Canadian painter
Sascha Braunig (born 1983) is a Canadian painter. She is best known for her hyperrealist[ 1] and surrealist[ 2] [ 3] paintings of lay figures.
Life and education
Braunig was born in Qualicum Beach , British Columbia and lives and works in Portland, Maine .[ 4]
In 2005, Braunig received a BFA in painting and photography from The Cooper Union .[ 5] She went on to graduate with her MFA in painting from Yale School of Art in 2008.
Work
While at Yale School of Art, Braunig began experimenting with video.[ 5] She frequently uses lighting effects and simple materials such as clay or styrofoam to create three-dimensional models or masks, on which she bases the figures in her paintings.[ 6] [ 3] [ 7]
Braunig has received two MacDowell fellowships, in 2013 and 2023, where she worked in Peterborough, New Hampshire .[ 8] [ 9]
In 2015 she took part in the New Museum triennial exhibition titled Surround Audience .[ 1] [ 3] [ 10] She has had solo exhibitions at MoMA PS1 , New York[ 11] and at Norway's Kunsthall Stavanger .[ 12] Her work is included in the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria , Melbourne, Australia, among others.[ 13]
Her inspirations range from contemporary film directors like David Cronenberg to the Flemish painters of the Northern Renaissance , such as Jan van Eyck .[ 6] [ 14]
Braunig was included in the 2014 Thames and Hudson book 100 Painters of Tomorrow .[ 15]
References
^ a b Ebony, David (26 May 2017). "Sascha Braunig" . Archived from the original on 13 April 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2019 .
^ "The New Surrealism: Contemporary Women Artists Against Alternative Facts" . Artspace .
^ a b c Smith, Roberta (9 April 2015). "Sascha Braunig" . Archived from the original on 13 April 2019. Retrieved August 29, 2023 – via New York Times.
^ Spavento, Elizabeth. "Extra Spectral" . Space 538 . Retrieved 23 August 2020 .
^ a b Lin, Sabrina (November 2, 2018). "Challenging confines of the frame with Sascha Braunig" . The Bowdoin Orient . Retrieved August 29, 2023 .
^ a b Miotek, Haley (September 21, 2016). "Sascha Braunig Makes Uncanny Art for an Artificial World" . CanadianArt . Retrieved August 29, 2023 .
^ Yerebakan, Osman Can (April 2022). "Sascha Braunig: Lay Figure" . The Brooklyn Rail . Retrieved August 29, 2023 .
^ "Sascha Braunig CV" (PDF) . Francois Ghebaly . 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2023 .
^ "Visual Art & Painting: Sascha Braunig" . Macdowell . Retrieved August 29, 2023 .
^ Schwabsky, Barry (June 2015). "Sascha Braunig, Foxy Production" . ArtForum . Retrieved August 29, 2023 .
^ "Sascha Braunig: Shivers" . The Museum of Modern Art . Archived from the original on 2019-04-24. Retrieved 2019-04-13 .
^ Solway, Diane. "Artist Sascha Braunig Will Mess With Your Head" . W Magazine . Archived from the original on 2019-04-13. Retrieved 2019-04-13 .
^ "Troll - Sascha BRAUNIG - NGV - View Work" . www.ngv.vic.gov.au . Archived from the original on 2019-04-13. Retrieved 2019-04-13 .
^ Gilbert, Aaron (April 22, 2011). "Sascha Braunig" . BOMB Magazine . Retrieved August 29, 2023 .
^ "A New Book Heralds the Future of Painting" . Architectural Digest . Archived from the original on 2019-04-14. Retrieved 2019-04-14 .
International National Artists