With a clinical painterly hand, Eileen Feng (b.2003) catalogs the objects we identify with to create our sense of self. Consumer goods, furniture, clothing, heirlooms, books, currencies and the mundane — all the domestic possessions we passively observe in daily life— are rendered in a meticulous realism that compels the viewer to actively consider their own subjective gaze. Like an anthropologist, Feng records each of her subjects from an austere distance that withholds any expressive intent, working the surface of the painting until the line between the real and the representational has been dissolved. The image as it is is left to reflect the viewers’ sense of desire and self.

Feng received her BFA, Painting with Honors, from the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, RI in 2024. Her work has recently been included in exhibitions at Hardboiled, Chicago, IL (Forthcoming, 2024); Memorial Hall, Providence, RI (2024); Woods Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI (2024); and Gelman Gallery, Providence, RI (2024). She was awarded the Becky Westcott Award from the RISD Painting Department in 2024. She recently completed residencies in 2024 at the Plum-Lime Summer Residency, NYC Crit Club, in New York, NY and NARANJO 141 Residency in Mexico City, MX. Feng currently lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.

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