Judith Eisler
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Judith Eisler is an artist based in New York
.
Eisler was born in New York
and is currently living in New York
and Vienna
. She is a painter who gathers source imagery from watching films and photographing stills from the footage. Her works typically have glossy surfaces and feature blurred, anonymous imagery. She has been compared to Gerhard Richter
due to their similar working method.
Since 2009 she teaches painting at the University of Applied Arts Vienna
, Austria.
She received her BFA
from Cornell University
in 1984.
2002
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
New York
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.
Eisler was born in New York
New York
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and is currently living in New York
New York
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and Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
. She is a painter who gathers source imagery from watching films and photographing stills from the footage. Her works typically have glossy surfaces and feature blurred, anonymous imagery. She has been compared to Gerhard Richter
Gerhard Richter
Gerhard Richter is a German visual artist. Richter has simultaneously produced abstract and photorealistic painted works, as well as photographs and glass pieces, thus undermining the concept of the artist’s obligation to maintain a single cohesive style.- Biography :Gerhard Richter was born in...
due to their similar working method.
Since 2009 she teaches painting at the University of Applied Arts Vienna
University of Applied Arts Vienna
The University of Applied Arts Vienna is an institution of higher education in Vienna, the capital of Austria. It has had university status since 1970.-History:...
, Austria.
She received her BFA
Bachelor of Fine Arts
In the United States and Canada, the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, usually abbreviated BFA, is the standard undergraduate degree for students seeking a professional education in the visual or performing arts. In some countries such a degree is called a Bachelor of Creative Arts or BCA...
from Cornell University
Cornell University
Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
in 1984.
2002
- Prague Biennale, Galleria Nazionale Veletrzni Palac, Prague
2004
- Painters, Galleri K, Oslo
2005
- Drive, He Said, Grimm + Rosenfeld, Munich
- Much Madness is Divinest Sense, Cohan and Leslie, New York
2006
- I Love My Scene, Mary Boone, New York
- Rapt, Cohan and Leslie, New York
- Anhauchen, Galerie Krobath Wimmer, Vienna
2007
- The Painting of Modern Life, Hayward Gallery, London
- Counterparts, Contemporary Arts Center of Virginia, Virginia
2008
- I Don't Believe It-I Won't Let It Happen, Cohan and Leslie, New York
External links
- More information from the Frieze Art Fair
- Judith Eisler on ArtNet.com
- Further information from the Saatchi Gallery
- Judith Eisler on Judith Eisler
- Website of the "Klasse Judith Eisler" at the "University of Applied Arts Vienna"