269. Emerson Pullman - A Matter of Time I

2026
Oil on board
18 x 13 x 1 cm

Emerson Pullman (b. 1995) is a figurative painter whose portraits operate on the boundary between realism and abstraction. Often beginning with an initial drawing, he works instinctively, building surfaces through layered transparent paint, gestures, and marks. The figure within a scene becomes a starting point for exploring deeper psychological and emotional realities, with themes of time, memory, introspection, and mortality running throughout the work.

Pullman completed an MA in Fine Art at City & Guilds of London Art School (2021–2022), following a BA in Fine Art at Leeds College of Art (2017–2020).

Recent exhibitions include What Was Left Behind at Canopy Collections, London (solo, 2025); Tales Dancing in the Memory at Twilight Contemporary, London (2025); CANOPY at Canopy Collections, 14 Cavendish, London (2025); the ING Discerning Art Prize (2025); The Darling of Reflection at Sid Motion Gallery, London (2024); Pourquoi London? at Canopy Collections, London (2024); and New Contemporaries at Camden Art Centre, London (2024).

In 2022, Pullman was awarded the Leverhulme Scholarship.