Emma Hood
FINE ARTIST BIO
Emma Hood is an American-British fine art photographer based in Idaho, currently represented by Idaho Art Gallery in Boise, Idaho, and Pivot Gallery in Rosseau, Ontario. Drawing inspiration from the New Topographics movement and David Hockney’s “Joiners,” she explores the evolving relationship between place, time, and perception. While the New Topographics photographers documented external changes and Hockney utilized cubist-inspired photo-assemblages, Hood takes these concepts a step further by examining how both our surroundings and our inner selves transform over time.
Her work is intentionally framed without subjects, emphasizing the structural elements of photography, shape, texture, and negative space, rather than portraiture. She is drawn to the hues of orange, yellow, and blue, using color as a tool to evoke memory, nostalgia, and the passage of time. Alongside photography, Hood incorporates digital collage into her practice, layering fragments of time and space to create compositions that reflect experience and perception.
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Hood earned her BFA from Boise State University and has exhibited her work in numerous galleries, including Evermore, Trueblood Gallery, Initial Point Gallery, Gallery 55, Common Well Studios, and Aberystwyth Arts Centre. She was an inaugural Show and Tell resident at Common Well Studios in 2024, a six-month artist residency funded by the Alexa Rose Foundation. Her work has received significant recognition, including awards from the National Federation of Press Women, SkillsUSA, and the Boise Squared Photography Contest.
Passionate about fostering creative growth, Hood has volunteered and served as a judge for the SkillsUSA photography competition, contributed to Catalyst Arts Collaborative, and worked with the Boise Art Museum as both a summer art camp assistant and a curatorial intern. Through these roles, she continues her commitment to education and community engagement.
