EMMA MILES

Born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica, Emma Miles is a Curator, Writer and Cultural Manager based between Europe and the Caribbean, committed to creating research-based projects, collaborating with artists and fostering meaningful connections within arts and culture.

She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and Linguistics from McGill University, where she specialised in sociolinguistics with a focus on identity and code-switching. She conducted several Sociolinguistic research projects, exploring lexical and phonological changes in language over time. 

She also holds a Master's in Curatorial Practice from the Istituto Europeo di Design (Firenze), where she developed her skills in contemporary art curation and exhibition design. For the dissertation, an exhibition titled The Tilt of Time, she collaborated with seven contemporary artists and within a curatorial collective of ten women, developing the public programme and catalogue. 

Some of her recent projects are ‘Reimagining Cultural Memories’ (Kingston, 2024), ‘Heather Sutherland Wade: Hues of Jamaica’ (Kingston, 2024), ‘The Tilt of Time’ (Florence, 2023), and ‘Memory Effect’ (Florence, 2023). Before her curatorial work, she founded Joined Feeling, a made-to-order apparel brand celebrating colour and Jamaican culture.