Anarkitty

Emma Geary, AKA Anarkitty, is a Northern Irish New Contemporary & Pop Surrealism Artist hailing from a small village just outside Belfast. After graduating from the University of Ulster with a BA Hons degree in art and design, Emma moved to London for six years to work as a web and graphic designer. Her work has appeared in publications such as Creative Review, Computer Arts, and DPI (Taiwan) magazine. She also contributed works for clients such as MTV, BBC and Pictoplasma.

As she soaked up the art scene in London, she began to draw inspiration from pin-up art, illustration, manga, and anime, as well as tattoo and graffiti culture. A prevalent theme in Emma's work stems from her fascination with cats, thus her signature moniker Anarkitty was born. Inspired by the idiosyncratic ways of felines, her characters possess an arcane attitude encased in a provocative and curious beauty. Like cats, they are comfortable within their own bodies, and depicted with a sense of confidence, freedom, and ease.

Returning to Northern Ireland Emma started to move her characters onto canvas and got her first solo exhibition in The Frameworks Gallery Belfast. Emma's works have included iconic femme fatales like Harley Quinn, Catwoman, Poison Ivy, and even Vampirella. Her artworks now appear in gallery exhibitions and shows internationally, from New York, San-Francisco, and Los Angeles to Australia and Germany.

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