{{EngvarB|date=March 2020}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}} '''Emer O'Brien''' is an artist with a background in photography. Born in Dublin, Ireland, her family was forced to immigrate because of The Troubles. After the Good Friday Agreement was signed in 1998, she moved to London, where she lived and worked until Brexit. Since 2019 she has been based in Athens where she is the Professor of Photography at Deree College, the American College of Greece.
She studied at London College of Fashion, London (1999–2001) and then at Reading College of Art and Design (2001–2002) and graduated with a BA (Hons) from Oxford Brookes University (2002). She then completed her MA at Goldsmiths, University London (2002– 2003).
O'Brien is best known for works that mediate on the redundancy of human artefacts when deserted by man. <ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.coaxmag.de/featured-emer-obriens-contemporary-amnesia/ | author= Claudia Graeter | title = Featured – Emer O’Brien "Contemporary Amnesia" | publisher = COAXMAGAZINE |year = 2015 }}</ref> <ref>{{cite web | url = http://londonist.com/2013/01/art-review-four-seasons-arteco.php | author= Tabish Khan | title = Art Review: Four Seasons at ArtEco | publisher = Londonist |date=16 January 2013 }}</ref> Her recent large-scale installations like ''Run Run Run'' at the Wapping Project chart the intersection of technology and science with the natural and supernatural. <ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.artslant.com/lon/articles/show/20966 | author= Charlotte Jansen | title = Run Run Run | publisher = Artslant | date = 9 January 2011 }}</ref> O'Brien is also known for her photographs of horses.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.ameliasmagazine.com/art/peeping-tom-at-the-vegas-gallery/2010/ | author= Amica Lane | title = Peeping Tom at The Vegas Gallery | work = Amelias Magazine | date = February 2010 }}</ref> In 2004 O'Briens work was featured in ''The East End Academy'' exhibition at the Whitechapel Gallery.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/arts/pictures/image/0,8543,-10104940158,00.html |title =The East End Academy |work=The Guardian |year = 2004 }}</ref> In 2008 O'Brien's work was selected by Humphrey Ocean for the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/3675530/Royal-Academy-Summer-Exhibition-2008.html?image=1 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20131217101656/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/3675530/Royal-Academy-Summer-Exhibition-2008.html?image=1 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-12-17 |title = The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition |work=The Telegraph |year=2008 }}</ref>
Her final exhibition in the UK was during the 250th anniversary celebration at the Royal Academy where she exhibited a pamphlet celebrating the life of Lindsey Cockwell.{{cn|date=July 2023}}
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== External links == *[http://www.emerobrien.com/ www.emerobrien.com]
{{DEFAULTSORT:OBrien, Emer}} Category:1974 births Category:Living people Category:Artists from Dublin (city) Category:Alumni of Goldsmiths, University of London Category:Alumni of the London College of Fashion Category:Alumni of Oxford Brookes University Category:Irish contemporary artists Category:Irish expatriates in England Category:Irish expatriates in Greece