Sascha Braunig Explained

Sascha Braunig (born 1983) is a Canadian painter. She is best known for her hyperrealist and surrealist[1] [2] paintings of lay figures.

Life and education

Braunig was born in Qualicum Beach, British Columbia and lives and works in Portland, Maine.[3]

In 2005, Braunig received a BFA in painting and photography from The Cooper Union.[4] 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. 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.[5] [6]

Braunig has received two MacDowell fellowships, in 2013 and 2023, where she worked in Peterborough, New Hampshire.[7] [8]

In 2015 she took part in the New Museum triennial exhibition titled Surround Audience.[9] [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.[14]

Braunig was included in the 2014 Thames and Hudson book 100 Painters of Tomorrow.[15]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The New Surrealism: Contemporary Women Artists Against Alternative Facts . Artspace.
  2. Web site: Smith . Roberta . 9 April 2015 . Sascha Braunig . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190413034356/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/10/arts/design/sascha-braunig.html . 13 April 2019 . August 29, 2023 . New York Times.
  3. Web site: Spavento. Elizabeth. Extra Spectral. 23 August 2020. Space 538.
  4. Web site: Lin . Sabrina . November 2, 2018 . Challenging confines of the frame with Sascha Braunig . August 29, 2023 . The Bowdoin Orient.
  5. Web site: Miotek . Haley . September 21, 2016 . Sascha Braunig Makes Uncanny Art for an Artificial World . August 29, 2023 . CanadianArt.
  6. Web site: Yerebakan . Osman Can . April 2022 . Sascha Braunig: Lay Figure . August 29, 2023 . The Brooklyn Rail.
  7. Web site: 2022 . Sascha Braunig CV . August 29, 2023 . Francois Ghebaly.
  8. Web site: Visual Art & Painting: Sascha Braunig . August 29, 2023 . Macdowell.
  9. Web site: Sascha Braunig. David. Ebony. 26 May 2017. 13 April 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190413034358/https://www.artinamericamagazine.com/reviews/sascha-braunig/. 13 April 2019. live.
  10. Web site: Schwabsky . Barry . June 2015 . Sascha Braunig, Foxy Production . August 29, 2023 . ArtForum.
  11. Web site: Sascha Braunig: Shivers. The Museum of Modern Art. 2019-04-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20190424152637/https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/3622. 2019-04-24. live.
  12. Web site: Artist Sascha Braunig Will Mess With Your Head. Diane. Solway. W Magazine. 2019-04-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20190413035419/https://www.wmagazine.com/story/artist-sascha-braunig-kunstall-stavanger-norway. 2019-04-13. live.
  13. Web site: Troll - Sascha BRAUNIG - NGV - View Work. www.ngv.vic.gov.au. 2019-04-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20190413034402/http://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/explore/collection/work/116276/. 2019-04-13. live.
  14. Web site: Gilbert . Aaron . April 22, 2011 . Sascha Braunig . August 29, 2023 . BOMB Magazine.
  15. Web site: A New Book Heralds the Future of Painting . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190414014946/https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/100-painters-of-tomorrow-book-article . 2019-04-14 . 2019-04-14 . Architectural Digest.

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