A Scottish artist exploring atmosphere and our perception of space, Emily McGhie Jackson blurs the line between realities. Taking inspiration from the scripted spaces seen in architecture and video games, Jackson employs exaggerated colour palettes and unconventional viewpoints. Using the liminal nature of painting to replicate the feeling of mentally occupying one space, whilst physically occupying another. By using an introspective painting practice, Jackson is able to document times where she has felt detached from the physical world around her. With painting providing an outlet for her to document her mental state, as well as the physical setting she inhabits. By playing with the relationship between natural and artificial light, she is able to separate these imagined spaces from the mundane beauty of reality. Creating paintings which question what lies beyond them.

(b.2004) Emily studied a BA (Hons) for Fine Art: Painting, at Camberwell College of Arts (UAL). She was the winner of the Big Walls and Windows Project in 2023 and was shortlisted for Barbican Arts Group Trust Open and the Scottish Portrait Awards. She has showcased her work both in London and across Scotland, with her first Solo Show ‘Thinking Space’, being held in Dundee in 2024. In 2025 she went on residency with Generator Projects (Dundee) in Zakynthos, Greece and she is currently based at OuterSpaces Dundee.