Elena Redmond (USA) Is That Too Scary for Ya?, 2020

Signed, titled, and dated '"IS THAT TOO SCARY FOR YA?" ELENA REDMOND 2020 NOVEMBER' (on the overlap).

Elena Redmond has a “distinctive approach to self-portraiture, which boldly challenges conventional notions of identity, particularly those associated with a youthful femme,” wrote Clare Gemima in A Women’s Thing.

Elena Redmond uses portraiture as a window offering a voyeuristic, jewel-toned glimpse into her personal relationship with privacy, vulnerability and power. These themes are self-scrutinized by the artist’s investigation into infamous pop culture moments and virality in the Internet Age. Through a series of intersecting glazes, Redmond draws the focus from the realism of the detailed foreground to the soft and darkening upper edges, often framed by architectural elements.

Elena Redmond (b. 1998, Pittsburgh, PA) lives and works in New York City. Redmond will present her first solo exhibition at DIMIN "Sitting Ducks" opening April 25, 2025. Redmond exhibited in DIMIN’s three-person exhibition “Unfeigned Mysteries” in 2024, featured in “A Women’s Thing”. She has mounted solo exhibitions with Long Story Short, Los Angeles (2022); and Tchotchke Gallery, New York (2022). Redmond has participated in group shows at Moosey Gallery, London; Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando; Blouin Division and Arsenal Contemporary, Montreal; Hashimoto Contemporary, Los Angeles; Andrea Festa Fine Art, Rome; and Eve Leibe Gallery, London. Redmond holds a BFA from Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI.