Emma Safir

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Emma Safir

b. 1990, New York
emmaoliviasafir@gmail.com
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Education

2019-2021 Yale School of Art, New Haven CT, MFA in Painting & Printmaking
2008-2012 Rhode Island School of Design, Providence RI, BFA in Printmaking

Solo Exhibitions

2024 10D, Manhattan NY, Girandole, curated by Selena Parnon
2023 Baxter St at CCNY, Photofairs, Manhattan NY, Modern Prometheus, programming partner
2023 Houseguest Gallery, Louisville KY, fabric of my Affectionate Memory, curated by Megan Bickel
2023 Blade Study, Manhattan NY, peripeteia, curated by Andrew Gardner
2022 Baxter St at CCNY, Manhattan NY, Glitches and Veils, curated by Sally Eaves Hughes
2021 SHIN HAUS at Shin Gallery, Manhattan NY, September at SHIN HAUS, curated by Sarah G. Park
2019 The Java Project, Brooklyn NY, Moire, curated by Dakota Sika
2018 Gallery Co.Co., Brooklyn NY, Press, curated by Gerardo Ismael Madera and Nicholas Weltyk
2017 Bunker Projects, Pittsburgh PA, Picture Planes, curated by Bunker Projects

Group Exhibitions

2024 RAINRAIN, Manhattan NY, What Do Angels Look Like?
2023 Pen & Brush, Manhattan NY, NOW: As a Consequence of Fact, curated by Parker Daley Garcia
2023 Hesse Flatow East, Amagansett NY, Trodden Path
2023 Charles Moffett Gallery, Manhattan NY, Genius Loci, curated by José Chavez - Verduzco
2023 A.P.E. Gallery, Northampton MA, digital slip, curated by Kelly Clare
2023 Jack Barrett Gallery, Manhattan NY, Plate a Weed,curated by Francesca Altamura
2022 Ki Smith Gallery, Manhattan NY, (un)Timely Untethered Pt. 2, curated by Bruno Smith
2022 Ryan Lee Gallery, Manhattan NY, ritual being, curated by Martine Gutierrez
2022 Shulamit Nazarian, Los Angeles LA, Midnight Murmurs
2022 Textile Arts Center, Brooklyn NY, Liminality, AiR Annual Exhibition
2022 Heroes Gallery, Manhattan NY, Gnaw, curated by Anna Stothart, part of the Interdisciplinary Art and Theory Program
2021 TW Fine Art, Brooklyn NY, Direct Message, curated by Preston Douglas
2021 Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia PA, illusions and other protective spells, curated by Christine Pfister
2021 Lyles & King, Manhattan NY, In Praise of Shadows, curated by Ebony L. Haynes
2021 Yale School of Art, New Haven CT, In Praise of Shadows, thesis exhibition curated by Ebony L. Haynes
2020 Yale School of Art, New Haven CT, This Time We Know Each Other, second year graduate group show
2019 Yale School of Art, New Haven CT, We Don’t Really Know Each Other, first year graduate group show
2018 The Java Project, Brooklyn NY, Elastic Behavior, curated by Memory Foam
2017 Demo Project, Springfield IL, Unfurnished, curated by Erin Hayden
2016 Project Space / Banff Centre, Alberta, Canada, Vistas, self curated
2016 University Galleries at William Paterson University, Paterson NJ, Ink, Press, Repeat, juried by Phil Sanders
2016 Kala Art Institute, Berkeley CA, Artist’s Annual Exhibition, curated by Kala Art Institute

Residencies

2023 Headlands Center for the Arts, Marin CA, Artist in residence
2023 Macedonia Institute, Chatham NY, Artist in residence
2022-2023 Lower East Side Printshop, Manhattan NY, Keyholder Residency
2021-2022 Interdisciplinary Art and Theory Program, Manhattan NY, participant
2021-2022 Textile Arts Center, Brooklyn NY, Artist in residence
2016-2017 Bunker Projects, Pittsburgh PA, Artist in residence
2016 Banff Centre, Alberta, Canada, Artist in residence
2016 Kala Art Institute, Berkeley CA, Artist in residence
2015 Intercambiador ACART, Madrid, Spain, Artist in residence

Awards

2023 Urban Glass, Brooklyn NY, Stained Glass Painting Scholarship
2023 Photofairs, Manhattan NY, Special Project with Baxter St at CCNY, Inaugural 21c Acquisition Prize
2022 Baxter St at CCNY, Manhattan NY, Glitches and Veils, curated by Sally Eaves Hughes, Curatorial Open Call
2022 Dieu Donné, Brooklyn NY, Summer Paper Institute Scholarship
2021 Yale School of Art, New Haven CT, YSoA x Hundreds Post Graduate Fellowship
2021 Yale School of Art, New Haven CT, Helen Watson Winternitz Award in recognition of an outstanding student in Painting & Printmaking
2021 Yale School of Art, New Haven CT, Student Marshal on behalf of the class of ‘21
2021 Yale School of Art, New Haven CT, Teaching Assistantship, The Work of Art in the Age of ___, Revisited taught by Cassandra Guan
2020 Yale School of Art, New Haven CT, Teaching Assistantship, Color Practice taught by Anoka Faruqee
2020 Yale School of Art, New Haven CT, Critical Practice Grant
2016 Banff Centre, Alberta, Canada, Flair Foundation Artist Award

