Emma Safir

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Works

Represented by HESSE FLATOW

Emma Safir

b. 1990, New York

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

2026 Buffalo Institute for Contemporary Art, Buffalo NY, (forthcoming)
2025 HESSE FLATOW, Manhattan NY, (forthcoming)
2024 10D, Manhattan NY, Girandole, curated by Selena Parnon
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
2017 Bunker Projects, Pittsburgh PA, Picture Planes, curated by Bunker Projects

Art Fairs

2024 Blade Study, NADA NY, Manhattan NY, Pearls for Young Ladies, selected by Simon Wu for the TD Bank Curatorial Spotlight (solo presentation)
2024 HESSE FLATOW, NADA NY, Manhattan NY
2023 Baxter St at CCNY, Photofairs, Manhattan NY, Modern Prometheus, programming partner

Select Group Exhibitions

2025 September Gallery, Kinderhook NY, (forthcoming)
2024 Galerie Nicolas Robert, Montréal CA, A Tale of Small Moments | La prophétie des objets aléatoires, curated by Anaïs Castro
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 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 Nazarian Curio, 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 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

Residencies

2025 Oxbow School of Art, Saugatuk MI, Visiting artist (forthcoming)
2024 Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, Manhattan NY, Summerworks Residency Artist
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

2025 Foundwork Prize, finalist (ongoing)
2024 Dreamers in Residency Grant, finalist
2024 NADA NY, TD Bank Curatorial Spotlight
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

2025 HESSE FLATOW East, Amagansett NY, The Feast of Saint Veronica, even co-curated with Andrew Gardner (forthcoming)
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

Curatorial Projects

2025 HESSE FLATOW East, Amagansett NY, Veronica, Veronica group exhibition co-curated with Andrew Gardner (forthcoming)

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, [email protected]: 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

Press

2024 Standouts at NADA New York, the Fair for Up-and-Comers Will Heinrich for the New York Times
2024 The 10th Edition of NADA New York Kate Hayashi for whitewall
2024 New Artists and Voices from Around the World at NADA New York 2024 Bill Balfour for the Irish Examiner
2024 The Best Booths at NADA NY, from Sci-Fi Utopias to Remixed Folklore Tessa Solomon for ARTnews
2024 9 Artists We Discovered at the New York Art Fairs 2024 Casey Lesser for Artsy
2024 Frieze New York Diary Laurie Barron for Plaster Magazine
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