Emma Langridge was born in the U.K. and moved at a young age to Perth, Western Australia, where she acquired a Bachelor of Fine Arts. Whilst there, she had her first solo exhibition and entered the Holmes a Court and Artbank collections. Since relocating to Melbourne in 2001, Langridge has exhibited in numerous group and solo exhibitions in Australia and internationally. She completed her practice-led PhD at the Australian National University in 2022, the subject of which is the investigation of irregular outcomes arising from regimented painting systems.