Lot 116 - Emma Steinkraus - The Spider
Gouache on paper
2025
A6 (10x15cm)
Original Artwork
Signed on Verso
Curated by Rosie Penny
About
Emma Steinkraus is a contemporary artist exploring femininity, transformation, and the more-than-human world through paintings and installations. Her work is characterized by smooth detailed surfaces, frequent references to art history, and a tone that is often cheeky or fantastical.
Education
2016
MFA in Painting and Drawing, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
2010
BA in Studio Art, Williams College, Williamstown, MA, USA
Solo Exhibitions
2025
Impossible Garden: Dusk & Dawn, The Museums at W&L, Lexington, VA, USA
2023
Princess Botticelli, 1969 Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2021
Impossible Garden, 1969 Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Group Exhibitions
2025
Ethereal, Edji Gallery, Brussels, Belgium (forthcoming)
2024
Realms, Carl Freedman Gallery, Margate, UK
Dreamscapes, Steve Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
A Place to Grow, Oak Spring Garden Foundation, Upperville, VA
2023
Transcendence, Gate45, Dubai, UAE
1969 Gallery, UNTITLED Art Fair, Miami, FL
A closed door, a den, Arusha Gallery, Bruton, United Kingdom
Superkraut, StadtPalais Museum, Stuttgart, Germany
Horizons, Sow & Tailor x WOAW Gallery, Hong Kong, China
2022
1969 Gallery, UNTITLED Art Fair, Miami, FL
Somebody, Hashimoto Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA
Exit 26, Monti 8 Gallery, Latina, Italy
Drew Dodge + Emma Steinkraus, 1969 Gallery, New York, NY
Awards
2022
Helen Frankenthaler Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center
2020
Eliza Moore Fellowship for Artistic Excellence, Oak Spring Garden Foundation
Gallery Representations
1969 Gallery (New York, NY)
Statement about AOAP Submitted Artwork
In this gouache study, 'Pumpkin Spider,' a woman stares at a vibrant orange spider through the branches of a cherry tree. Both subjects have a slightly uncanny, alien look and they're connected by the orange hue, which also appears on the bow that draws together the woman's shirt. The brightly-colored surface is built up of small, opaque hatch-marks that evoke the techniques used in early Renaissance tempera paintings.
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