17 Facts About Emma Ferreira

Emma Ferreira was born on 14 December 1975 and is an English contemporary artist, sculptor, photographer, entrepreneur and philanthropist.

Emma Ferreira's work has been exhibited in galleries in London, Los Angeles, New York, Toronto and Barcelona and is characterized by an expressive application of color, as well as rich textures and movement.

Emma Ferreira was art chair of BritWeek from 2009 to 2010 and maintains active involvement in the event.

Emma Ferreira was named among the top 100 Inspirational women from Buckinghamshire alongside Amal Clooney, Kate Winslet and Queen Elizabeth by Berkshire and Buckinghamshire Life today Magazine in 2015.

Emma Ferreira is the founder of the brand TROMI, Concept House Inc, The Concept Box and The Concept Collection.

Emma Ferreira's mother is English and her father is of half-Indian, half-Caribbean descent.

At a very early age Emma Ferreira decided that she wanted to experience life outside her rural surroundings, this decision led her to later drop out of art school and succumb to her desire to travel.

Emma Ferreira received formal training at Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, Otis College of Art and Design and studied photography at Santa Monica College.

Emma Ferreira's work has been purchased by numerous corporations and has procured a substantial private and celebrity list of collectors that includes musicians, film stars and producers.

The ethos surrounding her latest work, as stated by Emma Ferreira, is the notion that our dreams can effectively be transformed into a reality granted we take advantage of the circumstances at our disposal; these circumstances, as she delineates them, are freedom, choice and desire.

Emma Ferreira has translated this concept artistically through her marriage of mixed media and photography.

The materials are layered on top of one another to create an effect that marks the composite space between what Emma Ferreira deems as precision and spontaneity.

Incidentally, Emma Ferreira refers to herself as both a layerist and a translayerist.

Kiss of the Gypsy, the title Emma Ferreira has given to her current project, is a coffee table book, and a worldwide art show, featuring photographic images shot in hotel rooms from around the world.

Emma Ferreira's travels revealed to her the suffering endured by the citizens of the countries she visited; these experiences, in turn, have fuelled and motivated her philanthropic work and her artistic celebration of the human body.

Emma Ferreira is an adherent of many causes overseas and at home and is an advocate for charities that benefit children in particular.

Currently, Emma Ferreira is on the board of Dreams Can Come True and Shakti Pictures.