Swan

Sadie Benning

BornNationalityBased In
1973AmericanNew York City, Brooklyn
Biography

born in Madison, Wisconsin in 1973. Benning currently lives in Brooklyn, NY. Benning has spent the last thirty years investigating cultural influences, specifically in relation to identity, language and memory. Benning has been creating experimental videos since their youth in the late 1980s and has expanded their rigorous practice in a fusion of painting, sculpture, installation, and photography, formed with both found and original objects. Concurrent layers exist within their almost sculptural paintings as transparencies, analogue photos, digital prints, resin, enamel, and spray paint, coated on wall-based panels. ...

Selected Artworks
Excuse Me Ma'am
Sadie Benning
Excuse Me Ma'am, 2016
185.8 x 126cm
Bra People 2
Sadie Benning
Bra People 2, 2016
1503 x 102cm
Smiley Face
Sadie Benning
Smiley Face, 2016
152.4 x 86.36cm
Untitled, Blow Up 35
Sadie Benning
Untitled, Blow Up 35, 2020
149.86 x 111.76 x 4.45cm
Untitled, Blow Up 41
Sadie Benning
Untitled, Blow Up 41, 2020
93.98 x 71.12 x 4.45cm
EARRING
Sadie Benning
EARRING, 2024
44.5 x 32cm
Swan
Sadie Benning
Swan, 2018
139.7 x 210.8 x 3.8cm
Harp
Sadie Benning
Harp, 2017
43.18 x 48.26cm
Untitled, telephone drawing
Sadie Benning
Untitled, telephone drawing, 2017
172.7 x 121.9cm
Untitled, Blow Up 34
Sadie Benning
Untitled, Blow Up 34, 2020
149.9 x 112.4 x 4.5cm
Untitled, Blow Up 42
Sadie Benning
Untitled, Blow Up 42, 2020
170.2 x 141.6 x 4.5cm
Untitled, Blow Up 43
Sadie Benning
Untitled, Blow Up 43, 2020
149.9 x 116.8 x 4.5cm
City Life
Sadie Benning
City Life, 2022
37.8 x 30.5cm
Exegesis
Sadie Benning
Exegesis, 2022
37.8 x 30.5cm
Continents
Sadie Benning
Continents, 2022
37.8 x 30.5cm
Bingo Sensation
Sadie Benning
Bingo Sensation, 2022
37.8 x 30.5cm
Gallery Representation
Awards
Guggenheim Fellowship2005
Guggenheim Fellowship2005
Biennals
Gwangju Biennial2008 - Gwangju
Venice Biennial1993 - Venice
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