Sasha Gordon Joins David Zwirner, Turning into Its Youngest Artist

Sasha Gordon, a painter recognized for works that envision herself in surreal situations, has joined David Zwirner, one of many world’s largest galleries. At age 26, she is the youngest artist at present on the roster—and among the many youngest represented by any gallery of David Zwirner’s stature.

Her David Zwirner deal will see her preserve illustration with Matthew Brown, the stylish Los Angeles– and New York–primarily based gallery her first-ever solo present, in 2021.

Gordon’s work draw on her personal experiences as a biracial Asian girl. In 2021, she instructed Artwork in America that she felt as if she needed to be a “sure sort of Asian girl, a sure sort of queer individual, a sure sort of physique measurement,” and that her work displays among the anxieties related to all that.

Some works by her have actively sought to refute stereotypes for Asian ladies whereas others have supplied fantasy conditions with dashes of humor.

The New York–primarily based artist has had a quick ascent, memorably showing within the 2022 Jeffrey Deitch group present “Marvel Ladies,” which featured an array of Asian American and diasporic ladies and nonbinary artists, whereas additionally having a solo present at that gallery concurrently. Final yr, she had solo exhibitions at Stephen Friedman Gallery and the Institute of Modern Artwork Miami. At present, her work figures in a Jewish Museum targeted on how figurative painters have navigated their identities utilizing their artwork.

“I noticed Sasha Gordon’s work for the primary time late final yr on the ICA in Miami and was floored by the facility of these work,” vendor David Zwirner mentioned in a press release. “I felt that I used to be within the presence of an artist of our time and for our time, a wholly new voice, a painter who’s pushing the style into uncharted territory. I’m excited for our first present collectively subsequent yr, and I’m particularly happy that I can collaborate with Matthew Brown, one of the crucial proficient gallerists of his technology.”

Zwirner’s gallery will carry Gordon’s work to Frieze London subsequent month earlier than staging a solo present by the artist in New York subsequent September.

That is the second time prior to now yr that David Zwirner has taken on an artist so younger, it re-set the benchmark for his roster. In February, the gallery introduced on Emma McIntyre, who was 33 on the time. Her deal, too, was a type of co-representation, with McIntyre maintaining ties with Los Angeles’s Chateau Shatto gallery.