Emma Safir
Emma Safir (b. 1990 NYC) Safir makes paintings that utilize fabric manipulation, lens–based media, smocking, rasterization, upholstery, and digitization. Her paintings function as screen simulations, proxies and portals. Safir is interested in hierarchies of labor in relation to gender and digitization, and in image making apparatus and distribution. Safir holds a BFA from RISD in Printmaking and an MFA from Yale in Painting & Printmaking. She has had solo exhibitions at Blade Study, Baxter St at CCNY, SHIN HAUS at Shin Gallery and Bunker Projects; and has participated in group shows at HESSE FLATOW, Galerie Nicolas Robert, Charles Moffett, Jack Barrett, Lyles & King, among others. She has upcoming solo exhibitions with HESSE FLATOW (2025) and Buffalo Institute for Contemporary Art (2026). Safir lives and works in New York City.
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Emma SafirCheval Glass, 2024Digitally printed silk, upholstery foam, mdf, appliqué, house paint, needlelace, reflective thread, pewter, flashe paint57 x 37 x 1 1/2 inches
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Emma SafirOx Eye, 2024Digitally printed silk, upholstery foam, mdf, appliqué, house paint, needlelace, reflective thread, pewter, flashe paint28 x 18 x 1 1/2 inches
71.12 x 45.72 x 3.81 cm -
Emma SafirPole Screen II, 2024Pewter, reflective thread, stainless steel68 x 28 x 2 inches
172 x 71 x 5 cm) -
Emma SafirPOSIE, 2024Digitally printed silk, upholstery foam, mdf, appliqué, house paint, needlelace, reflective thread, pewter, flashe paint57 x 37 x 1 1/2 inches
144.8 x 94 x 3.8 cm -
Emma SafirGirandole, 2023Pewter, reflective thread9 x 4 1.2 inches
22.9 x 11.4 cm -
Emma SafirSan Jose 2015, Arnhem 2020, 2022Digitally printed silk, upholstery foam, mdf, house paint, flashe paint28 x 18 x 1 1/2 inches
71.1 x 45.7 x 3.8 cm
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9 Artists We Discovered at the New York Art Fairs 2024
Casey Lesser, Artsy, May 3, 2024 -
The Best Booths at NADA New York, From Sci-Fi Utopias to Remixed Folklore
Tessa Solomon, ARTnews, May 2, 2024 -
Standouts at NADA New York, the Fair for Up-and-Comers
Will Heinrich, The New York Times, May 2, 2024 -
Emma Safir in "A quest for opacity: Emma Safir’s sculptural digital collages"
Carlota Ortiz Monasterio, Poltern, March 24, 2022 -
Emma Safir in "5 Artists on Our Radar in October 2021"
Shannon Lee, Artsy, October 1, 2021 -
Emma Safir in "New Talent: 5 Painters Inspired by Digital Mediums"
Shanti Escalante-de Mattei, ARTnews, September 22, 2021 -
Interview with Emma Safir
Elizabeth Corkery, Print Club LTD, April 1, 2019
