Emerson Pullman’s figurative paintings exist in the space between realism and abstraction. The depiction of a figure in a scene is used as a framework through which the artist explores themes of time, memory, introspection and mortality. His subjects are often depicted turning away from the viewer, creating a certain distance between the image and its audience and leaving space for contemplation and reflection. Pullman plays with the mechanics of painting, constructing his works through gestural layers of translucent paint, leaving areas of the canvas unpainted and images not entirely resolved. 

Pullman (b. 1995, UK) graduated from the City and Guilds of London Art School in 2022. His work is held in private collections in the UK, USA, France and Portugal. Pullman has exhibited in New Contemporaries 2023/2024 at the Camden Art Centre, London and The Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool as well as Sid Motion Gallery, London; Canopy Collections, London; Annka Kultys Gallery, London; New Normal Projects, London; Wells Cathedral, Somerset and Sunny Bank Mills; Leeds.