Emma Ågård

I’m Emma Ågård – a 28 year old self taught artist from Copenhagen.

Making art has always been a fundamental part of me. Growing up, I was teased for always having my head in the clouds. I spent my school years scribbling in my notebook. My mind produced new ideas at the speed of light and making art served as a much needed outlet. Sadly, when entering my late teens, I started to struggle with perfectionism and increased demands from my surroundings, which resulted in a decade-long art block. Now, let’s fast-forward to autumn 2021, where I’m diagnosed with ADHD. The missing piece to the puzzle. Getting diagnosed gave me some insights and tools, which eventually helped me to break through and flourish – both as an artist and as a person in general.

My art gives an insight inside my playful and imaginative internal world. By portraying people, using bright colors and adding real pressed flowers, I depict dreamy and fairytalelike scenarios meant to serve as a break from boredom, chores and general triviality of adulthood.