EMMA SAFIR (b. 1990) is a New York-born and based artist. Safir holds a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design in Printmaking and an MFA from the Yale School of Art in Painting & Printmaking. She has had solo exhibitions at Baxter St at CCNY, SHIN HAUS at Shin Gallery, and Bunker Projects; and has participated in group shows at Shulamit Nazarian, Ryan Lee, and Lyles & King, among others.

Emma Safir

This Blade Study edition is published to coincide with artist Emma Safir’s exhibition peripeteia (March 30-April 30, 2023). Features contributions by Andrew Gardner, Jennifer Pranolo, Kara Güt, Tobi Kassim, and Blade Study co-founder Brooke Nicholas. Edited by Tess Thackara and designed by Jinu Hong.

“I see my work as hovering in an in-between space, capturing a moment that isn’t easily deciphered, where everything is on the verge of something else.”

Emma Safir: peripeteia

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This Blade Study edition is published to coincide with artist Emma Safir’s exhibition peripeteia (March 30-April 30, 2023). Features contributions by Andrew Gardner, Jennifer Pranolo, Kara Güt, Tobi Kassim, and Blade Study co-founder Brooke Nicholas. Edited by Tess Thackara and designed by Jinu Hong.
“I see my work as hovering in an in-between space, capturing a moment that isn’t easily deciphered, where everything is on the verge of something else.”