Sharelly Emanuelson materializes her observations and research related to tradition, heritage, emotions, and practices within our everyday Caribbean lives. Through filmmaking, video, installations, photography, and mixed media she gets to new understandings and methods that create knowledge production through art.

Her experience over the years has been gathered by self-initiating her own creative film and art projects, starting a non-profit art platform, executing commissioned work, receiving prices & grants, doing residencies, participating in advisory boards, and currently pursuing Academic research as a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Amsterdam.

The projects she works on may vary from working with a social organization, a fellow artist, an academic scholar, a research program, a company, or even a brand. As she contributes to broadening interdisciplinary research practices within the Dutch Caribbean she also aims to foster experimentation and enhance one's imagination to creatively challenge the separation between Art and science.

Education

PhD Candidate, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
Artistic Research, Royal Academie of the Art The Hague, Netherlands
Audiovisual Media, School of the Art Utrecht, Netherlands


Awards

Charlotte Köhler Prize (2020)
Volkskrant Visual Arts Audience Award (2020)
Black Achievement Spotlight Award (2018)
Master Award, Royal Academie of the Art The Hague (2014)
Best Student film, Africa in The Picture (2012)