Emmally Parsons is a multidisciplinary visual and audio artist. She has a history as a writer, music journalist, activist, creative consultant, and curator, based between the UK and the US.
Emmally holds a BA (Hons) in Textiles with Business Studies, specialising in Print, from Brighton University. During her time at Brighton University and through industry internships, she learned and developed skills in both physical and digital printing, including screen printing, digital printing, illustration and graphic design. She has worked across various creative industries, creating products for textiles, home interiors, and fashion, ranging from t-shirts to bespoke couture fabrics.
From 2017 to 2024, Emmally gained extensive experience in the textiles and fashion industry, working both in-house and remotely for brands like Burberry, Zandra Rhodes and more. She has also worked as a freelance creative and designer, contributing to a variety of projects across textiles, fashion, interior design, set design, music journalism, creative workshops, and DJing/broadcasting.
In her personal visual and audio artwork, Emmally is consistently inspired by the unconventional, the weird, and the often overlooked, uncommercialised aspects of life. She has a passion for philosophy, enjoys deep dives into subcultures and is fascinated by the experimental nature of the avant-garde. Her artwork often carries an underlying poetic and witty quality, telling untold stories that provoke the audience to reflect inwardly on their human nature.
Her graduate project, ‘Queer As Folk’, was an acclaimed collection of textile works that explored and celebrated the intersectional identities of her Romany heritage and queer identity. The project received widespread recognition, being featured in Dazed Magazine and showcased at Bermondsey Project Space, London, UK.
Emmally’s work has been featured in further publications, such as Vogue, Dazed, BRICKS, i-D, Wallpaper, Dezeen, and The World of Interiors.
SELECTED CLIENTS:
Zandra Rhodes / IKEA / Happy Socks / Burberry / Vivienne Westwood / The Sanderson Group /
FARFETCH / Selfridges / Converse / AUNÉ / Soft Skin Latex / NTS Radio / KOKO, Electronica - London, UK / We Out Here Festival - Dorset, UK. / Chatsworth House, UK.