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INKA ESSENHIGH

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15 October - 14 November 2020
  • INKA ESSENHIGH

    15 October - 14 November 2020
  • New York, NY: Miles McEnery Gallery, Inka Essenhigh, 15 October - 14 November 2020 (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    New York, NY: Miles McEnery Gallery, Inka Essenhigh, 15 October - 14 November 2020 (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    New York, NY: Miles McEnery Gallery, Inka Essenhigh, 15 October - 14 November 2020 (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    New York, NY: Miles McEnery Gallery, Inka Essenhigh, 15 October - 14 November 2020 (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    New York, NY: Miles McEnery Gallery, Inka Essenhigh, 15 October - 14 November 2020 (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).

    New York, NY: Miles McEnery Gallery, Inka Essenhigh, 15 October - 14 November 2020

  • American Painter Inka Essenhigh’s Surrealist Scenes Offer a Very Enjoyable Distraction From the News—See Them Here, Escape from the stress...

    American Painter Inka Essenhigh’s Surrealist Scenes Offer a Very Enjoyable Distraction From the News—See Them Here

    Escape from the stress of the day with these luscious, fantastical landscapes.

    Why it’s worth a look: Who couldn’t use a bit of escapism right now? In American painter Inka Essenhigh’s fantastical world, the goblinesque creatures and their environments seem to be lit from within, whether cast in the cool light of the predawn morning or in the deep burnt orange of a Chinese restaurant. With nods to surrealism and animation, Essenhigh’s landscapes are populated by characters from folklore and mythology, in some cases existing only as faceless shadows. At a time where the real world is filled with screaming headlines and endless stressors, Essenhigh’s magic garden offers a lovely, transporting respite.

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  • Inka Essenhigh, Orange Fall, 2020

     

    Artworks

    Inka Essenhigh

    Orange Fall, 2020
    Enamel on canvas
    72 x 96 inches
    182.9 x 243.8 cm
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    • Inka Essenhigh Mission Chinese Restaurant, 2020 Enamel on canvas 40 x 50 inches 101.6 x 127 cm
      Inka Essenhigh
      Mission Chinese Restaurant, 2020
      Enamel on canvas
      40 x 50 inches
      101.6 x 127 cm
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    • Inka Essenhigh Dawns Early Light, 2019 Enamel on canvas 40 x 50 inches 101.6 x 127 cm
      Inka Essenhigh
      Dawns Early Light, 2019
      Enamel on canvas
      40 x 50 inches
      101.6 x 127 cm
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    • Inka Essenhigh Forever Young, 2020 Enamel on canvas 60 x 42 inches 152.4 x 106.7 cm
      Inka Essenhigh
      Forever Young, 2020
      Enamel on canvas
      60 x 42 inches
      152.4 x 106.7 cm
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    • Inka Essenhigh Predawn in Early Spring, 2020 Enamel on canvas 50 x 40 inches 127 x 101.6 cm
      Inka Essenhigh
      Predawn in Early Spring, 2020
      Enamel on canvas
      50 x 40 inches
      127 x 101.6 cm
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  • Inka Essenhigh , Blue Spruce, 2020
    Artworks

    Inka Essenhigh

    Blue Spruce, 2020
    Enamel on canvas
    50 x 80 inches
    127 x 203.2 cm
    • Inka Essenhigh The Last Party, 2020 Enamel on canvas 24 x 24 inches 61 x 61 cm
      Inka Essenhigh
      The Last Party, 2020
      Enamel on canvas
      24 x 24 inches
      61 x 61 cm
    • Inka Essenhigh Queen Anne's Lace, 2020 Enamel on canvas 40 x 50 inches 101.6 x 127 cm
      Inka Essenhigh
      Queen Anne's Lace, 2020
      Enamel on canvas
      40 x 50 inches
      101.6 x 127 cm
    • Inka Essenhigh Thistle, 2019 Enamel on canvas 50 x 40 inches 127 x 101.6 cm Signed, titled and dated (verso)
      Inka Essenhigh
      Thistle, 2019
      Enamel on canvas
      50 x 40 inches
      127 x 101.6 cm
      Signed, titled and dated (verso)
    • Inka Essenhigh Purple Pods, 2019 Enamel on canvas 34 x 32 inches 86.4 x 81.3 cm
      Inka Essenhigh
      Purple Pods, 2019
      Enamel on canvas
      34 x 32 inches
      86.4 x 81.3 cm
    • Inka Essenhigh Full Bloom, 2020 Enamel on canvas 60 x 44 inches 152.4 x 111.8 cm
      Inka Essenhigh
      Full Bloom, 2020
      Enamel on canvas
      60 x 44 inches
      152.4 x 111.8 cm
    • Inka Essenhigh Flowers in Starlight, 2018 Enamel on canvas 24 x 24 inches 61 x 61 cm
      Inka Essenhigh
      Flowers in Starlight, 2018
      Enamel on canvas
      24 x 24 inches
      61 x 61 cm
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  • "Essenhigh's paintings take on the nuance of human ecology through hyperreal forms of nature and storybook fantasias that allude to the crisis of the everyday. Her works embrace the disorder and messiness found in life, and they often rearrange it into something disquietingly picturesque." 

    - Excerpt from "Inka Essenhigh's Uncanny Picturesque" by Jenni Sorkin

  • INKA ESSENHIGH (b. in 1969 in Bellefonte, PA) received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1992 from Columbus College...

    INKA ESSENHIGH (b. in 1969 in Bellefonte, PA) received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1992 from Columbus College of Art & Design, and her Master of Fine Art in 1994 from School of Visual Arts.

      

    Recent solo exhibitions include: Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY (Upcoming); “Other Worlds: Inka Essenhigh,” Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA; “Uchronia,” Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago, IL; Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago, IL; “Parallel Lines,” Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago, IL; “Inka Essenhigh: Manhattanhenge,” The Drawing Center, New York, NY; “A Fine Line,” Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Virginia Beach, VA and Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI; Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY; “Between Worlds,” Frist Center, Nashville, TN; “Stars and Flowers,” Baldwin Gallery, Aspen, CO; “Comet Dust & Crystal Shards,” Jacob Lewis Gallery, New York, NY Columbus College of Art & Design, Joseph V. Canzani Center, Columbus, OH; Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan; Pace Prints, New York, NY; 303 Gallery, New York, NY; Victoria Miro, London, United Kingdom; 303 Gallery, New York, NY; DA2 Domus Artium 2002, Salamanca, Spain; Sint-Lukasgalerie, Brussels, Belgium; Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL; Galleria il Capricorno,Venice, Italy; Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland; Victoria Miro, London, United Kingdom; 303 Gallery, New York, NY, London, United Kingdom.

     

    Her work may be found in numerous public collections, including Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY; Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO; Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, Miami, FL; Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA; Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA; Tate Gallery, London, United Kingdom; andWhitney Museum of American Art, NewYork,NY.

     

    Inka Essenhigh lives and works in New York, NY.

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