Emma Kohlmann

Emma Kohlmann (b. 1989, New York) lives and works in Florence, Massachusetts, USA. She holds a BA from Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts. Kohlmann’s work develops a contemporary feminine mythology through ink and watercolour paintings in which elements from the natural world intersect with enigmatic faces and figures. Her imagery unfolds within a shifting, introspective landscape, marked by deeply saturated colours that evoke dreamlike and surreal states. Over the past decade, Kohlmann has established a distinctive visual language defined by amorphous, hybrid forms and a deliberately intuitive approach to image-making. Her practice combines a folk-inspired sensibility with symbolic abstraction, resulting in a body of work that feels both intimate and otherworldly, balancing narrative suggestion with painterly freedom.