About

Emily Ryalls (b.1997, Wakefield) is an artist working in the spaces between photography, performance, and sculpture. Her practice is primarily concerned with hosting consciousness-raising spaces for women to gather and explore embodied knowledge, largely informed by her feminist postgraduate research at York's Center for Women's Studies. Through these framed encounters and participatory performances, Ryalls celebrates women as urban goddesses, sharing skills, concepts, and hopes for the future. Having exhibited in group shows within Europe, Ryalls now prepares for her first solo show at The Art House, Divine Archives, opening December 2025.

Beyond her artistic practice, Ryalls also designed and now manages the darkroom at The Art House, Wakefield. You can expect to see her working with community groups and artists on a number of creative projects celebrating the magic of analogue photographic processes.