I am an artist filmmaker who works across video, installation, photography and sound.

I am interested in how we translate emotion and affect through language, vocal utterance, body and gesture, to show how our inner worlds might manifest in physical and auditory ways. I often start with dialogue and conversation as a core exploratory process, and through that, embed a connection with people and society within my work.

I enjoy interdisciplinary working and collaborations with choreographers and performers including Cosmin Manolescu, Melanie Wilson and Laura Murphy, have provided rich opportunity to put the human body at the centre of my work.

My work has been shown internationally in exhibitions and festivals across Europe. I have received awards to produce original public-facing artwork from Arts Council England as well as research and travel awards from the British Council and Creative Europe. In 2022 I received a Develop Your Creative Practice award from ACE.

My film work has been commissioned by organisations including the Barbican, Southbank Centre, EUNIC and Kings College London, and most recently has been shown at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2025.

With a long and varied history in creative education, I have delivered programmes with children and adults from a wide range of backgrounds. I taught documental practices on MA Environmental Architecture at the Royal College of Art from 2017 to 2022.

Contact: gemmariggsfilm(at)gmail.com


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Education:
FHEA Fellowship – Teaching Fellow in Higher Education (Advanced HE) (2025)
MA Fine Art I University for the Creative Arts at Canterbury (2014)
BA Fine Art | Wimbledon School of Art (2002)
Foundation in Art and Design | Wimbledon School of Art (1999)