Petra Cortright

Bio

Petra Cortright’s core practice is the creation and distribution of digital files, whether they be videos, GIFs, or JPEGs, using consumer or corporate software and platforms. She has become renowned for making self-portrait videos that use her computer’s webcam and default effects tools, which she then uploads to YouTube. Cortright’s paintings on aluminum, linen, paper, or acrylic are created in Photoshop using painting software and appropriated images, icons, and marks. Her work has been widely exhibited, including Foxy Production NYC, Société, 1301PE, Carl Kostyál, Ever Gold Projects, Whitechapel Gallery, MALBA, Kunsthaus Langenthal, Künstlerhaus Bremen, the Ural Industrial Biennial, the Depart Foundation, Frieze London, the 12th Bienniale de Lyon, Preteen Gallery, the Venice Biennale, and the New Museum.