Emi Brener - Under the Skin

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SomoS will present an online exhibition of Emi Brener's "Under the Skin", which we will release on Saturday the 28th of March at 2:00pm. The release will include an interview with Brener, photos and videos of the works, and 360 degree footage of the gallery space.  You can visit our website on this date to see Brener's work, and be sure to stay up to date with our social media to see live content from the exhibition.

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Emi Brener is a visual artist working primarily within the mediums of painting and embroidery, aiming to convey moments of human intimacy, nuance and experience. Life as a queer woman born and living in Uruguay largely influences the artist’s work, and she has always felt supported creatively by the vibrant queer community there.

Inspired by borrowed thoughts and emotions, Brener looks to expose the vulnerability of the human experience through the meshing of written language and painting, while also highlighting the way we use our bodies to interact with one another. The results are paintings that often depict fragments of the human figure, never showing the entire body and some even applying a distorted close-up viewpoint, further deepening the work’s sense of intimacy.

Her latest work is a project about human intimacy, presented through a combination of embroidery and oil paint, based on deeply emotional pieces of writing, including love letters, confessions, journals, private diaries, and suicide notes, in order to capture many aspects of human emotion, from the romantic to the dark, all of which show vulnerability, and embroidering them onto the canvas. The text is then painted over, visualizing the notion of one’s thoughts being just under the skin. The technique of painting over embroidery creates a sense of subtlety, encouraging the viewer to take a closer look and make their own personal connections to the works.

Under the Skin presents us with an intimate portrait of human vulnerability, and encourages us to look closely at the work both with our eyes and our minds.

About Emi Brener
Currently working towards a Bachelor of Fine Arts at Instituto Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes, and a Communications BFA at Facultad de Información y Comunicación, both at Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay, the artist has also completed a summer undergraduate residency program at the New York Academy of Art. While studying, Brener has participated in a number of group shows and had a painting admitted to the Festival Internacional de Colonia in Uruguay.

Find out more about Emi Brener’s work on her homepage:
www.emibrener.com