Selected Education
2023–current Master of Fine Arts (Research), University of New South Wales.
2006 Advanced Diploma of Jewellery and Object Design, TAFE NSW Sydney Institute Design Centre Enmore.
2006 Certificate III in Hand Engraving, TAFE NSW Sydney Institute Design Centre Enmore.
1995 Associate Diploma in Music (performance), Australian Music Education Board.

Solo Exhibitions
2024 Hours of Stars, Passage, Sydney.
2022 Flint, Courtesy of the Artist, Sydney.
2021 The Bells + Andromeda and the Milky Way, 812B George Street, Sydney (pop-up exhibition supported by Create NSW).
2021 Coalescence, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney.
2020 Approaching Zero, Dominik Mersch Gallery, Sydney.
2019 An Immeasurable Distance, The Lock-Up, Newcastle.
2018 between stars, between stones, Dominik Mersch Gallery, Sydney.
2016 Dark Matter, Dominik Mersch Gallery, Sydney.
2015 Iota, Gallery Funaki, Melbourne.
2015 Infinity, Courtesy of the Artist, Sydney.
2013 Draw, Courtesy of the Artist, Sydney.
2008 Emma Fielden, Studio 2017, Sydney.
2007 Emma Fielden, Metalab, Sydney.

Performances
2024 From Breath, for Infinite: Dobell Australian Drawing Biennial, Art Gallery of New South Wales.
2024 Hours of Stars, Passage, Sydney.
2023 States of Matter, with Lizzie Thomson, Blacktown Arts Centre for ‘The Unseen’.
2022 Just a Second, The Lock-Up, Newcastle.
2021 The Bells, with Lizzie Thomson, 812B George St, Sydney.
2021 Andromeda and The Milky Way, with Lizzie Thomson, 812B George St, Sydney.
2020 Dialogue, with Tarik Ahlip, Parramatta Artists’ Studios Rydalmere, commissioned by Parramatta Artists’ Studios.
2019 Andromeda and The Milky Way, with Lizzie Thomson, Parramatta Artists’ Studios Rydalmere, commissioned by Parramatta Artists’ Studios.
2019 We are two molecules floating together in space and our distance is infinite… then the sound of birds, performed by Alysha Fewster and Skip Willcox, The Lock-Up, Newcastle.
2018 States of Matter, Dominik Mersch Gallery, Sydney.
2018 States of Matter, Art Omi, New York.
2018 Cleave, Art Omi, New York.
2018 We are two molecules floating together in space and our distance is infinite… then the sound of birds, with Hanae Utamura, Art Omi, New York.

