Neil Emmerson

{{Short description|Australian artist (born 1956)}}

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Neil Emmerson (born 2 November 1956{{Cite web|title=Neil Emmerson|url=https://www.aucklandartgallery.com/explore-art-and-ideas/artist/10853/neil-emmerson|access-date=2021-11-14|website=Auckland Art Gallery|language=en}}) is an Australian artist and printmaker based in Dunedin, New Zealand. His work often addresses personal identity, as well as the experiences and politics of being a gay man, both in Western culture, as well as in China and East Asia.{{Cite web|last=Crawford|first=Ashley|title=Explore the work of Australian artist, Neil Emmerson|url=https://www.vizardfoundationartcollection.com.au/the-nineties/explore/neil-emmerson/|access-date=2021-11-13|website=The Vizard Foundation Art Collection of the 1990s|publisher=Potter Museum of Art at the University of Melbourne|language=en}}

Emmerson's work is collected in the National Gallery of Australia,{{Cite web|title=Works by Neil Emmerson|url=https://searchthecollection.nga.gov.au/artist?irn=21254|access-date=2021-10-31|website=National Gallery of Australia}} the National Gallery of Victoria,{{Cite web|title=NEIL EMMERSON|url=https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/explore/collection/artist/11762/|access-date=2021-10-31|publisher=National Gallery of Victoria}} Queensland Art Gallery,{{Cite web|title=Neil EMMERSON {{!}} QAGOMA Collection Online Beta|url=https://collection-online-beta.qagoma.qld.gov.au/creators/neil-emmerson/|access-date=2021-10-31|website=collection-online-beta.qagoma.qld.gov.au}} the Art Gallery of New South Wales{{Cite web|title=Works by Neil Emmerson|url=https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/?artist_id=emmerson-neil|access-date=2021-10-31|website=Art Gallery of NSW}} and the Auckland Art Gallery,{{Cite web|title=inhabit me (like a memory)|url=https://www.aucklandartgallery.com/explore-art-and-ideas/artwork/24575/inhabit-me-like-a-memory|access-date=2021-10-31|website=Auckland Art Gallery|language=en}} and he is featured in the 2012 book, 101 Contemporary Australian Artists.{{Cite web|last=Dungey|first=Kim|date=2013-06-07|title=Fresh beginnings|url=https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/fresh-beginnings|access-date=2021-10-31|website=|publisher=Otago Daily Times|language=en}}{{Cite book|last=|first=|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/802462021|title=101 contemporary Australian artists|date=2012|publisher=National Gallery of Victoria|isbn=978-0-7241-0362-1|editor-last=Gellatly|editor-first=Kelly|location=Melbourne|oclc=802462021}} Until 2021, Emmerson was a senior lecturer, and head of Dunedin School of Art's print studio.{{Cite web|date=2021-10-31|title=Neil Emmerson Biography, Artworks & Exhibitions|url=https://ocula.com/artists/neil-emmerson/|access-date=2021-10-31|website=ocula.com|language=en}}{{Cite web|date=|title=Research from Emmerson, Neil|url=https://www.op.ac.nz/industry-and-research/research/expertise/search/researcher/Emmerson,%20Neil|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410190902/https://www.op.ac.nz/industry-and-research/research/expertise/search/researcher/Emmerson,%20Neil|archive-date=2021-04-10|access-date=2021-10-31|website=|publisher=Otago Polytechnic}} In 2006 he won the Fremantle Print Award.{{Cite web|title=Neil Emmerson|url=http://www.blueoyster.org.nz/exhibitions/neil-emmerson/|access-date=2021-11-14|website=Blue Oyster Art Project Space}}