Emma Webster
Blue-chip#64
Egon Investment Scores
Liquidity
7/10
How easily works can be bought and sold at auction
Institutional
9/10
Museum collections, biennials, and institutional recognition
Momentum
9/10
Recent price trends, gallery moves, and market buzz
Discovery
1/10
Undervaluation opportunity relative to peer artists
Risk
1/10
Investment risk factors — higher means more volatile
Market Position
- Pricing
- Small Works
- Little Black Cloud (2021) offered at $1,250 USD via Pinto Gallery
- Pricing Note
- Primary market pricing through Perrotin, Petzel, White Cube - contact galleries for current pricing. Auction estimates show escalating trajectory.
- Auction Record
- $489,092 (Primavera, 2019, Sotheby's 2023)
- Temporal Context
- Market entry 2023 with exceptional debut. Consistent presence at major auction houses 2023-2025.
- Works From 2020 2022
- $50,000-$150,000 estimate range typical
- Secondary Market Range 2023 2025
- $50,000-$489,000 USD
- Liquidity
- Price Stability
- Rapid appreciation from debut; range $3,618-$489,092 USD shows scale/quality variance
- Auction Frequency
- Regular presence at Sotheby's, Phillips; 8-10 lots annually
- Sell Through Rate
- Strong - participated in white-glove sales
- Liquidity Indicators
- Auction Houses
- Sotheby's (primary), Phillips, Christie's
- Market Segment
- Ultra-contemporary 'Now' category at major houses
- Geographic Markets
- Strong Asian collector interest (50%+ bidding in 2023 Now sale), European and US markets active
- Consignment Interest
- Phillips actively inviting consignments (2025)
- Auction Lots Annually
- 18 auction results total through MutualArt (2023-2025)
- Comparables
- Peer Group
- Shara Hughes, Flora Yukhnovich, Cecily Brown (generational comparison), Nicolas Party (landscape), Cristina BanBan, George Rouy (contemporary figurative)
- Positioning
- Among most sought-after emerging painters in ultra-contemporary segment
- Market Context
- Part of 'vogue for figurative painting' in contemporary market, strong female artist demand
- Collector Base
- Primary Markets
- Asia (particularly strong), United States, Europe
- Collector Profile
- Contemporary art collectors focused on emerging figurative painting and landscape, institutional collectors
- Notable Collections
- Museums acquiring rapidly (see institutional data)
- Auction History
- Date
- March 1, 2023
- Sale
- The Now Evening Auction
- Year
- 2019
- Buyer
- Asian collector
- Title
- Primavera
- Price GBP
- $406,400
- Price USD
- $489,092
- Performance
- Sold at 6x high estimate - auction debut
- Auction House
- Sotheby's London
- Gallery Price Control
- Primary market controlled by Perrotin, Petzel, White Cube - 'Price on Request' model indicates strong gallery management of pricing
- Auction History 2023 2025
Date Venue Estimate USD Lot Status March 2023 Sotheby's London Primavera (2019) — October 2023 Sotheby's Hong Kong Est. not disclosed Melancholia (2020) Sold November 2023 Sotheby's New York 80,000-120,000 Flight Into Egypt (2021) Sold March 2024 Sotheby's London Dove Hollow (2020) Sold May 2024 Sotheby's New York 50,000-70,000 Seed (2020) Sold March 2025 Sotheby's Hong Kong Melancholia (2020) Offered
Institutional Presence
Centre Pompidou
Paris, FranceLos Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
Los Angeles, CaliforniaInstitute of Contemporary Art Miami
Miami, FloridaMuseum of Contemporary Art San Diego
San Diego, CaliforniaPérez Art Museum Miami
Miami, FloridaColumbus Museum of Art
Columbus, OhioThe Warehouse
Dallas, TexasLong Museum
Shanghai, ChinaYuz Museum
Shanghai, ChinaXiao Museum
Rizhao, ChinaGroeninghe Art Collection
Bruges, BelgiumMuseu Inimá de Paula
Belo Horizonte, Brazil- Exhibitions
- Exhibition History Solo
