Petra Cortright

Petra Cortright

BornNationalityBased In
1986AmericanLos Angeles
Biography

Petra Cortright (b. 1986, Santa Barbara) lives and works in Los Angeles. She first gained attention for webcam self-portrait videos altered by animated gifs that she would post to her YouTube account and caption with spam text. In recent years, she has expanded her practice to include works in painting, sculpture, film, and video. In Cortright’s hands, painting opens up expansive and seemingly limitless layers of information found while surfing on the internet. She has referred to her painting process as “breaking down photography,” often creating up to hundreds of layers before printing the result to canvas or high gloss paper. Google Images, Bing, and Pinterest, with its array of dream interiors, have proven to be rich repositories of material for the artist. She is less concerned with the content of the images than the colors, surfaces, and textures that she finds there, which she wields as digitally sourced “paints” to create her complex and ebullient compositions. Cortright’s luminous renderings recall the celestial hues of classical impressionist painting as much as the ambient glow of the computer screen. Emphasised by an arsenal of digital brushstrokes, they confound our perception of the digital-analog divide. ...

Selected Artworks
WATER LILIES_WEDDING SPEECHES What makes us human?
Petra Cortright
WATER LILIES_WEDDING SPEECHES What makes us human?, 2023
150 x 208 x 2.5cm
1983 oldsmobile cutlass supreme_688(I) Hunter/Killer animorphs Nickelodeon
Petra Cortright
1983 oldsmobile cutlass supreme_688(I) Hunter/Killer animorphs Nickelodeon, 2021
149.9 x 215.9 x 3cm
Breath of Fire 3_Bridget Fonda_"cable descrambler" AND "warez
Petra Cortright
Breath of Fire 3_Bridget Fonda_"cable descrambler" AND "warez, 2021
149.9 x 215.9 x 3cm
BENGAL TIGER_beurteilungsschreiben Better Homes and Gardens
Petra Cortright
BENGAL TIGER_beurteilungsschreiben Better Homes and Gardens, 2021
149.9 x 215.9 x 3cm
diablo 1.05 "eat you" wolf_hustler
Petra Cortright
diablo 1.05 "eat you" wolf_hustler, 2018
149 x 177cm
green hill green light esprit de corps
Petra Cortright
green hill green light esprit de corps, 2023
Ender's Game EXECUTIVE ORDER #1 "mmmarvellous mmmufins
Petra Cortright
Ender's Game EXECUTIVE ORDER #1 "mmmarvellous mmmufins, 2096
100.33 x 165.1cm
BLOWOUT "bondage pics” botticelli bottine souriant "compact+jane
Petra Cortright
BLOWOUT "bondage pics” botticelli bottine souriant "compact+jane, 2021
149.9 x 215.9 x 3cm
Chicago Bears_5555555555_A clockwork orange_ACCOUNTNING MACINTOSH
Petra Cortright
Chicago Bears_5555555555_A clockwork orange_ACCOUNTNING MACINTOSH, 1985
149.9 x 215.9 x 3cm
pomegranate purgatory
Petra Cortright
pomegranate purgatory, 2021
7 devils +AcceleratedX +crackz_batman
Petra Cortright
7 devils +AcceleratedX +crackz_batman, 2018
101.6 x 76.2cm
“hotbox”_http://www.latimes.com_Ibsen
Petra Cortright
“hotbox”_http://www.latimes.com_Ibsen, 2018
149.86 x 283.85cm
starcraft maps” "Super Lotto”_taste of california wine clubs
Petra Cortright
starcraft maps” "Super Lotto”_taste of california wine clubs, 2022
100.33 x 165.1cm
THOROUGHBRED Vampire Masquerade CD-ROM Gamez www.mortalkombat.com
Petra Cortright
THOROUGHBRED Vampire Masquerade CD-ROM Gamez www.mortalkombat.com, 2022
100.33 x 165.1cm
to kill a mockingbird cliffnotes_tony awards  Toronto Couple Clubs
Petra Cortright
to kill a mockingbird cliffnotes_tony awards Toronto Couple Clubs, 1978
101.6 x 76.2cm
shanks' algorithm”_sexual psychology_Scrabble Warez
Petra Cortright
shanks' algorithm”_sexual psychology_Scrabble Warez, 2024
101.6 x 76.2cm
BOTANY VETIVER "old english" font "windows 95” ooooOOOOoooo
Petra Cortright
BOTANY VETIVER "old english" font "windows 95” ooooOOOOoooo, 2024
101.6 x 76.2cm
vergleichsschiessen_via voice gold/vintage motocross
Petra Cortright
vergleichsschiessen_via voice gold/vintage motocross, 2024
101.6 x 76.2cm
Bjˆrk "big wave” BEURUE OF ACHOLCAL TOBBACO AND FIREARMS beyond
Petra Cortright
Bjˆrk "big wave” BEURUE OF ACHOLCAL TOBBACO AND FIREARMS beyond, 2000
101.6 x 76.2cm
GEOLOGIC MAPS GREECE_gallery of/wet/pussy_FROG EYE SPRITE
Petra Cortright
GEOLOGIC MAPS GREECE_gallery of/wet/pussy_FROG EYE SPRITE, 2024
101.6 x 76.2cm
famous paintings”_"breeding tetras”_birmingham football club uk
Petra Cortright
famous paintings”_"breeding tetras”_birmingham football club uk, 2024
101.6 x 76.2cm
“Blowfish"_netherland housewives +scat_"new zealand medical company”_NUDIST CAMPS
Petra Cortright
“Blowfish"_netherland housewives +scat_"new zealand medical company”_NUDIST CAMPS, 2024
101.6 x 76.2cm
A Wise Man Once Said KNUT RAGNAR HEGSETH BAKKE_Le Rendez-Vous Restaurant in Tucson
Petra Cortright
A Wise Man Once Said KNUT RAGNAR HEGSETH BAKKE_Le Rendez-Vous Restaurant in Tucson, 2024
102 x 76cm
Cracks Netobjekts Fusion 3_DALLAS REAL ESTATE_Dead or Alive
Petra Cortright
Cracks Netobjekts Fusion 3_DALLAS REAL ESTATE_Dead or Alive, 2024
102 x 76cm
peanut missy” "Pepperidge Farm” acquired Pet Care Systems, Inc
Petra Cortright
peanut missy” "Pepperidge Farm” acquired Pet Care Systems, Inc, 2024
102 x 76cm
ORIGIN OF RUGBY outside broadcast truck sale +"pain killers" +"civil War
Petra Cortright
ORIGIN OF RUGBY outside broadcast truck sale +"pain killers" +"civil War, 2024
102 x 76cm
POWER_SURGE ace_zippers „404_FILE_NOT_FOUND“ 64_roms
Petra Cortright
POWER_SURGE ace_zippers „404_FILE_NOT_FOUND“ 64_roms, 2025
30 x 30 x 1cm
„DATA_CORRUPTION“ 56K_ficker FREE_TEEN_GHOSTS overload
Petra Cortright
„DATA_CORRUPTION“ 56K_ficker FREE_TEEN_GHOSTS overload, 2025
30 x 30 x 1cm
Gallery Representation
Biennals
La Biennale de Lyon2013 - Lyon
Venice Biennial2009 - Venice
La Biennale de Lyon2009 - Lyon
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