• Petra Cortright I b. 1986, US
  • Education
    2008
    BFA, Parsons School of Design, New York, US
    2004
    California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA, US
  • Solo Exhibitions
    2025
    Upcoming, Brigade, Copenhagen, DK
    Sapphire cinnamon viper fairy, 2007-2022, Art Basel Limited Société Berlin, Basel 
    Paper-Thin Wood Veil Wide Range Hop Suisse!, Zeughaus Teufen Museum, Teufen, Switzerland 
    Fresh floral ice milk soft blue bruise, Duarte Sequeira, Seoul, South Korea 
    2024
    wet sunlight Paradis “pomme de terre” 3D, The Window by CHANEL, Culture Fund, London 
    ULTRAMARINE UNDERWORLD HEARTBROKEN HARDCORE, Société, Berlin 
    2023
    haunted lemon hunted spirit, 1301SW, Melbourne, Australia 

    micro lemon diamond realm, Starkwhite, Auckland, New Zealand 

    2022
    Petra Cortright: sapphire cinnamon viper fairy, Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, CA 
    Denali F1 Batwing Baby Bear Baby Boo, Brigade, Copenhagen, Denmark 
    BALEAF GYS AKADEMIKS maamgic BROKIG, SOCIETE, Berlin, Germany 
    ultra angel wing absolute, Foxy Production, New York, NY 
    2021
    Spiced Diamond Pool Earn 4x Points, County, Palm Beach, FL 
    Predator Swamping, 1301PE, Los Angeles
    soft ice soft porn soft war, Carl Kostyál, Milan, Italy 
    icy dip fresh petals, Carl Kostyál, Stockholm, Sweden
    +FREE +FUCKIN + PICS, von ammon co., Washington, D.C. 
    2020

    Rouge Vif d’Étampes, Brigade, Copenhagen, Denmark


    borderline aurora borealis, TEAM Gallery, New York 
    2019
    Petra Cortright, Danziger Gallery, New York, NY 
    Lucky Ducks Lights Out, 1301PE, Los Angeles, CA 
    Computer Paintings on Linen, Duarte Sequeira, Barga, Portugal 
    2018
    Platinum Blonde Black Night, Société, Berlin, Germany 
    PALE COIL COLD ANGEL, Nahmad Projects, London, UK
    lambergani lambirgini lamborghini lambourgini, Ever Gold [Projects], San Francisco, CA 
    CAM WORLS, UTA Artist Space, Los Angeles, CA, US
    Petra Cortright and Marc Horowitz, Bank, Shanghai, China  
    2017

