Emma Lang is a visual artist and poet working from Berlin and xwməθkwəy̓ əm, Skwxwú7mesh, and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Vancouver) territory. She develops projects from literary, theoretical, poetic and oneiric research. From there, her works—material, sonic, poetic, and performative—critically enact provisional infrastructures: nested ‘second-worlds’, as sites that invite shared states of disorientation. This threshold site of relationality is treated  as a register of expanded accessibility.

Previously trained as a marine biologist, having followed a recurring night dream of riding humpback whales into the waking world as a field research assistant at the Alaska Whale Foundation, Emma’s practice retains a sensitivity to ecosystem logic and multi-scale-complexity, from the cellular to the biospheric. She is often affected site-responsively, and she remains prone to following night dreams.

Emma’s works have recently been presented at Odd Meridian (Vancouver), Floating University (Berlin), Sumac Space (Berlin), as well as broadcast on Refuge Radio, Lumbung Radio, and Strategies Radio for Bienal de São Paulo. Within her performance collective, studio lang, she is a recent recipient of a Canada Council for the Arts grant for research and creation. She is currently pursuing a theory/praxis Master’s in Raumstrategien at Weißensee Kunsthochschule Berlin, under Prof. Dr. Bonaventure Ndikung and Prof. Pauline Doutreluingne.

She is also one half of  studio lang (c.2024), a collective created with twin sister, Allison Lang. 

Education & Professional Development
2023 – 2026. M.A., Berlin Weißensee Academy of the Arts, Theory-Praxis Masters in Spatial Strategies

2014 – 2018. B.Sc., University of Victoria, Bachelor of Science in Biology, minor in Environmental Studies

2017 Jun – Sep. Interning Field Research Assistant, Alaska Whale Foundation, Sitka, Alaska

Grants & Scholarships
2025. Research and Creation Grant, Canada Council for the Arts (studio lang)

2025.  DAAD-Preis Nominee, for civic engagement and academic excellence, Weißensee Academy of the Arts, Berlin
2025. DAAD Graduation Scholarship, Weißensee Academy of the Arts, Berlin

Residencies

2027 Jan. (forthcoming) Plastic Orchid Factory (Left of Main) Residency, studio lang, Vancouver, Canada

2025 Mar. Odd Meridian Arts (Morrow) Impromptu Residency, studio lang, Vancouver, Canada, March 31 – April 6, 2025

Selected Group Exhibitions, Performances and Readings
2027 Jan. (forthcoming)  Silk Oil, Left of PuSh Festival (Left of Main); Vancouver, CA (performance, studio lang)

2026 Jun.  At Gare de l'Est I Sat Down and Wept, Mechanical T.V. Radio, Kunsthochschule Berlin Weißensee; Berlin DE (Sound-verse performance)

2026 Feb. Ewinged, To Be With, See Our Vision Gallery; Belin, DE (Reading)

2025 Sep. Not All travelers Walk Roads, Bienal de São Paulo; São Paulo, BR (Collective Invocation, Raumstrategien) 

2025 Jul. Various sound-verse compositions, Strategies Radio, Lumbung Radio; digital 

2025 Mar. Silk Oil, Odd Meridian Arts (Morrow); Vancouver, CA (Performance, studio lang)

2025 Feb. Bald Eagle Flies Back Down to Earth, Salty Water, Kunsthalle am Hamburger Platz; Berlin, DE (Video Installation)

2025 Jan. At Gare de l’Est I Sat Down and Wept, räumen, Braunschweig University of Art; Braunschweig, DE (Performance)

2024 Dec. At Gare de l’Est I Sat Down and Wept, Phonopoetica Workshop; Berlin, DE (Performance)

2024 Jul.  J35, Swamposium, Floating University; Berlin, DE (Performance)

2024 Jul. der Hausengel of Hearth and Home, Spatial Strategies on Hope, Refuge Radio; Berlin, DE (Reading-Performance)

2024 Jul. J35, Frictions, Floating University; Berlin, DE (Performance)

2024 Jun. (sharply), Mind or Mend the Gap, Sumac Space; Berlin, DE (Sound Installation)

2024 Feb. der Hausengel of Hearth and Home, Radiant Opacity, Kunsthalle am Hamburger Platz; Berlin, DE (Video Installation)

2023 Oct. Lamenting in Counter Space-Time, Soft Eis Magazine Launch, 90Mil; Berlin, DE (Reading)

2023 Jun. Survival Length, 48 Stunden Neukölln Festival; Berlin, DE (Performance, studio lang)

Publications
2026. Ewinged. (Poetry Collection)

2026. Phonopoetica Compilation Album, Compiled by Adrienne Herr (Sound-Verse)
2023. Lamenting in Counter Space-Time, Soft-Eis Issue:03 (Speculative Fiction)

2019. Mixed Feelings Zine; Victoria, CA

Workshop Attendance

2024 Oct – Dec. PHONOPOETICA Workshop, led by Adrienne Herr; Berlin, DE

2024 Feb – Apr ERROR Poetry Workshop, led by Zack Darsee; Berlin, DE

PORTFOLIO AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST