Following her degree in anatomy and cell biology, Emily Evans, BSc (Hons.), Anatomy & Cell Biology PGCE, MMAA, RMIP, trained and worked as a school science teacher in London. After retraining as a medical artist and qualifying with the Medical Artists' Association of Great Britain, Evans has been a freelance medical illustrator since 2005. She works from her studio in London, where she also runs her businesses Anatomy Boutique and Anatomy Boutique Books.
Evans has been a senior demonstrator of anatomy at Cambridge University since 2006, teaching medical students dissection and anatomy. She regularly writes about and gives talks on the use of anatomy in contemporary art practice.