Emily Kraus 1995-New York, USA

Emily Kraus was born in New York in 1995 and lives and works in London. She holds an MA in Painting from the Royal College of Art, London, and a BA in Religious Studies from Kenyon College, Ohio.

Emily Kraus works inside a metal cubic structure around which she stretches a raw canvas
loop with no end, allowing for space to move around her body, rather than the other way
around. She first invented the apparatus to reconfigure the spatial constraints of her
assigned eight-by-eight foot studio at London’s Royal College of Art, but has since
recognised how its restrictions have served as the starting point for an entirely new
approach to her practice. The mechanism itself – and the canvas loop which she manually
rotates around the frame – can be interpreted as a metaphor for the cyclical world. Her
method is characterised by a continuous oscillation between periods of impromptu, active
mark-making and moments of meditative rumination. The resulting paintings are aptly
termed stochastic, meaning that they are formed of seemingly random probability
distributions that can be played upon, but ultimately yield unpredictable results.

Her recent solo exhibitions include In Relation at Luhring Augustine Tribeca, New York (2026); 444 Days at Fondazione Bonollo, Vicenza (2024); Ouroboros at Galería Mascota, Mexico City (2024); and Nest Time at The Sunday Painter, London (2023), and her group exhibitions include Diffuse Visions at Museo Jumex, Mexico City (2026) and Bloomberg New Contemporaries at Camden Art Centre, London (2024).