Sascha Braunig

Sascha Braunig is known for her paintings and drawings characterized by vivid colors and a hypnotic style that reflects upon illusion and the surface of the represented subjects.

Biography of Sascha Braunig

Sascha Braunig was born in Qualicum Beach, Vancouver Island, Canada, and holds a BFA from The Cooper Union in New York and an MFA in painting from Yale University. She currently resides and works in Portland, ME.

Braunig has received several prestigious residencies and grants, including the MacDowell Fellowship in 2013 and 2023 and the Surf Point Foundation residency in 2021. She participated in the Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program from 2016 to 2017. In 2016, she was honored with the Pollock-Krasner Foundation Award.

Her work is included in the permanent collections of notable institutions, such as the Baltimore Museum of Art in Baltimore, the Fondazione Memmo in Rome, the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, the Aïshti Foundation in Beirut, and the Allen Memorial Art Museum in Oberlin, Ohio.

Sascha Braunig's Art Style

Beginning with detailed paintings of fantastical sculptural constructs, the artist employs a diverse array of pictorial techniques to convey the portrayal of bodies under duress. Drawing inspiration from the distorted bodies prevalent throughout the history of modern painting, Braunig adapts and applies these artistic legacies to address the discomforts and uncertainties of contemporary existence.

In more recent pieces, her figures seem to challenge both their own boundaries and the confines that enclose them. While evoking a dystopian atmosphere, her paintings also subtly empower their vulnerable subjects, advocating for humanist art in an era where individual experiences seem to be threatened by forces beyond our control.

Her dream-like compositions, characterized by repetition and patterns, bestow an extrasensory glow upon her figures. Their skin reflects vibrant colors that appear as a source of psychic power.