Sasha Gordon
Value#12
Egon Investment Scores
Liquidity
3/10
How easily works can be bought and sold at auction
Institutional
9/10
Museum collections, biennials, and institutional recognition
Momentum
10/10
Recent price trends, gallery moves, and market buzz
Discovery
5/10
Undervaluation opportunity relative to peer artists
Risk
3/10
Investment risk factors — higher means more volatile
Market Position
Auction Record
$214,200
Gone Fishing
Christie's New York
Recent Sales Highlights
| Work | Price | Venue & Date |
|---|---|---|
| Gone Fishing | $214,200 | Christie's New York, November 21, 2024 |
| Empath | — | Christie's New York, November 22, 2024 |
| Drive Through | — | Phillips |
- Pricing
- Price Trajectory Analysis
- 2021
- Entry-level: $38,000 for secondary market work
- 2024
- Established: $116,100-$214,200 for works from 2019-2021
- Trend
- Rapid price escalation following David Zwirner representation and major institutional exhibitions. Market validation through blue-chip auction house placement.
- Comparables
- Referenced alongside Jadé Fadojutimi, Louis Fratino, Michaela Yearwood-Dan (other ultra-contemporary figurative painters with auction market presence). Market positioning similar to emerging artists moving from mid-tier to blue-chip galleries.
- Primary Market
- Availability
- Works available through David Zwirner (New York, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Paris, London) and Matthew Brown (New York, Los Angeles). High demand; likely waitlists for major works.
- Print Market
- Example
- Mirror (2021) - Silkscreen print, edition of 45, 18 × 14 in, listed at $6,500 USD
- Gallery Pricing
- Contact David Zwirner or Matthew Brown for current pricing. Gallery-controlled market with limited public price disclosure.
- Auction History
- Record Price
- Work
- Gone Fishing
- Sale Date
- November 21, 2024
- Amount USD
- $214,200
- Performance
- Sold for more than 2.5x low estimate, 114% above mid-estimate
- Estimate Low
- $80,000
- Year Created
- 2019
- Auction House
- Christie's New York
- Estimate High
- $120,000
- Collector Base
- Ultra-contemporary collectors, young collectors, collectors focused on identity and representation in figurative painting, collectors of emerging blue-chip artists
- Market Segment
- Ultra-contemporary figurative painting
- Recent Results
Work Year Result Venue Sale Date Gone Fishing 2019 SOLD - 400% increase over previous record Christie's New York November 21, 2024 Empath 2021 SOLD - Set auction record (part of same series) Christie's New York November 22, 2024 Drive Through — SOLD Phillips — - Previous Record
- Work
- Untitled
- Venue
- Artsy
- Sale Date
- June 30, 2021
- Amount USD
- $38,000
- Year Created
- 2021
- Total Lots Tracked
- 3
- Price Range Current
- Note
- Very limited auction history with rapid price escalation. Recent Christie's result establishes $200K+ range for significant early works (2019). Primary market pricing controlled by David Zwirner and Matthew Brown galleries.
- Historical Range 2021
- $38,000
- Auction Range 2024 2025
- $116,100-$214,200
- Five Year Trajectory
- Explosive growth 2021-2024: from $38,000 to $214,200 (463% increase). Artist introduced to auction market during pandemic (2021). Limited secondary market activity indicates gallery-controlled primary market. Auction debut at Christie's November 2024 marked major market validation.
- Liquidity Assessment
- Extremely low auction volume (3 tracked results) indicates tight gallery control. Works rarely appear at auction. Strong collector demand evidenced by Christie's result beating estimate. Primary market acquisition through galleries is standard path.
- Market Position
- Exceptional upward trajectory. David Zwirner representation (2024) represents major career acceleration. Auction record 400% increase signals strong collector confidence. Gallery describes opening crowds comparable to Yayoi Kusama. Featured in Artsy's 2025 retrospective on 'artists with meteoric growth.'
