Sascha Braunig

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. 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. 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. Lin, Sabrina (November 2, 2018). "Challenging confines of the frame with Sascha Braunig". The Bowdoin Orient. Retrieved August 29, 2023.
  6. 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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