    human sheep brain "alice in wonderland" Americana, Foxy Production, New York, NY 

    RUNNING NEO-GEO GAMES UNDER MAME, City Gallery, Wellington, NZ 
    RUNNING NEO-GEO GAMES UNDER MAME, Tristan Koenig, Melbourne, AU 
    quack doctor violet "saltwater fish", 1301PE, Los Angeles, CA 
    "kinder surprise" sharky baba, COUNTY Gallery, Palm Beach, FL 
    2016
    DIE ROSE, Société; Berlin, Germany 
    ORANGE BLOSSOM PRINCESS FUCKING BUTTERCUP, Carl Kostyal, London, UK 
    Octopus 16: Antiques Roadshow, Gertrude Contemporary, Melbourne, Australia 
    Zero-Day Darling, Ever Gold [Projects], San Francisco, CA, US
    2015
    NIKI, LUCY, LOLA, VIOLA, Depart Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
    Ily, Foxy Production, New York, NY 2014 PETWELT, Société, Berlin, Germany 
    Tags for Likes, Commissioned by MOCAtv, MOCA, Los Angeles, LA 
    Petra Cortright, Carl Kostyal, Stockholm, Sweden  
    ASMR, MAMA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands  
    Family State of Mind w/ Ed Fornieles, Gallerie Chez Valentin, Paris, France 
    2013
    BLank BLANk bLANk . Steve Turner Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA 
    Bridal Shower, Commissioned by Frieze Film 2013 and EMPAC, Broadcast by Channel 4, London, UK  
    2012
    VICKY DEEP IN SPRING VALLEY, Club Midnight, Berlin, Germany 
    Void Mastery / Blank Control, The Composing Rooms: The Green Room, London, UK 
    2011
    Video Syrup, curated by Maggie Lee, Spectacle Theater, Brooklyn, New York 
    Beholder, Talbot Rice Gallery, University of Edinburgh, Scotland 
    SO WET, Preteen Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico Lesbian Kiss Episode, 
    2010
    Planet Ummo, Project Space, Mexico City, Mexico 
    It Takes Strength to be Gentle and Kind, GLORIAMARIA Gallery, Milan, Italy 
    Avatar 4D, curated by JstChillin, NOMA Gallery, San Francisco, CA 
    TITS VAGINA SEX NUDE BOOBS BRITNEY SPEARS PARIS 
    HILTON JORDAN CAPRI HONEY MOON, Preteen Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico 
    2008
    Show #20: Peter Barrickman + Petra Cortright, And/ Or Gallery, Dallas, TX 
  • Selected Group Exhibitions
    2025
    Looking at Horizons, Almine Rech, Monaco 
    2023
    Art Basel Parcours, Société and Foxy Productions, Basel, Switzerland 
    FOCUS GROUP 4, Von Ammon Co, Washington, DC  
    I'll Be Your Mirror: Art and the Digital Screen, The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX  
    Video Store, Foxy Production, New York, NY 
    Behind the screens, CODA Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 
    2022
    Color Code, McEvoy Foundation for the Arts, San Francisco, CA 
    At Land, Foxy Production, New York, NY 
    FOCUS GROUP 3, von ammon co, Washington, DC At Land, Foxy Production, New York, NY 
    2021
    Search Engines, MoMA Collection Gallery, MoMA, New York, NY 
    2020
    STEDELIJK BASE, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 
    Virtual Views, MoMA, New York, NY, US
    In the Meanwhile..., Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA 
    Passing Time, curated by Neville Wakefield, www.passing-time.org 
    Glitch, The American University in Cairo Tahrir Cultural Center, Cairo, Egypt 
    Petra Cortright, Elizabeth Ibarra, and Susumu Kamijo, Aliso Editions x 
    The Newsstand Project, Los Angeles, CA 
    2019
    Hate Speech: Aggression and Intimacy, Künstlerhaus, Graz, Austria 
    bitforms gallery LA, Bitforms Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 
    2017
    4th Ural Industrial Biennial Of Contemporary Art, curated by João Ribas, Ekaterinburg, Russia 

    The Coverly Set, Sargent's Daughters; New York, NY, US
    Web 2.0, Organized by Paul Slocum and Thierry Tilquin, Senne, Brussels Belgium 
    2016
    Shift, Stretch, Expand: Everyday Transformations, Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 
    Chatham Square, Foxy Production, New York, NY 
    Electronic Superhighway, curated by Omar Kholeif, Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK 
    2015
    Always-On, curated by Steffen Köhn and Matthias Krings, Schule des Sehens, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany 
    Anti-Vapor Waves, DINCA VQ '15, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL 
    Full of Peril and Weirdness: Painting as Universalism, curated by Robin Peckham and Wan Wan Lei, M WOODS, Beijing, China 
    The Metabolic Age, curated by Chus Martinez, MALBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina 
    Group Show, Im Inneren der Stadt. Künstlerhaus Bremen,Bremen, Germany 
    Normal Reality, curated by Jason Judd, University Galleries of Illinois State University, Normal, IL, US
    2014
    Farm to Table, Curated by Michael Bell-Smith, Foxy Production; New York, NY 
    Fútbol: The Beautiful Game, Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Los Angeles, CA 
    Art Post-Internet, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA); Beijing, China 
    Material Images, Johannes Vogt, New York 
    E Vapor 8. Site Gallery; Sheffield, UK 
    2013
    Casting a Wide Net, Postmasters; New York, NY 
    D. Zwei, Drei; Berlin, Germany 
    Frieze Film, Curated by Nicola Lees and Victoria Brooks; Frieze London,UK  
    Meanwhile...Suddenly and Then, 12th Biennale de Lyon; Lyon, France 
    Lonely Girl, curated by Asher Penn, Martos Gallery; New York, US 
    Things That Turn Your Brain to Mush, Santa Barbara Contemporary Art Forum; Santa Barbara, CA 
    2012
    E-Vapor-8, Curated by Francesca Gavin, 319 Scholes; Brooklyn, NY 
    Ex-Girlfriends in the Age of Drones, curated by Una Tittel, Naherholung Strenchen; Berlin, Germany 
    2011

