About

Emma Turid Williamson is a visual artist based in Göteborg, Sweden. Her practice spans photography, poetry and installation. She is interested in the shifting nature of perception and the fluid boundaries between the seen and the unseen.

During her early studies in art, she developed an interest in the photographic medium. Later, while studying photography, she began moving towards abstraction, using the camera and writing as forms of expression.

She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Photography from HDK-Valand, University of Gothenburg. Her work has been exhibited in Sweden, most recently in The Space Between (2025).

I’ve always been fascinated by nature and the unseen world, the universe, energies and the unknown. With my camera I try to capture that something. I shape it, whether it’s the unseen, a feeling, a story, an atmosphere, into visual worlds.

For me, my work takes on a physical and spiritual veiling, becoming another step in my exploration where the abstract meets mystique.

Creating is a way of returning to myself. Through my work, I seek to create space for contemplation, to pause, breathe or dream away for a while.

Solo and Duo Exhibitions

2025 — The Space Between, Collab w. Lucio Cavallari. Ada, Göteborg, Sweden
2021 — Darklands, Fixorama, Göteborg, Sweden
2018 — Stay Inside the Circle of Salt, Collab w. Anna Julkunen, Galleri Rotor2, Göteborg, Sweden
2015 — Untitled, Bengans, Stigbergstorget, Göteborg, Sweden
2014 — Duo show w. Tove Runefelt, Galleri Lugnet Lyckholms Fabriker, Göteborg, Sweden

Group Exhibitions

2022 — Summer show, Fixorama, Göteborg, Sweden
2021 — Self-portrait, Trollhättans Konsthall, Sweden
2019 — This is not a Departure Hall, Röda Sten Konsthall, Göteborg, Sweden
2018 — Memory Foam, HDK-Valand, Göteborg, Sweden
2017 — Photography Unsettled, Galleri Monitor, Göteborg, Sweden
2017 — Summer Visions Brings Forgotten Memories, HDK-Valand, Göteborg, Sweden
2013 — Fotoskolan Gbg, Gothenburg Film Studios, Göteborg, Sweden
2011 — Art College, Frölunda Kulturhus, Göteborg, Sweden

Education

2023-2024 — Creative Writing, University of Karlstad, Sweden

2016-2019 — Bachelor’s Programme in Fine Art Photography, HDK-Valand, University of Gothenburg, Sweden

2015-2016 — Photography, Visual Narratives & The Creative Process, HDK-Valand, University of Gothenburg, Sweden

2011-2013 — Photography Programme, Yrkeshögskolan Göteborg, Sweden

2010-2011 — Photography Programme, Fotolinjen Art College, Folkuniversitetet Göteborg, Sweden

2009-2009 — Artistic Creation, Angereds Ateljén/HDK-Valand, University of Gothenburg, Sweden

2008-2010 — Foundation course in Art, Angereds Ateljén, Göteborg