Emma Steinkraus


Emma Steinkraus (b. 1987, Ithaca, NY) lives and works in Lexington, Virginia. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art from Williams College and later a Masters in Fine Arts in Painting & Drawing with an Intermedia concentration from the University of Iowa. Steinkraus is represented by 1969 Gallery in New York, NY, and has been included in recent exhibitions at the Untitled Art Fair (Miami, FL), Sow & Tailor HK (Hong Kong, China), Monti 8 Gallery (Latina, Italy), Hashimoto Contemporary (Los Angeles, CA), and Deanna Evans Project (New York, NY). She has attended artist residencies at the Studios at MASS MoCA, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, the Wassaic Project, and the Blue Mountain Center, amongst others. Recent awards include an Eliza Moore Fellowship at the Oak Spring Garden Foundation in 2020 and a Helen Frankenthaler Fellowship at the Vermont Studio Center in 2022. Her work has been featured on the cover of New American Paintings and in publications including Burnaway, Art Maze Magazine, and Booooooom.com.

Installation Images

Emma Steinkraus: Princess Botticelli | June 2023

Drew Dodge + Emma Steinkraus | January 2022

Emma Steinkraus: Impossible Garden | July 2021