Emily Elhoffer

Derealized

Photographic print on metal

Part of my 'Seated Nude' series. 'Seated Nude' is a series of digitally altered self portraits on sculpted furniture that explores experiences I have in my own body. Alien and hallucinogenic, I flow between sensory-overload hotstates and derealized coldstates. I perform within the microcosm of my own design, cycling through psychological spaces, physiological places, and the remarkably muddled textures in between.

About the artist

Emily Elhoffer

American

E. Elhoffer is an interdisciplinary artist who makes bizarre and visceral work. They earned their undergraduate degree from Kansas City Art Institute and are an MFA candidate at the Sam Fox School of Art & Design at Washington University. They live and work in St. Louis, Missouri, where they actively grapple with political adversity regarding their nonmale, nonbinary body. Elhoffer exhibits in galleries, museums and institutions nationally and internationally. Elhoffer's work deals with themes that affect their body, such as the contemporary gaze cast upon it and mind-body dysphoria. Their pieces examine the ways in which societal norms, virtual space, and power structures shape one’s understanding of their bodily identity. Through their art, Elhoffer invites viewers to question their own assumptions and consider alternative ways of living within one's own flesh.