Petra Cortright
b. 1986.
Petra Cortright’s core practice is the creation and distribution of digital and physical images using consumer or corporate software. Her paintings on aluminum, linen, and paper are created in Photoshop, and she is renowned for making self-portrait videos that use her computer’s webcam and default effects tools. Cortright studied Fine Arts at Parsons School of Design at The New School, New York and the California College of the Arts, San Francisco. Her works are included in the permanent collections of MoMA; MOCA; LACMA; the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; Kadist Foundation, San Francisco; BAMPFA, Berkeley; the San Jose Museum of Art; MCA Chicago; The Péréz Art Museum Miami; The Bass Museum, Miami; Moderna Museet, Stockholm; MOTI, Breda in collaboration with Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; and Rhizome’s Net Art Anthology. She lives and works in Altadena, California.
From FEMMEBIT and the New California, August 2023
