Emma Spertus

Website: https://emmaspertus.com/

Bio: Emma Spertus is an artist who makes sculptures and site specific installations. Recent exhibitions include "Helping Heads" at Personal Space gallery in Vallejo, and a site specific installation titled "Sentence Model" for the Kala Windows in Berkeley. She has been the recipient of residencies at Chalk Hill and Winslow House Project. Emma has completed a diverse range of community-minded art projects, including co-founding Real Time & Space, which offers affordable artist studios to 17 artists in Oakland Ca. A graduate of the MFA program at Hunter College, Emma has exhibited her work at White Columns, Dorsky Gallery, Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, The Lab, NIAD Art Center, and other venues. Emma lives and works in the Bay Area.

Statement: Emma Spertus creates sculptures and architectural interventions, which bring attention to two- and three-dimensional space in humorous or unexpected ways. Her work focuses on questions around the vacancy, materiality, resource use, language, and display. She use wood, metal, paper, cardboard, fabric and found elements like building facades to create large portals and small studies for empty storefronts.