Group Exhibitions
2024:
Infinite: Dobell Australian Drawing Biennial 2024, Art Gallery of New South Wales, curated by Anne Ryan.
Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery.
2023:
The Unseen, Blacktown Arts Centre, curated by Liz Chang for Parramatta Artists’ Studios.
Care Structures, M16 Artspace, Canberra, curated by Kate Vassallo.
M16 Artspace Drawing Prize, M16 Artspace, Canberra.
Tim Olsen Drawing Prize, University of New South Wales.
2022:
National Works on Paper, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery.
Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award, Grafton Regional Gallery.
Attending, Latrobe Regional Gallery, curated by David O’Halloran.
Radical Slowness, The Lock-Up, curated by Anna May Kirk and Tai Mitsuji.
Third Story, Funaki Gallery, Melbourne
Fishers Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Sydney.
Liminal, Dominik Mersch Gallery, curated by Marco Rinaldi.
15 Years of DMG, Dominik Mersch Gallery.
Clicking and Collecting, Dominik Mersch Gallery.
Made/Worn: Australian Contemporary Jewellery, Jam Factory, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Bundoora Homestead Art Centre.
2021:
On Earth, QUT Art Museum, curated by Sarah Werkmeister.
A Graceful Exit, Dominik Mersch Gallery, curated by Alanna Irwin.
Made/Worn: Australian Contemporary Jewellery, Cairns Art Gallery, Maitland Regional Art Gallery, Australian Design Centre, Wagga Wagga Art Gallery.
2020:
Lake Art Prize, Museum of Art and Culture, Lake Macquarie.
Made/Worn: Australian Contemporary Jewellery, Glasshouse Regional Gallery, Artisan Queensland.
2019:
To Hand and To Hold: The Daadler Collection of Contemporary Jewellery, Art Gallery of South Australia, curated by Rebecca Evans.
Rock Paper Scissors, Delmar Gallery, Sydney.
Fishers Ghost Art Prize, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Sydney.
Decade+ (Art Omi Australia Committee Fellowship Alumni Exhibition), Dominik Mersch Gallery.
The Fall, Dominik Mersch Gallery.
2018:
Condo, Mexico City, represented by Dominik Mersch Gallery.
Summer Group Show, Dominik Mersch Gallery.
Aurora Australia, curated by Katie Scott (Gallery Funaki), Montreal, Canada.
2017:
NSW Visual Arts Emerging Fellowship, Artspace, Sydney.
Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, Woollahra Council.
Paramor Prize, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre (winner of the Mayoral Award).
10 - Tenth Anniversary Exhibition, Dominik Mersch Gallery.
PAS17.2, Parramatta Artists Studios, curated by Elizabeth Chang.
2016:
Parramatta Artists Studios Ideas Platform exhibition, Artspace. Curated by Alexie Glass-Kantor, Talia Linz, and Sophia Kouyoumdjian.
Drawing Conversations, drawing symposium at National Art School. Participation by invitation, invited to exhibit by Catherine O’Donnell. 
The Blake Prize, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre. 
Blacktown City Art Prize, Blacktown Arts Centre, Sydney.
Phenomena, Parramatta Artists Studios / Parramatta Lanes. Curated by Sophia Kouyoumdjian.
Parramatta Artists’ Studios at The King’s School 37th Annual Art Show, curated by Sophia Kouyoumdjian.
2015:
Sydney Contemporary, Dominik Mersch Gallery, 2015.
Drawn To Form: The Matter in Hand, Blacktown Arts Centre. Curated by Merran Esson and Abdullah M.I. Syed, 2015.
National Contemporary Jewellery Award, Griffith Regional Art Gallery, Courtesy of the Artist, Sturt Australian Contemporary Craft and Design.
2013:
Earth to Earth Ashes to Ashes, Studio 2017, Sydney.
Breathe Into, Courtesy of the Artist, Jam Factory, Gaffa, Percolator Gallery Queensland.
2012:
National Contemporary Jewellery Award, Griffith Regional Art Gallery, Metalab, Sturt Australian Contemporary Craft and Design.
The Year Was 2006, Studio 2017, Sydney.
2011:
In Line/In Metal, Aaron Faber Gallery New York, SOFA Chicago, USA.
2010:
Tea Wares, Jam Factory, Adelaide.
Winter Brooches 10, Studio 2017, Sydney.
Wrapped, Studio 2017, Sydney.
Say Your Piece, Gaffa Gallery, Sydney.
2009:
10th Ernest Leviny Commemorative Silver Exhibition, Buda Historic Home and Garden Castlemaine, Shepparton Art Gallery, Arts Centre Melbourne, Geelong Art Gallery, Mornington Peninsula Regional Art Gallery.
Winter Brooches 09, Studio 2017, Sydney.
2008:
Profile, Jewellers and Metalsmiths Group of Australia, Sydney College of the Arts.
Graduate Metal XI, Jewellers and Metalsmiths Group of Australia, Sydney College of the Arts.
Winter Brooches 08, Studio 2017, Sydney.
Vessel, Studio 2017, Sydney.
2007:
Cracker, Metalab, Sydney.
2005:
Contemporary Wearables 05, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery, Mosman Art Gallery, Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery, Maroondah Art Gallery.

Awards
Awarded:
2023-24 Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship (RTP), University of New South Wales.
2018 Art Omi Australia Committee Fellowship for Art Omi Artists Residency, New York USA.
2017 Paramor Prize Mayoral Award, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre. 
2014 National Contemporary Jewellery Award, Griffith Regional Art Gallery.
2009 Australian Decorative and Fine Arts Society Award, 10th Ernest Leviny Commemorative Silver Exhibition, Buda Historic Home and Garden.
2006 Jewellery and Object Design Award, TAFE NSW Sydney Institute Design Centre Enmore.

Finalist:
2024 Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney.
2023 M16 Artspace Drawing Prize, M16 Artspace, Canberra.
2023 Tim Olsen Drawing Prize, University of New South Wales.
2022 National Works on Paper, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery.
2022 Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award, Grafton Regional Gallery.
2022 Fishers Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Sydney.
2020 Lake Art Prize, Museum of Art and Culture, Lake Macquarie.
2017 NSW Visual Arts Emerging Fellowship, Create NSW and Artspace Sydney.
2017 Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize.
2016 The Blake Prize. Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre.
2016 Blacktown City Art Prize.
2012 National Contemporary Jewellery Award, Griffith Regional Art Gallery.
2006 Youth@Craft.Design, Craft Australia, highly commended.

