Line drawing of plants in Wave Hill's greenhouse. Small clusters of blue and purple flowers foreground the scene, with potted and hanging leafy tropical plants taking center stage. An arch of greenhouse windows and roofline frames the image at the top.

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Talks + Tours

Meet the Artist: Emilie L. Gossiaux

Virtual

When

Tue, Oct 8, 2024 6:30PM – 8:00PM

Where

Zoom

Price

Free with registration

Exhibiting artist Emilie Gossiaux will be in conversation with Afriti Bankwalla, Curatorial Administrative Assistant. They will discuss Gossiaux’s exhibition of drawings in Wave Hill House, which focuses on the artist’s personal experience of nature. In Gossiaux’s works, the outside and inside worlds bleed into each other in whimsical and tactile scenes.

“Meet the Artist” is an ongoing series of conversations and programs between exhibiting artists and curatorial team members at Wave Hill. The program provides an opportunity for Wave Hill visitors, the artist’s community and others to learn more about an artist’s creative process and the themes that shape their work.

Registration required, online or by calling 718.540.3200 x398.

This event will be held on Zoom with closed captioning available.

Emilie Gossiaux

Emilie Gossiaux

Emilie Louise Gossiaux is a multidisciplinary artist based in New York City. She has had solo shows at the Queens Museum, NY; Mother Gallery Tribeca, New York, NY; Mother Gallery, Beacon, NY; and False Flag Gallery, New York, NY. Gossiaux’s work has been included in group exhibitions at such venues as 125 Newbury Gallery, New York, NY; MoCa Cleveland, OH; The John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI; the Wellcome Collection, London, UK; 1969 Gallery, New York, NY; The Aldrich Contemporary, Ridgefield, CT; MoMA PS 1, Long Island City, NY; Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt, Germany; The Krannert Art Museum, Champagne, IL; The Shed, New York, NY; and SculptureCenter, Long Island City, NY. She was awarded the Ida Applebroog Grant, John F. Kennedy Center’s VSA Prize, the Wynn Newhouse Award, a NYFA Barbara and Carl Zydney Grant, the Colene Brown Art Prize, the Queens Museum – Jerome Foundation Fellowship Program for Emerging Artists, and The Pébéo Production Prize. Gossiaux earned a BFA from the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in 2014, and an MFA from Yale School of Art in 2019.

Photo: Lila Barth for The New York Times