Inka Essenhigh
Born in 1969 and lives and works in New York. Inka Essenhigh's paintings draw on an astute awareness of contemporary culture and her immediate environment. They are infused with a dreamlike, surreal sensibility - often directly related to a particular perception or the atmosphere of an encounter, individual or scene.
She has exhibited at the Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg (2019); The Drawing Center, New York (2018); Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville (2016 and 2012); Dayton Art Institute (2011); Center for Maine Contemporaray Art, Rockport (2011); Museum of Modern Art, New York (2007); The Royal Academy of Art, London (2006); Domus Artium 2, Salamanca (2005); São Paulo Biennal (2004); Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami (2003) and the Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh (2003). Her work is in the collections of major museums including Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY; Denver Art Museum; Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami; Museum of Modern Art / P.S.1 Center for Contemporary Art, New York; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Seattle Art Museum; Tate, London; Virginia Museum of Fine Art, Richmond and Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.
War, 2004
Aquatint and spitbite etching with drypoint on Magnani paper. Image: 10.5 x 8.25w in. Paper: 16.38h x 13.25w in. Edition of 40. Published by Eminence Grise Editions. Printed by Gregory Burnet.
Devil on the Highway, 2001
Aquatint and hardground etching with drypoint. Image: 9h x 7w in. Paper: 15.88h x 12.88w in. Edition of 25. Published by Eminence Grise Editions. Printed by Gregory Burnet.
Beach, 2001
Aquatint and hardground etching with drypoint. Image: 9h x 7w in. Paper: 15.88h x 12.88w in. Edition of 25. Published by Eminence Grise Editions. Printed by Gregory Burnet.
Country Western, 2001
Aquatint and hardground etching with drypoint. Image: 9h x 7w in. Paper: 15.88h x 12.88w in. Edition of 25. Published by Eminence Grise Editions. Printed by Gregory Burnet.
Daedalus and Icarus, 2000
Color screen print. 30h x 26w in.Edition of 40. Published by Eminence Grise Editions. Printed by Jean-Yves Noblet.
The Western Print, 2000
Color Screen print. 27h x 30w in. Edition of 60. Published by Eminence Grise Editions. Printed by Jean-Yves Noblet.
Show Girls, 2004
Color screen print. 30h x 26 in. Edition of 40. Published by Eminence Grise Editions. Printed by Jean-Yves Noblet.
Mermaid, 2004
Copper Plate drypoint on Hahnemüller soft white paper. Image: 10h x 7.5w in. Paper: 16.38h x 13w in. Edition of 9. Published by Eminence Grise Editions. Printed by Gregory Burnet.
Portrait of Steve, 2004
Copper Plate drypoint on Hahnemüller soft white paper. Image: 10h x 7.5w in. Paper: 16.38h x 13w in. Edition of 9. Published by Eminence Grise Editions. Printed by Gregory Burnet.
Power Party, 2004
Copper plate drypoint on Hahnemüller soft white paper. Image: 10h x 7.5w in. Paper: 16.88h x 13w in. Edition of 9. Published by Eminence Grise Editions. Printed by Gregory Burnet.
Tornado, 2001
Aquatint and hardground etching with drypoint. Image: 9 x 7 inches Paper: 15.88h x 12.88w in. Edition of 25. Published by Eminence Grise Editions. Printed by Gregory Burnet.