Title Year Venue Significance Vapors 2025 Perrotin Hong Kong Hong Kong debut, 11 paintings created during LA wildfires That Thought Might Think 2025 Petzel Gallery, New York Petzel debut, largest works to date, panoramic paintings Alien Shores 2025 White Cube Bermondsey, London Major UK gallery debut The Engine of Beasts 2024 Perrotin, Paris — Intermission 2023 Jeffrey Deitch, Los Angeles Transformed gallery into theatrical environment, widely reviewed The Dolmens 2023 Perrotin, Tokyo — Illuminarium 2022 Perrotin, Seoul (Dosan Park) Opened Perrotin's new Seoul location Liminal Terrain 2021 Perrotin Shanghai Asian debut Ready the Lanterns! 2021 Stems Gallery, Brussels — Green Iscariot 2021 Alexander Berggruen, New York — Weltlandschaft 2021 Carl Kostyál, London — Arcadia 2019 Diane Rosenstein, Los Angeles Solo debut, critically acclaimed - Exhibition History Group
Title Year Venue Donation Perrotin & Artists 2024 Centre Pompidou, Paris Time Travel: Italian Masters through a Contemporary Lens 2023 Petzel, New York das gelbe Licht 6 Uhr nachmittags 2023 Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin Art Basel Miami Beach 2023 Perrotin booth A3 BodyLand 2022 Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin Fire Figure Fantasy: Selections from ICA Miami's Collection 2022 Institute of Contemporary Art Miami Figurative Vocabularies: Recent Acquisition 2022 Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego
- Museum Collections
- Curatorial Interest
- Rapid institutional acquisition since 2020. Major museum validation with Centre Pompidou acquisition 2024. Featured in emerging artist 'Now' sales at major auction houses. Strong exhibition program at blue-chip galleries.
- Art Fair Participation
- Art Basel Miami Beach (2023 - Perrotin booth)Art Basel Hong Kong (2025 - Perrotin booth featuring 'Hunter's Garden')Frieze Seoul (2022 - Illuminarium opening coincided)
- Awards and Recognition
- Awards and Honors
Year Location Award 2025 France Opéra national de Paris residency 2022 Venice, Italy Jericho Fellowship 2018 Snowmass, Colorado Anderson Ranch Painting Residency 2017 Scotland Royal Drawing School at Dumfries House 2015 Johnson, Vermont Vermont Studio Center Residency 2014 Saugatuck, Michigan Ox-Bow Artist Residency 2011 — Raina Giese Award in Creative Painting 2010 — Undergraduate Academic Research Angel Grant for Painting 2006 — Academy of Art University Award for Best Figure Drawing
Career & Biography
- Career
- Identity
- Current Location
- Los Angeles, California
- Artistic Context
- Key Influences
- Caspar David Friedrich, Baroque Masters, Albert Bierstadt, John Singer Sargent, Hudson River School, Walt Disney animation, Hieronymus Bosch, John Martin, Francis Bacon, theater design, Golden Age cinema
Artistic Profile
- Influences
- Influences and Lineage
- Spiritual
- William Blake, Agnes Pelton, Frederic Church (visionary landscape tradition)
- Theatrical
- Stage design, theatrical lighting, puppet theater, opera set design, Disney animation
- Contemporary
- Post-internet aesthetics, ecological art, digital art, contemporary landscape revival
- Art Movements
- Romanticism, Baroque illusionism, Renaissance scenography, Trompe-l'oeil tradition
- Historical Painting
- Caspar David Friedrich (Romantic sublime), Hudson River School, Albert Bierstadt, John Singer Sargent, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Frederic Edwin Church, Hieronymus Bosch, John Martin, Francis Bacon
- Visual Language
- Progressive increase in scale. Early works 48-84 inches. Recent works 2025: 102 x 190 inches (The Material World), 108 x 180 inches (Era of Eternity) - largest panoramic paintings to date Rich, saturated colors transitioning to misty greys and delicate brushstrokes (2025); acid-greens, bioluminescent effects; theatrical lighting with dramatic chiaroscuro; emphasis on atmospheric conditions
- Themes and Subjects
- Movements and Periods
- Critical Positioning
- Work described as 'propelling landscape painting into the future' while maintaining dialogue with past. Creates 'hybrid of theatre, painting, and simulation that upends how we understand landscape in contemporary art.' Recognized for successfully bridging historical painting tradition with cutting-edge technology without losing emotional impact or painterly quality.
- Techniques and Mediums
- Innovations
- Pioneering integration of VR technology into traditional landscape painting practice. Creates 'virtual plein-air' paintings - constructed digital environments painted from within using VR, then translated to canvas. Expands historical landscape tradition through contemporary technology while maintaining connection to oil painting materiality.
Critical Reception
- Critical Reception
- Academic Scholarship
- Featured in institutional exhibitions with catalogue essays. Work analyzed in context of contemporary landscape painting, digital art, ecological art, and post-internet aesthetics.
- Critical Reception Summary
- Universally positive reviews across major publications. Work described as 'propelling landscape painting into the future,' creating 'otherworldly' spaces that 'teleport viewers.' Comparisons to historical masters (Bierstadt, Sargent, Hudson River School, Caspar David Friedrich, Corot, Church) while being recognized as distinctly contemporary. Critical discourse focuses on her innovative VR-to-canvas process, theatrical staging, ecological themes, and successful bridging of digital and traditional media.
- Publications and Media
- Website
- emmawebster.com
- Followers
- 40,000
- @emma_webstah
- Engagement
- Strong social media presence for artist of this tier
- Book Publications
Title Year Type Emma Webster (Monograph) 2024 Artist monograph Lonescape: Green, Painting, & Mourning Reality 2021 Artist's book - collection of musings on landscape and image-making in digital world Behind the Scenes: Process & Paintings 2022 Process book with sketches, VR renderings, oil paintings Midwood by Jana Prikryl Not specified — - Major Publications
Significance Coverage Publication Top-tier mainstream press Featured June 2025; coverage of market activity and practice The New York Times Major critical art publication, detailed analysis of practice — Artforum International Leading contemporary art publication Multiple features including studio visit (Issue 91), critical reviews Frieze Major art market publication Exhibition reviews, market coverage ARTnews Top-tier cultural publication Featured coverage of work The New Yorker Major regional newspaper Multiple reviews including 'Arcadia' described as 'malleable, multidimensional world where memories and fantasies intermingle' Los Angeles Times Major fashion/culture magazine feature — W Magazine Leading online art platform Regular features and artist profile Artsy Major art market news source Exhibition reviews and market analysis Artnet News Literary/cultural magazine Paintings featured Harper's Magazine Important emerging artist platform Featured artist New American Paintings Contemporary culture platform Exhibition features HYPEBEAST International art/culture magazine — Tokion Contemporary art magazine Featured artist MOUSSE Magazine Asia-focused contemporary art platform Extensive artist profile and critical analysis Ocula
Gallery & Representation
- Fair Presence
- Art Basel Miami Beach, Art Basel Hong Kong, Frieze Seoul
- Representation
- Gallery Trajectory
- Rapid ascent from LA regional gallery (Diane Rosenstein 2019) to representation by three Tier 1 mega-galleries (Perrotin, Petzel, White Cube) by 2025. Opened Perrotin Seoul in 2022.
- Secondary Market Galleries
- Galerie Max Hetzler (Berlin) - group exhibitionsVertu Fine ArtWoaw GalleryPinto Gallery
- Previous Gallery Relationships
Period Location Notes Gallery 2019 Los Angeles Solo debut 'Arcadia' - launch of career Diane Rosenstein 2021 New York Solo exhibition 'Green Iscariot' Alexander Berggruen 2021 London Solo exhibition 'Weltlandschaft' Carl Kostyál 2021 Brussels Solo exhibition 'Ready the Lanterns!' Stems Gallery 2023 Los Angeles Major solo exhibition 'Intermission' Jeffrey Deitch
- Geographic Reach
- Global: United States (New York, Los Angeles), Europe (Paris, London, Berlin, Brussels), Asia (Hong Kong, Tokyo, Seoul, Shanghai)
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