Dates

• Existence: Born 1977

Biography

Florence is a French painter, muralist and screenprinter based in Sheffield, UK. Florence was born in Montpelliers, France in 1977. She began writing graffiti in the early 1990’s under the name Ema, and spent ten years based in New York where she graduated with a PhD from New York University in 2008. Her work is directly inspired by her past experience working as a scientist and writing graffiti and depicts abstracts molecular landscapes questioning our idea of visual perception.

Florence is known internationally for her work transforming city spaces with her signature style of flowing, amorphous shapes in bright colours.