[VIDEOS]

My work has started to move into video pieces from still imagery. This section is my most resent work still base around adoption.

[WORKSHOPS]

As well as my own work, i have lead several art workshops.

[COMMERCIAL]

This section is very my more commercial work is, this tends to be work that is unrelated adoption.

[ADOPTION]

Work inspired by my own experiences of adoption.

[CV]

Here is a list of exhibitions, residencies & other art related events that have been a part of. Also Download my full CV.

[BLOG]

I started a blog so that I could share my experinces of being an adoptee & artist.

[INTRODUCTION]

Welcome to Jessica Emmett's offical portfolio of work.

I am a freelance artist based in Manchester, UK who explores very raw and personal experiences of being transracially adopted by examining adoption processes and themes surrounding family, race, colonialism and cultural displacement. The foundation of my experimental practice stems from film and photography, which tend to lead to installations, performance and interactive pieces. To find out in more details you can go to the [PRESENT] part of my website.

I was born in Hong Kong and adopted by a British couple that were living there at the time. My birth mother was a Vietnamese refugee boat person who fled to Hong Kong after theVietnam War. I lived in HK for the first 16yrs of my life in which I then moved to the north of England with my adopted family. To find out more details about my adoption you can go to the [PAST] section of my website.

[LATEST NEWS]

- I have just made small updates to the website with the addition of a Blog. Check it out at [BLOG].

- My next talk will be in Hong Kong as part of the first ever 3 week long Hong Kong Adoption Festival. I will also be running 2 adoption art workshops while i'm there. This will be my first visit o my birthhome for nearly 10 years... it's so exciting.