Dr Emma Hicks is a Sydney-based artist, writer and educator of Gamilaroi and European heritage.

Emma has a multidisciplinary practice covering film, sculpture, installation drawing and writing. Emma works in a responsive way to site or concept with connection to place and personal storytelling as recurring themes in her practice and most recently collaborated with Merindah Funnell for the exhibition Echoes of Light: our connection through waterways at ArtSpace on the Concourse.

Emma currently works as Senior Coordinator for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Learning Programs at the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia. She has previously worked as a lecturer for Sydney College of the Arts across disciplines and as a sessional Lecturer for the National Art School (Drawing Department). Alongside her professional experience she also works as a freelance graphic designer.