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

  1. 1 2 Ebony, David (26 May 2017). "Sascha Braunig". Archived from the original on 13 April 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  2. ↑ "The New Surrealism: Contemporary Women Artists Against Alternative Facts". Artspace.
  3. 1 2 3 Smith, Roberta (9 April 2015). "Sascha Braunig". Archived from the original on 13 April 2019. Retrieved August 29, 2023 – via New York Times.
  4. ↑ Spavento, Elizabeth. "Extra Spectral". Space 538. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  5. 1 2 Lin, Sabrina (November 2, 2018). "Challenging confines of the frame with Sascha Braunig". The Bowdoin Orient. Retrieved August 29, 2023.
  6. 1 2 Miotek, Haley (September 21, 2016). "Sascha Braunig Makes Uncanny Art for an Artificial World". CanadianArt. Retrieved August 29, 2023.
  7. ↑ Yerebakan, Osman Can (April 2022). "Sascha Braunig: Lay Figure". The Brooklyn Rail. Retrieved August 29, 2023.
  8. ↑ "Sascha Braunig CV" (PDF). Francois Ghebaly. 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2023.
  9. ↑ "Visual Art & Painting: Sascha Braunig". Macdowell. Retrieved August 29, 2023.
  10. ↑ Schwabsky, Barry (June 2015). "Sascha Braunig, Foxy Production". ArtForum. Retrieved August 29, 2023.
  11. ↑ "Sascha Braunig: Shivers". The Museum of Modern Art. Archived from the original on 2019-04-24. Retrieved 2019-04-13.
  12. ↑ Solway, Diane. "Artist Sascha Braunig Will Mess With Your Head". W Magazine. Archived from the original on 2019-04-13. Retrieved 2019-04-13.
  13. ↑ "Troll - Sascha BRAUNIG - NGV - View Work". www.ngv.vic.gov.au. Archived from the original on 2019-04-13. Retrieved 2019-04-13.
  14. ↑ Gilbert, Aaron (April 22, 2011). "Sascha Braunig". BOMB Magazine. Retrieved August 29, 2023.
  15. ↑ "A New Book Heralds the Future of Painting". Architectural Digest. Archived from the original on 2019-04-14. Retrieved 2019-04-14.


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