Studio Voltaire presents a new commission by Ella Kruglyanskaya. The exhibition is the artist's first solo show in public gallery outside of the United States. This exhibition forms a part of How to work together, a shared programme of commissioning and research organised by Chisenhale Gallery, The Showroom and Studio Voltaire.

Ella Kruglyanskaya’s exuberant paintings are full of very colourful women. They are friends and ‘frienemies’, down at the beach, out-and-about, running from a menacing presence: enforced neighbours butting against each other in the tight space of the stretched canvas. Predominately working in oil on canvas and egg tempera on wooden panels, there is strong graphic sensibility. Kruglyanskaya’s women are somewhat cartoon-like, appearing flatly within the picture plane and parodying a particular representation of female sexuality and social interaction.

Kruglyanskaya’s exhibition at Studio Voltaire is part of the first round of annual How to work together commissions and coincides with presentations by Céline Condorelli at Chisenhale Gallery and Gerry Bibby at The Showroom. At Studio Voltaire, Kruglyanskaya will make a new body of work in response to the proposition of How to work together. The presentation will include a large mural, works on paper and a series of oil paintings depicting women engaged in labour and work.

Coinciding with the commission, Studio Voltaire and Koenig Books are publishing the first ever monograph on Kruglyanskaya. Designed by Everything Studios, New York and featuring commissioned contributions by Alison Gingeras and Matthew Higgs, the publication will be available in May 2014.

Ella Kruglyanskaya (Born 1978, Riga, Latvia. Lives and works in New York) received her BFA at Cooper Union in 2001, and her MFA at Yale School of Art in 2006. She has had solo exhibitions at Kendall Koppe, Glasgow (2013), Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, New York (2012), Salon 94, New York (2011) and White Columns, NY (2010).

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Related images

  1. Ella Kruglyanskaya, The Pursuit, 2013, Oil and oil bar on linen, 23x30 inches, Courtesy of the artist and Gavin Brown's Enterprise, New York
  2. Ella Kruglyanskaya, Negative Vibes, 2013, Oil and oil bar on canvas, 64x80 inches, Courtesy of the artist and Gavin Brown's Enterprise, New York
  3. Ella Kruglyanskaya, Blue Shadow, 2012, Oil and oil bar on linen, 23x30 inches, Courtesy of the artist and Gavin Brown's Enterprise, New York
  4. Ella Kruglyanskaya, Untitled (Miami I), 2013, Oil and oil bar on canvas, 28x24 inches, Courtesy of the artist and Gavin Brown's Enterprise, New York
  5. Ella Kruglyanskaya, Untitled (Miami III), 2013, Oil and oil bar on canvas, 28x24 inches, Courtesy of the artist and Gavin Brown's Enterprise, New York
  6. Ella Kruglyanskaya, Untitled (Miami II), 2013, Oil and oil bar on canvas, 28x22 inches, Courtesy of the artist and Gavin Brown's Enterprise, New York