    Banal Inferno, curated by Benjamin Fallon, CCA: The Center of 

    Contemporary Arts; Santa Fe, NM 

    Empty Orchestra, Curated by Georgie Park & Samuel Rodgers, Eastside Projects at Birmingham Contemporary Art Forum; Birmingham, UK 

    Collect the WWWorld: The Artist as Archivist in the Internet Age, curated by Domenico Quaranta, Settimana dell'Arte; Brescia, Italy 

    2010
    Multiplex, Curated by VVORK, Peer to Space Sun Galleries; Munich, Germany 
    Surfing Club, Espace Multimedia Gantner; Bourogne, France 
    The Brakhage Center Symposium; Boulder, CO Playlist, Neoncampbase; Bologna, Italy 
    2009
    No Hay Banda, Reference Gallery; Richmond, VA 
    Spun 2: art light noise new video art, Monkeytown; Brooklyn, NY 
    My Biennale Is Better Than Yours, Xth Biennale de Lyon; Lyon, France 
    SALLYS, Atelier Kreuzberg; Berlin, Germany 
    New Wave, The Internet Pavilion, The Venice Biennale; Venice, Italy 
    The New Easy, Artnews Projects; Berlin, Germany 
    Treasure Room (with Loshadka), Light Industry; Brooklyn, NY 

    Endless Pot of Gold CD-Rs (w/ Nasty Nets), Sundance International 

    Film Festival; Park City, UT 

    2008
    Montage: Unmonumental Online, The New Museum; New York, NY 
    Build A Fire, Plexus Contemporary; Louisville, KY New York  
    Underground Film Festival, Anthology Film Archives; New York, NY B I T M A P: as good as new, Leonard Pearlstein Gallery at Drexel University; Philadelphia, PA 
  • Public Projects and Commisions
    2019
    Webcam still life with flowers: blue, green, and red, Commissioned by Art on the Mart, Merchandise Mart, Chicago 
    The Grand, Commissioned by Frank Gehry Partners, LLP, Downtown Los Angeles, CA 
    2018

    Beutyfol Girls Xerox Desert Rose, Commissioned by SketchedSpace, Doota Plaza, Seoul, South Korea 

    2016
    Google Pixel Campaign 
    2014 - 19
    Video collaborations with Stella McCartney 
  • Broadcasts
    2014
    Tags for Likes, Commissioned by MOCAtv, MOCA, Los Angeles, CA 
    2013
    Bridal Shower, Commissioned by Frieze Film 2013 and EMPAC, Broadcast by Channel 4, London, UK 
    2011
    Live from Frieze Art Fair this is Lucky PDFTV, Commissioned by Frieze Projects, Frieze Art Fair, London, UK 
  • Selected Bibliography
    2020
    Bianconi, Giampaolo. "Interview - On Self-isolation, Zoom Mania, and Her Early Webcam Works." Artforum. 20 Apr 2020. Web. 
    Dotson, Sarah. "5 Shows by Emerging Artists You Can See Online." Artsy. 31 Mar 2020. Web. 
    Szremski, Ania. "Petra Cortright." 4Columns. 13 Mar 2020. Web. 
    2019
    Durón, Maximilíano, and Alex Greenberger. "The Most Important Art Exhibitions of the 2010s." ARTnews. 24 Dec 2019. Web.
    Knoblauch, Loring. "Petra Cortright @Danziger." Collector Daily. 07 Nov 2019. Web. 
    Ables, Kelsey. "Get Lost in the Strange, Dizzying Websites of These Contemporary Artists." Artsy. 16 Apr 2019. Web. 
    Moioli, Ciara. "Joy of Missing Out: Petra Cortright." Mousse Magazine. 22 July 2019. Web. 
    2018
    Tauer, Kristen. "Petra Cortright Debuts Public Art Installation at Doota Plaza in Seoul." WWD. 01 Oct. 2018. Web. 
    Langmuir, Molly. "Why Should a Webcam Plus A Woman Equal Sex?" Elle Magazine. 10 July. 2018. Web and print. 
    Sterling, Bruce. "The Ephemera Mine." Rhizome. 1 March 2018. Web. 
    Gray, Julia. "See Petra Cortright's Decade of Digital Art IRL." PAPER Magazine. 23 Feb. 2018. Web. 
    Pechman, Alexandra. "Petra Cortright Blends Technology With a Brush Stroke." V Magazine. 4 April, 2018. Web and print.  
    2017
    Knight, Christopher. "Petra Cortright's digital paintings, a tangled web of dots and swipes." Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb.  
    Lister, Aaron. Petra Cortright: Running Neo-Geo Games Under Mame, Wellington: City Gallery Wellington, 2017. 
    McKinnon, Julian. "Bring me the weird." artnews NEW ZEALAND, Spring 2017: 82-85. 
    "Quack Doctor Violet 'Saltwater Fish,' Petra Cortright at 1301PE, Los Angeles." LXAQ, 14 Feb. 27. 
    2016
    Adams, Susan "From Ashley Graham To Lauren Conrad: 30 Under 30 In Art and Style" Forbes, 4 Jan. 2016. 
    Goulder, Iona. "Petra Cortright on the Gentrification of the Internet." Amuse, 4 Apr. 2016. 
    Jansen, Charlotte. "Petra Cortright Is the Monet of the 21st Century." Artsy, 13 May 2016. 
    Mindlin, Valerie. "Petra Cortright." Artforum, Oct. 2016. 
    2015
    Cornell, Lauren and Ed Halter, eds. Mass Effect: Art and the Internet in the Twenty-First Century. Cambridge and New York: MIT Press and the New Museum, 2015.  
    Ding, Chinnie. "Petra Cortright." Artforum, 20 Feb. 2015. 
    Gallant, Elise. "Petra Cortright 'ily' exhibition at Foxy Production, New York." Purple, 10 Feb. 2015. 
    Jennifer, Noemie. "Digital Painting Asserts Its Place in Art History." The Creators Project, 30 Sep. 2015. 

    McGarry, Kevin. "Petra Cortright's Desktop Dolls." New York Times 

    Style Magazine, 9 July 2015. 

