Victoria Selbach is a New York Contemporary Realist best known for her powerful life-size nude depictions of women caught at the intersection of light and shadow. Selbach’s gaze is directed through a deep connection to the women who bring their complex identity into the moment, and carry their unique strength and presence into the painting.
The complexity of light surrounding and emanating from the subject is investigated through a unique approach to seeing and painting – one that involves breaking down the light into layers of color and restructuring them, one pigment at a time, in multiple layers, to create her signature luminous glow and pools of rich shadow.
Upcoming Exhibitions
‘What’s Inside Her Never Dies… A Black Woman’s Legacy’
Yeelen Gallery, 294 NW 54st, Miami Florida
November 30, 2015 – February 28, 2016.
Art Basel Reception: Saturday, December 5, 2015 10pm-til
‘My Favorite Things’ curated by Michelle Doll
W Hotel, 225 River Street, Hoboken, NJ
December 12 & 13 2015, 12-9pm
Opening Reception: December 12, 5-9pm
Afterparty: W Hotel Living Room Bar 9pm till midnight
‘Freak Out’
Zhou B Art Center, 1029 W 35th St, Chicago, Il
April 15 – May 2016, Opening Reception: April 15, 2016
Museum and Solo Exhibitions
2014 Heckscher Museum of Art
Long Island Biennial, NY
2012 The Butler Institute of American Art
76th National Midyear Show, OH
2012 Grace in the Light
Solo Exhibition, Dacia Gallery, New York, NY
2012 Heckscher Museum of Art
Long Island Biennial, New York
2010 Woman: Portraits and Nudes,
Solo Exhibition, BNH Gallery, New York NY
Selected Exhibitions
2015 Five Year Anniversary Show, Dacia Gallery, New York, NY
2015 Immortality and Vulnerability, Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, IL
2015 Primavera, Dacia Gallery, New York, NY
2015 The Artists Gaze: Seeing Women in the 21st Century, Sirona Fine Art, Hallandale Beach, FL
2014 Sibiu Romania Residency Show, Dacia Gallery, New York, NY
2014 Beyond Narrative, ONE Art Space, New York, NY
2014 Hempstead House, Guggenheim Estate, NY
2014 Summer Show, F.A.N. Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2014 Art & Flowers, Sirona Fine Art, Hallandale Beach, Fl
2014 Women of the World, CW Post College, NY
2014 Motus in Figuris, Dacia Gallery, New York, NY
2013 Black and White, Dacia Gallery, New York, NY
2013 Inaugural Exhibition, Sirona Fine Art Gallery, FL
2013 Titans, Hempstead House, Sands Point, NY
2013 Women Painting Women, RJD Gallery, NY
2013 Anniversary Exhibition, Dacia Gallery, New York, NY
2013 Art of the Figure: An Exhibition Curated by Philip Pearlstein, Gallery North, NY
2013 Landscape Show, Dacia Gallery, New York, NY
2013 Motion to Stillness, Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, IL
2013 Single Fare 3, RH Gallery, New York, NY
2012 Holiday Group Exhibition, Dacia Gallery, NY, NY
2012 Faces and Figures, St. Josephs College, NY
2012 100 Degrees, Wally Workman Gallery, Austin, TX
2012 One Hundred Dollars, Littlefield Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2012 Up From The Deep, TNC Gallery, New York, NY
2012 Winter Show, Wally Workman Gallery, Austin, TX
2012 Scottsdale Salon of Fine Arts, Legacy Gallery, AZ
2012 Au Naturel: The Nude in the 21st Century, Art Center of Clatsop, OR
2012 Collectors Choice, Sylvia White Gallery, Ventura, CA
2011 Sixth Summit Salmagundi, G2, New York NY
2011 Bordello Nudes, Hempstead House, Sands Point, NY
2011 Buy What You Love, Marianne Boesky Gallery, NY NY
2011 Single Fare 2, Sloane Fine Art, New York NY
2011 Gallery Artists Show, RJD Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY
2010 Nudes, RJD Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY