I began painting women artists whose work I admired. What started as homage gradually evolved into something less like portraiture and more like conversation. Images were cut apart, layered, enlarged, recycled, and recombined. The paintings became less about representing individual artists than about describing what influence feels like from the inside.
In Her Studio
2020
In Her Studio
Mira Dancy · Elizabeth Hazan · Sophie von Hellermann · Jessica Jackson Hutchins · France-Lise McGurn · Josephine Meckseper · Avery Singer · Joan Snyder · Martine Syms · Patricia Treib
Martine Syms in Her Studio 2, 2019
Acrylic and paint skins on canvas
28 × 36 in.
2019
In Her Studio
Pia Camil · Susan Cianciolo · Sarah Crowner · Sara Cwynar · Mimi Gross · Mary Heilmann · Charline von Heyl · Shara Hughes · Jacqueline Humphries · Tomashi Jackson · Dona Nelson · Julia Rommel · Ruth Root · Jackie Saccoccio · Tschabalala Self · Amy Sillman · Martine Syms · Sarah Sze · Patricia Treib
Martine Syms in Her Studio 2, 2019
Acrylic and paint skins on canvas
28 × 36 in.
2018
In Her Studio
Mamma Andersson · Katherine Bradford · Cheryl Donegan · Angela Dufresne · Camille Henrot · Elana Herzog · Shio Kusaka · Jennie Jieun Lee · Wangechi Mutu · Anna Ostoya · Laura Owens · Hayal Pozanti · R.H. Quaytman · Aura Rosenberg · Susan Rothenberg · Dana Schutz · Michelle Segre · Lorna Simpson · Julia Wachtel · Saya Woolfalk
Martine Syms in Her Studio 2, 2019
Acrylic and paint skins on canvas
28 × 36 in.
2017
In Her Studio
Marina Adams · Joan Bankemper · Ellen Berkenblit · Ann Craven · Nicole Eisenman · Tracey Emin · Joanne Greenbaum · Jessica Jackson Hutchins · Shio Kusaka · Suzanne McClelland · Wangechi Mutu · Kristin Oppenheim · Celia Paul · Aura Rosenberg · Aurel Schmidt · Michelle Segre · Pat Steir · Emily Sundblad · Mickalene Thomas · Mary Weatherford · Wendy White · Pae White · Molly Zuckerman-Hartung
Martine Syms in Her Studio 2, 2019
Acrylic and paint skins on canvas
28 × 36 in.
2016
In Her Studio
Nina Chanel Abney · Mamma Andersson · Janine Antoni · Tauba Auerbach · Trudy Benson · Tatiana Berg · Carol Bove · Ann Craven · Sara Cwynar · Mira Dancy · Nicole Eisenman · Tracey Emin · Liz Glynn · Mary Heilmann · Elisabeth Jaeger · Shio Kusaka · Jennie Jieun Lee · Shantell Martin · Annie Morris · Elizabeth Neel · Dona Nelson · Kristin Oppenheim · Laura Owens · Celia Paul · Joyce Pensato · Amanda Ross-Ho · Dana Schutz · Michelle Segre · Tschabalala Self · Kate Shepherd · Laurie Simmons · Kiki Smith · Frances Stark · Carol Szymanski · Kara Walker · Mary Weatherford · Rose Wylie · Molly Zuckerman-Hartung
Martine Syms in Her Studio 2, 2019
Acrylic and paint skins on canvas
28 × 36 in.
2015
In Her Studio
Rita Ackermann · Mamma Andersson · Ida Applebroog · Vanessa Beecroft · Katherine Bernhardt · Cecily Brown · Kerstin Brätsch · Rosson Crow · Marlene Dumas · Nicole Eisenman · Inka Essenhigh · Rochelle Feinstein · Kim Gordon · Charline von Heyl · Chantal Joffe · Deborah Kass · Annie Lapin · Alice Mackler · Kim McCarty · Marlene McCarty · Josephine Meckseper · Joyce Pensato · Jenny Saville · Arlene Shechet · Carol Szymanski · Mickalene Thomas · Julia Wachtel · Mary Weatherford · Wendy White · Pae White
Martine Syms in Her Studio 2, 2019
Acrylic and paint skins on canvas
28 × 36 in.
2014
In Her Studio
Rita Ackermann · Mamma Andersson · Kristin Baker · Ellen Berkenblit · Joanne Greenbaum · Charline von Heyl · Chantal Joffe · Liz Markus · Josephine Meckseper · Sarah Morris · Amy Sillman · Jessica Stockholder · Sarah Sze · Mary Weatherford
Martine Syms in Her Studio 2, 2019
Acrylic and paint skins on canvas
28 × 36 in.