Grants
2023 Arts Projects Grant, Creative Australia, $16,808.
2021 Play the City Grant, Create NSW, $34,616.
2019 Arts Projects Grant, Australia Council for the Arts, $10,000.
2016 NSW Artists Grant, National Associated of Visual Arts (NAVA), $1,250.
2013 New Work Grant, Australia Council for the Arts, $20,000.

Residencies and Tenancies
2021–2023 Shirlow Street Studios.
2019–2021 Parramatta Artists’ Studios Rydalmere, two-year tenancy.
2019 The Lock-Up, Newcastle, artist in residence.
2018 Art Omi Artists Residency, New York, USA.
2018 Parramatta Artists’ Studios, one-year tenancy.
2018 The Lock-Up, Newcastle, artist in residence.
2017    Parramatta Artists’ Studios, one-year tenancy.
2016     Parramatta Artists’ Studios, one-year tenancy.
2016 House of Wonder art + science residency, with Astronomer Dr Andrew O'Brien (Western Sydney University), Penrith Regional Gallery and The Lewers Bequest.
2007 Jewellery and Object Design Award one-year residency, TAFE NSW Sydney Institute Design Centre Enmore.

Selected Commissions
2020 Dialogue, commissioned by Parramatta Artists’ Studios for NEXT.
2019 Andromeda and the Milky Way, commissioned by Parramatta Artists’ Studios for Parramatta Lanes festival.
2013 Australia Council Visual Arts Award and Medal, commissioned by the Australia Council for the Arts for award recipient Fiona Foley and medal recipient Julie Ewington.

Selected Projects and Presentations
2021 In conversation with Melissa Bianca Amore for The Bells + Andromeda and The Milky Way, Sydney.
2019 Asad Raza workshop, Kaldor Public Art Projects, The Clothing Store, Carriageworks, Sydney.
2019 In conversation with Julie Ewington for An Immeasurable Distance, The Lock-Up, Newcastle.
2019 An Infinite Universe, panel discussion at Western Sydney University Penrith Observatory.
2019 Youth Mentoring program with Western Sydney HSC art students. An initiative of Peacock Gallery, Parramatta Artists Studios, and Information and Cultural Exchange.
2018 In Conversation: From the Studio to The Gallery, panel discussion with Sophia Kouyoumdjian, Liam Benson and Tom Polo, Art Gallery of New South Wales.
2017 Art + Science CONNECT (Sydney Science Festival), MAAS Powerhouse Museum, artist talk.
2016 House of Wonder panel discussion. Gravity Geeks Art, Science and Ideas Symposium, Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre. A joint venture by Penrith Regional Gallery, Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences (MAAS) and Western Sydney University.
2016 Michael Cathcart, Gravity and Wonder in the Art Gallery, ABC Radio National, Books and Arts, 4 October 2016.
2016 Drawing Conversations. Exhibiting artist at National Art School drawing symposium.

Selected Press and Publications
2021 Alanna Irwin, In and Out of Tune.
2021 Carol Jenkins, Emma Fielden The Bells, The Review Board.
2020 Julie Ewington, Emma Fielden: Dialogue.
2020 Carol Jenkins, Ebb, Flow and Raven Gloss: Looking at Emma Fielden’s Approaching Zero.
2020 Eloise Hastings, Emma Fielden Approaching Zero, The Review Board, 2020.
2019 Julie Ewington, Emma Fielden: The Whole and Parts of Infinity.
2019 Tom Compangoni, Infinity (short documentary).
2019 Erin McFadyn, Postcard from Newcastle, Art and Australia, October 2019.
2019 Damon Cronshaw, Is the Universe Infinite?, Newcastle Herald, August 2019..
2018 Nadia Odlum, The only certainty is transformation: Emma Fielden’s Changing States, The Art Life, November 2018.
2017 Dr Barbara Doran, Art is exercise for the brain - Art + Neurobiology, Art Guide Australia, February 2017.
2016 Chloé Wolifson, Invisible Forces, exhibition review, ArtAsiaPacific, July 2016.

Collections
Art Gallery of South Australia, The Daalder Collection of Contemporary Jewellery.
La Trobe Regional Gallery
Griffith Regional Art Gallery, National Contemporary Jewellery Award Collection.
Private collections in Australia and abroad.