    Michael, Connor. "New Digital Paintings by Petra Cortright." Rhizome, 15 Sep. 2015. 
    Piejko, Jennifer. "petra cortright's digital exotic fantasyland." i-D Magazine,10 July 2015. 
    Riefe, Jordan. The Guardian, 22 July 2015. leeperhold #2. Antwerp: Sleeperhold Publications, 2015. 
    Wagley, Catherine. LAweekly, 8 July 2015. 
    Wyma, Chloe. "Offline: The Inscrutable Cheeriness of Petra Cortright." ARTinfo, 12 Feb. 2015. 
    Zhong, Fan. "Art 2.0." W Magazine, May 2015. 
    2014
    Hyvonen, Joni. "Digital Remains: Petra Cortright." Kunstkritikk, 2 May 2014. 
    Takako, Danna. "MOCAtv presents Petra Cortright's Tags for Likes." Dazed, 7 June. 2014. 
    2013
    Galperina, Marina. "Frieze Art Film's Petra Cortright Experiment: Fall in Love Here." Animal New York, 21 Oct. 2013. 
    Maloney, Jennifer. "Auction House Phillips Enters the Digitial Age." Wall Street Journal, Sept. 2013 
    Moulon, Dominique. "Lyon Biennial and Then." MediaArtDesign.net, Nov. 2013. 
    Schildhause, Chloe. "A Demonstration in Artistic Onus." Flaunt Magazine, 25 Oct. 2013. 
    Sulcas, Roslyn. "Frieze London Makes Way for the Unexpected." The New York Times, 16 Oct. 2013. 
    Ugelvig, Jeppe. "Frieze London | Interview with Petra Cortright." dis magazine, 22 Oct. 2013. 
    Williams, Maxwell. "For Petra Cortright the Web is the Ultimate Canvas." The New York Times Style Magazine, 8 Nov. 2013. 
    2012
    Cortright, Petra. "PETRA CORTRIGHT: VOID MASTERY / BLANK CONTROL." Dazed Digital Arts & Culture, Jan. 2012. 
    Sterling, Bruce. "Data Mine." Artforum, Sept. 2013: 492-93. "Super Art Modern Museum (SPAMM) Is Mecca Of Online Art." Huffington Post, Jan. 2012. 
    2011
    "Artist Profile: Petra Cortright." Rhizome, Sep. 2011. 
    Chayka, Kyle. "An Xiao, Man Bartlett and Petra Cortright Make Avatars the New Self Portraits." LA WEEKLY, Oct. 2011. 
    Chayka, Kyle. "Five L.A. Internet Artists You Need to Know" LA WEEKLY, Dec. 2011. 
    Cortright, Petra. "Culture Club: Q&A." Nylon Magazine, Mar. 2011. 
    Fino-Radin, Ben. "YouTube Censors Petra Cortright, But 'VVEBCAM' Lives on in the Rhizome ArtBase." Rhizome, Dec. 2011. 
    Sanchez, Roberto. "Petra Cortright by Roberto Sanchez." Photography by Alvaro Nates. Nylon Mexico, May 2011. 
    Pinheiro, David Silva. "O Youtube Super Louco Da Petra." Vice Portugal, Nov. 2011. 

    "YouTube Art Project 'VVEBCAM' Censored Because Of Its Tags." 

    Huffington Post, Dec. 2011. 

    2010
    Chan, Paul. "Artist Favourites." Spike Art Quarterly, Winter 2010. 
    Droitcour, Brian. "Members Only: Loshadka Surfs the Web." Art In America, Mar. 2010. 
    Quaranta, Domenico. "Vernacular Video. Art responding to Youtube." Flash Art, July 2010. 
    2009
    Capps, Kriston. "New-media artist Petra Cortright explores digital artwork in Dallas exhibit." Dallas Morning News, 20 Jan. 2009. 
    Cortright, Petra. "Internet Artists Questionnaire." Flaunt Magazine, May 2009. 
    2007
    Montage: Unmonumental Online Catalogue. New York: The New Museum, Fall Ng, David. "Messaging Is the Medium." ARTnews, Summer 2007: 186. 
  • Selected Public Collections
    LACMA, Los Angeles County Museum of Art 
    MCA, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago 
    MoMA, Museum of Modern Art, New York 
    Moderna Museet, Stockholm  
    Perez Art Museum 
    San Jose Museum of Art 
    Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive 
    Booth Business School Collection, University of Chicago 
    Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art Hammer Museum 
    KADIST, San Francisco 

    MOTI, Breda, in collaboration with Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam Museum 

    of Contemporary Art