Sasha gordon

View highlights from the Brooklyn-based artist's newest paintings, which are vibrantly colored and richly detailed scenes of recreation.

In just a few years, Sasha Gordon has established herself as one of the most compelling and challenging artists to watch.

View highlights from the Brooklyn-based artist's newest paintings, which are vibrantly colored and richly detailed scenes of recreation.

Sasha Gordon (b. 1998, Somers, NY) lives and works in New York. She graduated from The Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) in 2021. Solo exhibitions include Surrogate Self, Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami (2023); The Flesh Disappears, But Continues to Ache, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London (2023); Hands of Others, Jeffrey Deitch, New York (2022); and Enters Thief, Matthew Brown, Los Angeles (2021). Recent group exhibitions include Yours Truly, Nahman Contemporary, New York (2024)…

One artist on how representing herself through her work made her feel proud of her body.

For many artists exploring themes of race and identity, the notion of bodily space is key to explore. This is the case for the New York-based artist Sasha Gordon, whose biracial identity is wrapped up in the idea of what it means to be Polish and Korean. The artist delves into the symbolism of identity throughout her emphatic hyperreal paintings; explaining how, “being Korean and Polish was always a strange concept for me because I felt as though I’m forced to identify more with one than…

View highlights from the Brooklyn-based artist's newest paintings, which are vibrantly colored and richly detailed scenes of recreation.

We spoke to Sasha Gordon about abstraction, her artistic heroes, and what keeps her hopeful about painting in a world that seems to be increasingly digital.