Emma Ellis-Brown, born in 1994, is a Cape Town-based artist whose practice is rooted in voyeurism, sociology, and aesthetic self-indulgence. Using pen and memory, she captures moments from people deeply engaged in their daily lives.
Emma finds great joy in observing the private moments people share in public spaces. “When people forget they are being watched, we see who they really are. Their pretense disappears,” she says.
Her work evokes the sensation of witnessing strangers in a public space, leading to the sonderous realisation that the emotions on their faces reflect entire lifetimes of immeasurable complexity.
