Emil Sands

Emil Sands (born 1998) completed his Fine Art Foundation at Central St. Martins, his BA and MPhil in Classics at the University of Cambridge, followed by the Henry Fellowship at Yale School of Art and Yale Creative Writing. Recent solo exhibitions include Kasmin Gallery, New York; JO-HS, Mexico City; and Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York. Sands will publish his memoir 'I Am Not Achilles' with Scribner (US) and Picador (UK) in 2027, following the publication of a personal essay about growing up with cerebral palsy in The Atlantic in 2023.

Portrait of Emil Sands. Photo: Lucas Creighton