Special Projects

2022-2023 Commission for Meta, Manhattan NY, curated by Andrew Gardner
2021-2022 Commission for LinkedIn, Empire State Building, Manhattan NY, facilitated by Acrylicize, curated by Francesca Altamura
2021 Sounds, New York, Beach towel collaboration

Lectures & Workshops

2023 University of Washington, Seattle WA, Artist Talk, hosted by Carly Sheehan
2023 Brooklyn College, Brooklyn NY, Visiting Artist, hosted by Tamen Pérez
2023 Photofairs, Manhattan NY, Photography & Materiality, in conversation with Jil Weinstock and Elliott Jerome Brown Jr.
2023 KMAC Contemporary Art Museum, Louisville KY, Artist Talk with Megan Bickel facilitated by Houseguest Gallery
2023 Brooklyn College, Brooklyn NY, Artist Lecture for course taught by Tamen Pérez
2022 Designtex, Open Forum, Manhattan NY, Artist Talk presenting on LinkedIn Empire State Building commission
2022 Jack Shainman Gallery, Manhattan NY, Interdisciplinary Art and Theory Program Symposium, in conversation with Meleko Mokgozi and Cassandra Guan, also featuring Natalie Frate, Alexandra Iglesia, Iris Ward Loughran, Katy Pinke, Alicia Riccio, Emma Safir, and Ambika Trasi
2022 Interdisciplinary Art and Theory Program, Manhattan NY, Cyborgs and Demigods, in collaboration with Sydney Shavers
2022 Baxter Street at CCNY, Manhattan NY, in conversation with Ebony L. Haynes, Sally Eaves Hughes
2022 Baxter Street at CCNY, Manhattan NY, Digitally Real, workshop with Luiza Dale
2022 Princeton University, Princeton NJ, Artist Lecture, for collage course taught by Troy Michie
2021 Rutgers University, New Brunswick NJ, Art History Department, Intermediality between Painting and Photography, taught by Susan Sidlauskas and Andrés Zervigón
2020 CUE Art Foundation, NYC NY, ART@COVID.EDU: Studio Art MFAs and the Cost of Remote Learning
2015 CES Felipe Segundo, Centro de Estudios Superiores, Aranjuez, Spain October 2015
2015 Complutense Universidad de Madrid, Madrid, Spain, Works in Progress, October 19, 2015

Professional Experience

2021-current Designtex, Manhattan NY, Project Manager
2022-2023 Interdisciplinary Art and Theory Program, Manhattan NY, facilitator and critic
2022 Middlesex County College, NJ, part-time lecturer, Art Fundamentals:2D
2022 Middlesex County College Arts High School, instructor, Intro to 3D
2021 Middlesex County College, NJ, part-time lecturer, Intro to Art
2020-2021 Yale School of Art, New Haven CT, Student Representative, elected position
2021 Yale School of Art, New Haven CT, Teaching Assistantship, The Work of Art in the Age of ___, Revisited taught by Cassandra Guan
2020 Yale School of Art, New Haven CT, Student Admissions representative, elected position
2020 Yale School of Art, New Haven CT, Teaching Assistantship, Color Practice taught by Anoka Faruqee
2017-2019 Spencer Finch Studio, Brooklyn NY, Studio Assistant

Press

2024 Interview with Emma Safir, Brainard Carey for Museum of Nonvisible Art and Yale University Radio
2023 Helen Toomer on the Debut of PHOTOFAIRS New York, Kathy Donohue for whitewall
2023 New York Art Week: The Armory Show and Photofairs, Annabel Keenan for Artillery
2022 How to See and Feel the Salt Dissolved in the Sea - on Emma Safir's "Woven Mirrors I", Ho Won Kim for SALT, MODA Critical Review Vol.3
2022 A quest for opacity: Emma Safir's sculptural digital collages, Carlota Ortiz Monasterio for Poltern
2021 5 Artists on Our Radar in October 2021, Shannon Lee for Artsy
2021 New Talent: 5 Painters Inspired by Digital Mediums, Shanti Escalante-De Mattei for ARTnews
2019 Interview with Emma Safir, Elizabeth Corkery, Print Club LTD.

Publication

2023 peripeteia, exhibition publication published by Blade Study, designed by Jinu Hong with contributions by Andrew Gardner, Jennifer Pranolo, Kara Güt and Tobi Kassim