brand new, never-before-seen paintings (don't poke them as the varnish is probably still sticky!), Ophelia 5 and the very personal Mayonaka Ni Kawashita Yakusoku, celebrating Emma's engagement, painted during preparations for her forthcoming wedding. Ophelia 5 is the most recent in the Ophelia series (as the title suggests!) but is the first to be based on actual underwater photgraphy Emma endured with the help of Arts Council funding. Click here to see the underwater fun! The exhibition will be Cherie's first outing, and much to the delight of the real Cherie this image has been chosen to represent the Michael Naimski Gallery in the catalogue! |
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FundingEmma has been fortunate enough to secure Arts Council funding for the expansion of her Ophelia series. This has allowed her to do a series of photoshoots underwater in costume to study the effects on herself, appearance and costume. Click here for details... The results will be on show in Emma's solo show in London april /may 04 and with a bit of luck, elsewhere too. Ophelia is coming to a venue near you... |
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Art 2004Emma has been selected to show work with the Michael Naimski Gallery at ART 2004 - The London Art fair. Apparently this is very high profile! Heres what the Art Fair says about itself:
UPDATE: A cursory look through the enormous list of artists exhibiting has just revealed that Emma will be exhibiting alongside such names as Warhol, Lichtenstein, Picasso, Yves Klein, Henry Moore, David Hockney, Frank Auerbach, Francis Bacon, Elizabeth Frink, Briget Riley, August Rodin and some guy called Damien Hirst... |
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New Domain and Online GalleryArt promoter and nice guy Tommy Fan at http://www.artifan.co.uk/ has created a fabulous new domain and gallery for Emma. Emma's work can now be seen in style at the glamourous new address of www.emma-simcock.co.uk |
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Yet another magazine appearance (yawns casually...)Emma will be appearing in another London magazine shortly - this time Eden Magazine. More details to follow soon... |
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Capital Life AppearanceA section of Emma's now infamous painting, Back in 5 Minutes, features in full, glossy, glorious colour in new London lifestyle magazine Capital Life. The image appears with an article on Michael Naimski's burgeoning new gallery (issue: summer 2003. p.37). If you are one of the sorry few publications left who have not yet featured Emma please email her to arrange a date for a photoshoot etc. |
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State Of The ArtThe gigantic Back in 5 minutes was hoisted 20 feet into the air on friday night and suspended above the stage at Derby's Assembly Rooms for the weekend during the annual State Of The Art international tattoo convention from 13-14 september. Emma was also interviewed for ITV News and so may appear at last on TV! The response was fantastic, especially considering the punters were there to see/ have their art on skin rather than on canvas. She is expecting to return with more paintings next year (provided she isnt too busy preparing to get married!) Big hello to Woodys Tattoo Studio and the biker gang she joined very briefly... |
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Wedding BellsEmma Simcock would like to announce that she is getting married at last to the love of her life Owen Tooth after 7 years of virtually-married bliss. The date is set at Hedingham Castle for September 18th 2004. Guests are asked to wear semi-formal romantic black. |
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ArachneThe ultra-short film Arachne, created by Emma Simcock and co-directed with Owen Tooth is showing at Nottingham's Broadway Cinema on august 31 2003. |
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Hold The Front Page Again!In fact, perhaps Emma should just start her own magazine! Her work on a mural featuring classic Jaguar cars has been featured in the Derby Evening Telegraph (click here for article) and her work will also be appearing in new London magazine Capital Life. | |||
Upcoming ExhibitionsIt has been confirmed that Emma will be exhibiting her huge painting, Back in 5 Minutes, at the State of the Art tattoo convention at Derby's Assembly Rooms later this year. May 2004 will see her first solo show in London at the Michael Naimski Gallery. |
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Arachne the MovieEmma recently dipped into the world of film making and the result has been selected to be shown at CAN Leicester's short film festival and has also been picked up for distribution in Europe! |
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Hold The Front Page!As a result a very successful degree show, Emma made the front page of the Loughborough Echo on friday 13th 2003. |
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Degree ShowThe first opportunity to see the brand new 30ft painting Back in 5 Minutes is fast approaching. See it first at Emma Simcock's Degree Show! Loughborough University, Epinal Way, Loughborough, Leics. UK Degree Show will run from 7th june - 10th june (open 10:00 - 17:00 daily) Private View 6th june (17:00 - 21:00) |
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Derby Open ExhibitionEmma Simcock will be exhibiting once again at the annual Derby Open competition/ exhibition. This year Big Frank's Triptych has been selected for it's first public outing! See it at the Derby Museum and Gallery from 16th November till January 2003. (click here for article) |
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Exhibition - I'll Be Your MirrorEmma Simcock is showing a selection of paintings in her first group show in Manchester with David Hancock, from 13.07.02 - 17.08.02 at Warsaw Projects gallery space, Open artists studios, 34 George Leigh Street, Ancoats, Manchester, M4 5DG, UK. call (+44) 0161 236 5612 for details... |
