Emma Safir

Biography

Emma Safir (b. 1990, NYC) 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. 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, Charles Moffett, Jack Barrett, Shulamit Nazarian, Lyles & King, among others. Safir lives and works in New York.

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Exhibitions

Trodden Path
A group exhibition at HESSE FLATOW EAST July 22 - August 31, 2023
HESSE FLATOW is proud to present Trodden Path, featuring the works of 17 artists: Beverly Acha, Louise Belcourt, Sarah Blaustein, Michael Childress, Carl D’Alvia, Tara Geer, Elizabeth Hazan, Virva Hinnemo, Charlotte Hallberg, Paloma Izquierdo, Jonathan Ryan, Kathy Sirico, Charles Manion, Emma Safir, SR Lejeune, Claire Watson, and Alina Tenser at...
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Press

Art Fairs

NADA New York 2024
Amanda Martínez, Emma Safir, Alina Tenser May 2 - 5, 2024
For NADA New York 2024, HESSE FLATOW is pleased to present an all-female artist booth featuring freestanding and wall-mounted sculptures by gallery artists Alina Tenser and Amanda Martínez, in conversation with photo-textile based paintings and sculptures by Emma Safir; all of whom employ a language of abstraction exploring materiality and performative labor.
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Events

NADA New York 2024
Amanda Martínez, Emma Safir, Alina Tenser May 2 - 5, 2024
For NADA New York 2024, HESSE FLATOW is pleased to present an all-female artist booth featuring freestanding and wall-mounted sculptures by gallery artists Alina Tenser...
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