Inka essenhigh biography of michael
Inka essenhigh biography of michael
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Inka Essenhigh
American painter
Inka Essenhigh (born 1969) is an American painter based in New York City. Throughout her career, Essenhigh has had solo exhibitions at galleries such as Deitch Projects, Mary Boone Gallery, 303 Gallery, Stefan Stux Gallery, and Jacob Lewis Gallery in New York, Kotaro Nukaga,[1] Tomio Koyama Gallery in Tokyo, and Il Capricorno in Venice.[2][3]
Education
Essenhigh graduated from Upper Arlington High School and studied at the Columbus College of Art and Design in Ohio (1991) and earned a Master of Fine Arts from the School of Visual Arts in New York (1992–94).[4] She has taught at the New York Academy of Art and was a Master Artist at the Atlantic Center for the Arts.[5][6]
Work
In the mid-1990s, Essenhigh was among the first generation of American artists to return to figuration.[7] Stylistically, her paintings have been described as ranging from completely flat to ren