Sascha Braunig (born 1983) is a Canadian painter. She is best known for her hyperrealist [1] and surrealist [2] [3] paintings of lay figures.
Braunig was born in Qualicum Beach, British Columbia and lives and works in Portland, Maine. [4]
In 2005, Braunig received a BFA in painting and photography from The Cooper Union. [5] She went on to graduate with her MFA in painting from Yale School of Art in 2008.
While at Yale School of Art, Braunig began experimenting with video. [5] 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. [6] [3] [7]
Braunig has received two MacDowell fellowships, in 2013 and 2023, where she worked in Peterborough, New Hampshire. [8] [9]
In 2015 she took part in the New Museum triennial exhibition titled Surround Audience. [1] [3] [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. [6] [14]
Braunig was included in the 2014 Thames and Hudson book 100 Painters of Tomorrow. [15]
Sascha Braunig (born 1983) is a Canadian painter. She is best known for her hyperrealist [1] and surrealist [2] [3] paintings of lay figures.
Braunig was born in Qualicum Beach, British Columbia and lives and works in Portland, Maine. [4]
In 2005, Braunig received a BFA in painting and photography from The Cooper Union. [5] She went on to graduate with her MFA in painting from Yale School of Art in 2008.
While at Yale School of Art, Braunig began experimenting with video. [5] 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. [6] [3] [7]
Braunig has received two MacDowell fellowships, in 2013 and 2023, where she worked in Peterborough, New Hampshire. [8] [9]
In 2015 she took part in the New Museum triennial exhibition titled Surround Audience. [1] [3] [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. [6] [14]
Braunig was included in the 2014 Thames and Hudson book 100 Painters of Tomorrow. [15]