Emma Varga was born in former Yugoslavia, in 1952. She graduated from the University of Applied Arts in Belgrade in 1975 as Bachelor of Arts, majoring in Glass design and Ceramic sculpture. Since 1975 she works as a freelance Artist producing her own Glass Art and Design. In 1995 Emma migrated to Australia where she currently lives and works at a studio on one of the Northern Beaches of Sydney. In early stages of her career in Europe, Emma participated in landmark exhibitions such as the 1st ‘Coburger Glaspreis’ 1977 and ‘New Glass’ in Corning 1979, ‘Vicointer’ in Valencia 1983, ‘Contemporary European Sculpture in Glass’ in Liege 1989, as well as in 3rd & 4th ‘Interglass Symposium’ in Novy Bor (Czech Republic) in 1988 and 1991. In recent years Emma Varga’s work has been consistently shown in exhibitions in Australia, as well as in the United States, Europe and South East Asia.