Emma Savage (b. 1997) is an artist from Aotearoa New Zealand, currently based in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. Her conceptually driven practice explores shame and its intersections with our relationship to technology. Working primarily with portraiture through video and performance, she uses these mediums to investigate the power dynamics of the local art world, universities, multinational corporations and governments. Central to her art practice is exploring embarrassment and shame—deeply personal yet universally felt emotions. These feelings surface when she exhibits art, making them both the subject and the consequence of her practice.

Emma graduated from Te Waka Tūhura Elam School of Fine Arts with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2025. During this degree, she participated in a semester exchange at the Glasgow School of Art in 2023-2024.

In 2016, Emma Savage completed a Diploma in Film and Television Production at South Seas Film and Television School, specialising in post-production. She co-directed and edited the music video Hillcrest by Belladonna (2021), edited the short film Fragmentary directed by Ellen Jones-Poole (2017) and The Powder Room directed by Claire Foley (2016).

Group Exhibitions:

• 2026 — Portal at The Kit, Artspace Aotearoa, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
• 2025 — Dialogues in Video Art: Works from the Chartwell Collection and Elam Artists, at George Fraser Gallery, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
• 2024 — Elam Artists Graduate Show, at The University of Auckland, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
• 2022 — Ngā Toi Taketake at George Fraser Gallery, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

Solo Exhibition:

• 2021 — Hayes Paddock at Studio One Toi Tū, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

Art Competition Finalist:

• 2024 — Eden Arts Art School Award at Webb’s Auction House, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
• 2023 — Molly Morpeth Canaday Award at Te Kōputu a te whanga a Toi – Whakatāne Library and Exhibition Centre, Whakatāne
• 2015 — WSA National Youth Art Award at ArtsPost Gallery, Kirikiriroa Hamilton