Emma Magenta | Mountains Group 7
Emma Magenta is an Australian artist, writer, film maker and tarot reader. She began drawing and writing her observations of the inner and outer worlds down on brown paper book bags and pinning them to the wall in Berkelouw Books, Paddington, where she worked for 10 years. She was offered an international book deal at the front desk and has published 7 books, including a cult book, The Peril of Magnificent Love. Magenta also wrote, illustrated and directed a SXSW nominated multi-platform animation series and book for The ABC called The Gradual Demise of Phillipa Finch, narrated by Toni Collette, that resulted in a TEDX talk "Understanding The Human Heart”. She later wrote and directed her first AACTA nominated live action with animation short film "Remembering Agatha". Emma is also an exhibiting artist, collaborating in a joint show with writer/illustrator, Shaun Tan in L.A, various shows in Sydney, Melbourne and the Blue Mountains. Her work is in private collections around the world
