Biografía

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 Safir, Cheval Glass, 2024
    Emma Safir
    Cheval Glass, 2024
    Digitally printed silk, upholstery foam, mdf, appliqué, house paint, needlelace, reflective thread, pewter, flashe paint
    57 x 37 x 1 1/2 inches
    144.8 x 94 x 3.8 cm
  • Emma Safir, Ox Eye, 2024
    Emma Safir
    Ox Eye, 2024
    Digitally printed silk, upholstery foam, mdf, appliqué, house paint, needlelace, reflective thread, pewter, flashe paint
    28 x 18 x 1 1/2 inches
    71.12 x 45.72 x 3.81 cm
  • Emma Safir, Pole Screen II, 2024
    Emma Safir
    Pole Screen II, 2024
    Pewter, reflective thread, stainless steel
    68 x 28 x 2 inches
    172 x 71 x 5 cm)
  • Emma Safir, POSIE, 2024
    Emma Safir
    POSIE, 2024
    Digitally printed silk, upholstery foam, mdf, appliqué, house paint, needlelace, reflective thread, pewter, flashe paint
    57 x 37 x 1 1/2 inches
    144.8 x 94 x 3.8 cm
  • Emma Safir, Girandole, 2023
    Emma Safir
    Girandole, 2023
    Pewter, reflective thread
    9 x 4 1.2 inches
    22.9 x 11.4 cm
  • Emma Safir, San Jose 2015, Arnhem 2020, 2022
    Emma Safir
    San Jose 2015, Arnhem 2020, 2022
    Digitally printed silk, upholstery foam, mdf, house paint, flashe paint
    28 x 18 x 1 1/2 inches
    71.1 x 45.7 x 3.8 cm
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