Gemma is an award winning writer, illustrator, and designer interested in nature, history and folklore. She loves experimenting with printmaking and collage, as well as drawing from historical influences and photography to recontextualise our past and future. Her personal work was part of the Earthly Beauty exhibition at Pound Arts in Corsham, and went on tour as part of the Lore and Land collective to Bristol Folk House and Field System in 2025.
Her personal projects include The Myconauts Magazine, a publication all about mycology, ecology, and community engagement. The Myconauts is currently stocked in magazine shops across the UK including Magalleria in Bath, Magculture in London, and Unitom in Manchester. Issue 1 was shortlisted for the The Wilfred Southall Sustainability Prize.
Exhibitions
2026 - Uplate, The Holburne Museum (Group)
2026 - Royal Commonwealth Society: Enchantment, Mystery + Illusion at 44AD (Group)
2026 - P.S You Belong at Emerge Studio (Group)
2025 - Like a Breach of Nature at Fringe Arts Bath (Group)
2025 - UpLate, The Holburne Museum (Group)
2025 - Lore and Land III, Field System (Collective)
2025 - Lore and Land II, Bristol Folk House (Collective)
2025 - Re:Generation at 44AD (Collective)
2025 - Fusion at the RUH (Group)
2024 - Emerge Showcase (Group)
2024 - Alt_Wilderness at Fringe Arts Bath (Group)
2024 - Girls and Guts at Fringe Arts Bath (Group)
2024 - Earthly Beauty, Pound Arts (Featured Artist)
2024 - Lore and Land I, Walcot Chapel (Collective)
2023 - Bath Spa MA Graduation Show (Group)
2023 - Botanical Printmaking Exhibition, 44AD (Group)
Awards and Grants
2026 - Publisher and Writer, Creative Bath Award (Shortlisted)
2026 - Young Creative, Creative Bath Awards (Shortlisted)
2026 - Designer, Creative Bath Awards (Shortlisted)
2025 - Publisher and Writer, Creative Bath Award (Shortlisted)
2025 - Young Creative, Creative Bath Awards (Shortlisted)
2025 - Launch It Funding, Bath Spa
2024 - Growth Award, Emerge Showcase
2024 - Explore It Funding, Bath Spa
2024 - Student Opportunities Fund, Bath Spa
2024 - Wilfred Southall Sustainability Award (Shortlisted)
Residencies
2026 - Mentor at Emerge Studio
2025 - Mawddach Residency
2023 - 2025 - Design Resident at Emerge Studio
2024 - Artist Network Development, Forest of the Imagination
2024 - Found Outdoors on site Artist
Publications
2025 - The Myconauts Volume 3
2024 - The Myconauts Volume 2
2024 - Myth and Lore Zine
2024 - Suboart Magazine
2023 - The Myconauts Volume 1