Sascha Braunig

Braunig was born in Qualicum Beach, British Columbia and lives and works in Portland, Maine.^[4]

In 2005, Braunig received a BFA in painting and photography from The Cooper Union.^[5] She went on to graduate with her MFA in painting from Yale School of Art in 2008.

While at Yale School of Art, Braunig began experimenting with video.^[5] She frequently uses lighting effects and simple materials such as clay or styrofoam to create three-dimensional models or masks, on which she bases the figures in her paintings.^[6][3][7]

Braunig has received two MacDowell fellowships, in 2013 and 2023, where she worked in Peterborough, New Hampshire.^[8][9]

In 2015 she took part in the New Museum triennial exhibition titled Surround Audience.^[1][3][10] She has had solo exhibitions at MoMA PS1, New York^[11] and at Norway's Kunsthall Stavanger.^[12] Her work is included in the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia, among others.^[13]

Her inspirations range from contemporary film directors like David Cronenberg to the Flemish painters of the Northern Renaissance, such as Jan van Eyck.^[6][14]

Braunig was included in the 2014 Thames and Hudson book 100 Painters of Tomorrow.^[15]