Bio
Lottie Emma is a South Australian contemporary textiles artist living and working on Ngarrindjeri/Ramindjeri land, on the Fleurieu Peninsula. Her practice combines embroidery, repurposed fabrics, and soft sculpture, weaving together personal narrative and material experimentation. Lottie’s work is shaped by both fast and slow-paced processes, reflecting the unpredictability of daily life and her experience as a mother to a special needs child. Themes of disempowerment, resilience, tenderness, and hope recur throughout her practice, often expressed through tactile, layered forms that invite close attention.
With a background in fashion design and wearable art, Lottie studied at the University of Tasmania’s School of Art and TAFE SA/Flinders Uni Bachelor of Creative Arts in Fashion. She has exhibited widely across South Australia in galleries, festivals, and community-led initiatives. In 2025, she presented a solo exhibition titled Cloudy with a Chance of Mum Storms at Post Office Projects, developed through Country Arts SA’s Nebula program and supported by a highly sought-after Guildhouse Catapult Mentorship with fellow textile artist Kasia Tons. In the same year, she exhibited in the group exhibition, MOTHER at DrawSpace, Sydney and Don’t Be Absurd fibre exhibition Women Pulling at the Threads of Social Discourse at CAMP (Contemporary Art Modern Project) Gallery, Miami, USA.
Lottie is a current recipient of the highly competitive ACE (Adelaide Contemporary Experimental) Studio Residency programme for 2025-27, supported through a Create SA Professional Development grant. Her major solo exhibition ‘Super Mum’ Strikes Back, at Murray Bridge Regional Gallery, SA Dec 2025 - Jan 2026 is a testament to radically experimental textiles championing motherhood, disability and women.
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Education
2016 Bachelor of Creative Arts, Fashion, Tafe SA/ Flinders Uni, Adelaide, SA
2014 Cert III Fashion Design, Tafe SA, Adelaide, SA
2003 UTAS School of Art, Hobart & Launceston, Tas
1998 Adelaide Central School of Art, Adelaide, SA
Solo Exhibitions
2026 ‘Super Mum’ Strikes Back, Murray Bridge Regional Gallery, SA
2025 Cloudy with a Chance of Mum Storms, Post Office Projects, Adelaide, SA
2022 Wanderer, SALA exhibition, Wilderstems floral studio, Adelaide, SA
2021 Alchemy & Prana, SALA exhibition, Wilderstems floral studio, Adelaide, SA
2021 Textiles, SALA exhibition Over the Edge shopfront, Melrose, SA
2018 Botanical, SALA exhibition Barossa Distilling Company, Barossa Valley, SA
2013 Lottie’s Skirts Wearable Art fashion parade, The Cushdy Lounge, Grand Tasman Hotel, Port Lincoln, SA
2008 Lottie’s Skirts Wearable Art fashion parade, The Oysterbeds restaurant, Coffin Bay, SA
2003 Self Timer, Bookamoré, Hobart, Tas
Group Exhibitions
2025 DON’T BE ABSURD, Women Pulling at the Threads of Social Discourse Fibre exhibition, CAMP gallery, Nth Miami, USA
2025 MOTHER, DRAW Space, Newtown, Sydney, NSW
2024 Nebula Studio Snapshot, Country Arts SA and Post Office Projects, Adelaide, SA
2024 Limitless, The Mill, Adelaide, SA
2024 Vessels of Peace, Love and Unity, Coral Street Art Centre, Victor Harbour, SA
2022 Small Wonders, Wonderground Gallery, Barossa Valley, SA
2022 Textiles, Kapunda Community Art Gallery, Kapunda, SA
2020 100 Barossa Artists, She Is Pop up Gallery, Barossa Valley, SA
2020 10 Barossa Artists, Wanderlust Art Festival, Kalleske Wines, Barossa Valley, SA
2019 Chase the Red Horizon, Barossa Regional Gallery, Barossa Valley, SA
Art Prizes
2023 Port Lincoln Art Prize finalist, Nautilus Art Centre, Port Lincoln, SA
2021 Vintage Festival Art Prize finalist, Barossa Regional Art Gallery, SA
2019 Vintage Festival Art Prize finalist, Barossa Regional Art Gallery 2004, SA
2004 Wearable Art Awards runner-up, Hobart, Tas.
Awards, Mentorships, Residencies, Grants
2025 Create SA Professional Development Grant
2025 Studio Residency, ACE (Adelaide Contemporary Experimental)
2024 Catapult Mentorship with Kasia Tons, Guildhouse and Country Arts SA
2024 Nebula Studio Snapshot, Country Arts SA and Post Office Projects
2023 Nebula, Country Arts SA