Institutional Presence
Art Bridges Foundation
Bentonville, ArkansasBaltimore Museum of Art
Baltimore, MarylandBrooklyn Museum
New YorkCantor Arts Center at Stanford University
CaliforniaCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art
Bentonville, ArkansasDallas Museum of Art
Dallas, TexasHammer Museum
Los AngelesInstitute of Contemporary Art, Miami
Miami, FloridaJewish Museum
New YorkLos Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
Los AngelesMuseu de Arte Contemporânea de Serralves
Porto, PortugalMuseum of Fine Arts, Houston
Houston, TexasSmithsonian Institution
Washington, D.C.Whitney Museum of American Art
New York- Exhibitions
- Museum Collections
- Curatorial Interest
- Extremely high. Major museum acquisitions across tier-1 and tier-2 institutions (Whitney, LACMA, Hammer, Dallas Museum of Art). First solo museum show at age 25. Acquired by museums before age 25, indicating exceptional early institutional validation.
- Awards and Recognition
Year Significance Honor — Annual list of 10 most promising artists working today Featured in Artsy Vanguard 2022 — — New American Paintings #1 'Painting We Just Can't Stop Thinking About' 2022 2022 One of publication's ten 'Most Read' stories in 2022 Cultured Magazine profile 2023 — Met Gala invitation 2024 — The New York Times recognition
Career & Biography
- Career
- Career Breakthrough
- First solo show with Matthew Brown in 2021 while still at RISD, first museum acquisition by ICA Miami
- Identity
- Artistic Focus
- Hyperrealistic self-portraits exploring identity as queer Asian American woman, mental health, and social alienation
- Current Location
- New York City (lives and works in Brooklyn)
- Family Background
- Polish American Jewish father and Korean mother
- Artistic Development
- Began art at age 4, painted master copies at 10, shifted to self-portraiture during sophomore year at RISD
Artistic Profile
- Style
- Hyperrealistic painting with surreal narrative elements
- Evolution
- From hyperrealistic portraiture to surreal self-transformation narratives
- Influences
- Liu Wei, Kerry James Marshall, Nicole Eisenman, Dana Schutz, Lisa Yuskavage, Botticelli, Caravaggio
- Visual Language
- Large-scale works (typical 60x48 to 84x60 inches)
- Themes and Subjects
- Self-portraits in various manifestations, anthropomorphic transformations Identity, sexuality, mental illness, racial prejudice, male gaze, intimacy
- Techniques and Mediums
- Signature Techniques
- Translucent layers of oils in electric hues, technical precision
Critical Reception
- Critical Reception
- Curatorial Interest
- High - first solo museum show at 25, major museum acquisitions
- Art Historical Context
- Positioned within contemporary figurative painting, self-portraiture tradition
- Publications and Media
- Major Publications
- ArtNet - described career as 'head-spinning'New York Times - 'artists redefining portraits of the human body'Art Basel Stories publication featureCultured Magazine - top 10 most read stories 2022Artforum exhibition listingsJuxtapoz Magazine reviews
Gallery & Representation
- Fair Presence
Details Fair David Zwirner debuted new painting by Gordon at booth following representation announcement Frieze London ICA Miami solo show opened during Art Basel Miami Beach 2023; continued presence in Miami art scene Art Basel Miami Beach - Representation
- Market Positioning
- Positioned as leading voice in contemporary figurative painting focusing on identity, psychology, and representation. Targeted to collectors seeking emerging blue-chip artists with institutional validation and strong critical reception.
- Gallery Tier Analysis
- Major career acceleration: moved from emerging gallery (Matthew Brown) to co-representation with mega-gallery (David Zwirner) while maintaining original dealer relationship. This 'Collective Impact' model (pioneered by Hauser & Wirth) signals both galleries' commitment to long-term career development. David Zwirner representation places Gordon among blue-chip contemporary artists.
- Previous Representation
Location Gallery Relationship London, UK Stephen Friedman Gallery Solo exhibition 2023, unclear if ongoing representation New York Jeffrey Deitch Solo exhibition 2022, likely project-based
- Geographic Reach
- Global: Primary markets in New York and Los Angeles; international presence through David Zwirner (London, Paris, Hong Kong); European exhibition history (London, Copenhagen, Portugal museum collection)
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