Braunig's illusory and vibrant works defy simplistic classification. At once vividly real and lusciously dreamlike, they blur the line between figure and abstraction.1 Rendered as neon, paper or other artificial materials, subjects are given at once human and mechanistic qualities.
Read MoreSascha Braunig was born in Qualicum Beach, Canada in 1983 and currently lives and works in Portland, Maine, USA.
Her work has been the subject of solo exhibitions at Atlanta Contemporary, Atlanta; MoMA PS1, New York; Foxy Production, New York and Kunsthall Stavanger, Stavanger. She has been part of group exhibitions at White Cube, London; Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland; the New Museum Triennial and Etablissement dʼen Face, Brussels.
Her work is included in the collections of the Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne and the Zabludowicz Collection, London.
(1) Hanne Mugaas aptly characterized Braunig's work in the press release of her 2016 solo at the Kunsthall Stavanger.
Text courtesy Office Baroque.