About the artist:
Drea Cofield’s practice reimagines contemporary portraiture by transforming digital selfies into intimate oil paintings. In her ongoing "selfie" project Send N*des, she paints from images sent by individuals, often self-portraits captured in mirrors with natural lighting. These small-scale works retain the immediacy of the original photographs while inviting slower, more deliberate viewing. By emphasizing the subject’s gaze and agency, Cofield challenges traditional portraiture and offers a reinterpretation centered on self-representation.
Drea Cofield is an artist currently working in Brooklyn, NY. She has exhibited widely including New York, Dallas, Detroit and Los Angeles with recent solo exhibitions at Galleri Urbane in Dallas, TX and Future Fair in Chelsea, NY. Upcoming shows include Heaven Gallery in Chicago, IL and a two-person show at Kravets Wehby in NYC in September 2024. Her work has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, WhiteHot Magazine, The Brooklyn Rail, and Contemporary Painting (World of Art). She is the recipient of a Elizabeth Greenshields Grant and the Yale Gloucester Painting Prize. Residencies include a Yaddo Residency in Saratoga Springs, NY, in 2023. Cofield received her B.A. from DePauw University (Greencastle, IN) in 2008 and her M.F.A from Yale School of Art (New Haven, CT), in 2013.
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These miniature oil paintings by Drea Cofield are from her ongoing "selfie" project. Each painting is based on a photograph sent to her—originally an erotic nude snapped to give to a lover or keep for oneself. Through her nuanced portrayals, Cofield examines the interplay between personal identity and the gaze of the viewer, inviting reflection on the boundaries of privacy and the act of witnessing.More
- Framed: 5.0 x 6.0 x 1.5 in.
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