Emma Simcock Tooth


www.emmatooth.co.uk

I am an artist specialising in fine oil portraiture. I also teach art classes for adults and run workshops and demonstrations. As well as exhibiting at home and abroad I have done a lot of artwork and storyboards etc for short films, I have painted murals and portraits for Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares and numerous private clients. I have travelled widely doing booksigning appearances for Event Horizon and have appeared in various magazines, newspapers and on TV. I am an Area Representative for Derbyshire Open Arts, an Associate Member of Banks' Mill Studios, Derby and a WEA-registered tutor. For more details please visit my website www.emmatooth.co.uk .


Qualifications:

2007 CIEH Professional Trainers Award
2004 BA(Hons) Fine Art. Loughborough University School of Art And Design
Soon I will be training for the City and Guilds 7303

Exhibitions include:

2008 Solo Show at Boxfield Gallery, Hertfordshire
2007 Hanging Space Birmingham
2007 Art of England Masterclass Show, Trentham Gardens, Staffordshire
2007 Solo show with The Art Organisation at The International Gallery, Liverpool
2007 Derbyshire Open Arts, Open Studios event, Pear Tree Farm, Derbyshire
2007 Salon Des BD, Roubaix, France
2007 Comic Expo, Bristol
2007 Requiem Soiree at Les Caves, Paris
2007 Lille Ch'tite Bulle festival, France
2007 Friargate Studios, Derbyshire
2007 Maison Amour consultancy, Derbyshire
2007 Prems Dhaba Restaurant, Derbyshire
2006/7 Solo show "Through the Looking Glass", South Bohemia Art Gallery, Liverpool
2006 Lille bande dessinee festival, France
2006 Maison Amour consultancy, Derbyshire
2006 Banks' Mill Open Studios, Derbyshire
2006 Big Frank's Triptych on loan to Friar Gate Studios, Derbyshire
2006 Liverpool Biennial/ The Living Market #1 TAO Gallery, Liverpool
2006 Liverpool Biennial/ The Living Market #2 TAO Gallery, Liverpool
2006 Exhibition of prints at Requiem event. London
2006 Nottingham Annual Open Exhibition, Nottingham Castle
2006 Group show. Nottingham Society of Artists Gallery, Nottingham
2006 Salon de la Bande Dessinee et des Arts Graphiques, Roubaix, France
2006 Comic Expo, Bristol
2006 Erewash Open. Beetroot Tree gallery, Derbyshire
2005 Comic Expo, Brighton
2005 Amadora comics Festival, Portugal
2005 Comic Expo, Bristol
2004 Group show. Michael Naimski Gallery, London
2004 Solo shop exhibition in Sheffield
2004 Solo show. Michael Naimski Gallery, London
2004 State of the Art International Tattoo Convention, Assembly Rooms, Derby
2004 ART2004 - The London Art Fair
2003 State of the Art International Tattoo Convention, Assembly Rooms, Derby
2002 Group show with David Hancock. I'll Be Your Mirror. Warsaw Projects, Manchester
2002 Derby City Open exhibition
2002 Fowlemere Art Show, Cambridgeshire
2001 Royal Society of Portrait Painters exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
2001 Group show. Caught But Not Contained. Cambridge
2001 Fowlemere Art Show, Cambridgeshire
2001 Inspired Haiku. Arthouse, Peterborough
2001 Derby City Open exhibition.
2000 Derby City Open exhibition. Winner of Artists commission prize.

Teaching/workshops/demonstration:
2007 Various community art workshops with the WEA
2007 Demonstration at Art Of England Masterclass Show
2007 Oil Portraiture for Beginners, Pear Tree Farm, Derbyshire
2007 Oil Portraiture for Improvers, Pear Tree Farm, Derbyshire
2006/7 Sketching for Complete Beginners, an ongoing class for adults, Murray Park School, Derby
2006 Art for Those Who Think They Can't, a beginners class for adults, Murray Park School, Derby

Print:
2005 Mam Tor's Event Horizon book 2
2005 Mam Tor's Event Horizon book 1

Awards:
2007 Event Horizon nominated for Eagle Award
2006 Event Horizon wins Best Graphic Novel at SciFi London
2003 Painter of the month at Artifan website
2000 Artists Commission prize at Derby Open Exhibition

Other:
2004 Received Arts Council funding to do underwater photoshoot and create Ophelia series.

Press:
2007 Radio Derby
2007 Chronicles magazine
2007 Reflections magazine
2007 Sequential Tart webzine
2007 Imagine FX magazine Issue 17
2006 Nord Eclair newspaper, Roubaix, France
2005 Previews magazine
2003 Eden magazine
2003 Capital Life magazine
2003 Derby Evening Telegraph
2003 Loughborough Echo
2003 ITV Central News
2001 Business Matters magazine
2001 Derby Evening Telegraph
Emma and her work have also appeared on Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares and The Trisha Goddard Show.

Film and video:
2007 The Opening by Owen Tooth. Costumes, props, concepts, storyboards, photography + cameo
2006 2 35mm trailers for Metro cinema Derby and Metro/Quad Arts Centre by Owen Tooth - props, artwork and storyboards. 2 paintings appear in the trailer.
2006 35mm trailer for Ritz Cinema Belper by Owen Tooth - graphic design and artwork
2004 Sensorium by Owen Tooth - artwork
2003 Conceptual by Owen Tooth - assistant director and storyboards
2003 Arachne - concept and co-director with Owen Tooth
2002 Artwork for Whispers of Velvet by Owen Tooth
2002 Artwork for Russia by Owen Tooth
2002 Artwork for Catharsis by Owen Tooth
2001 Production Designer for short film Space Cadet, Carlton TV

Graphic/ web design:
I do all my own graphic design for my promotional materials, website and Event Horizon 2+3 and created and maintain several sites including:
www.emmatooth.co.uk
www.toothpix.co.uk
www.thewickedlady.org.uk