Drea Cofield

Visiting Artists No. 3 DREA COFIELD We join Drea while she paints plein air in a surprising spot in Queens. We also tour her charming live-work space, and learn how this keeps her eye sharp, developing what she calls "a narrative of looking." To learn more and to see the full presentation of works available, click the link in our bio.

NADA New York — May 13 - 17, 2026 Find Galleri Urbane in Booth C16 @newartdealers The Starrett-Lehigh Building 601 W 26th Street, 3rd Floor New York, NY 10001 @starrettlehigh Featuring: DREA COFIELD At the heart of the Selfie Project is a meditation on the act of self-representation: the tension between the disposable immediacy of digital imaging and the slowness, vulnerability, and physicality of painting. I’m particularly drawn to the invitational nature of the nude selfie, which—like painting—is often created in solitude, shaped by the author’s gaze and the intentional crop of the frame. By translating these images into paint, I am investigating a new small theater of exhibitionism—one less about sex and more about the quiet, human desire to not only be seen, but rendered through touch. Beyond its conceptual framework, the Selfie Project is a serious inquiry into the language of painting, and more so, all my paintings are an exploration of the embodiment of looking—as speed, as touch, as material. One selfie may evoke the solitude of Edward Hopper, another the palette of Giotto, or the domestic quietude of Vermeer. This work is deeply connected to my plein air landscape practice. Painting outside, from life, teaches me how to see—how color shifts in air and place, how space opens or collapses depending on light and form. That attention informs the selfie paintings, which I receive as flattened, digital images. Painting the landscape calibrates my eye to weight, observed color, and dimensionality, which I bring to these imaged bodies. More than a technical counterbalance, this connection between practices reflects a larger concern in my work: how we negotiate presence, how we locate ourselves in what we see and how we’re seen in an increasingly isolated and mediated world. Message us to request a ticket for NADA New York - quantities are limited!

Thrilled to also be showing a selection of work from the selfie project with @sohorevue at @newartdealers Booth C1; all beautifully custom framed by @theframingroom 🩵🩵🩵

Coming up next week, I’m excited to be showing new and recent small paintings with @galleriurbane alongside works by @flesh___man and @bradley_biancardi at @newartdealers Booth C16 ✨✨✨

It is the final day to see Thresholds at @kravetswehbygallery ! Thank you everyone who has come through, looked and shared! I’ll be loitering around the gallery today, come help me say goodbye! ❤️❤️❤️ [Sliding Glass Door, oil on linen, 36 x 30 inches, 2026] ➿🔀

Thank you to @halvorsonstudio for leading such a fun and meaningful conversation about painting and looking in the final days of ‘Thresholds’! 💞 And everyone who joined us yesterday with engagement and great questions! Many thanks to @kravetswehbygallery team for hosting the event. Tomorrow is the last day to see the show! I will be in the gallery — come say hello (and goodbye)! ✨✨✨

Today on the podcast, Drea Cofield! Join us for a conversation about painting, spirituality, making art in NY and much more! Also, check out Drea’s shoe @kravetswehbygallery @dangratz @dreacofield

It is the last week to see ‘Thresholds’ at @kravetswehbygallery 🪞✨ If you are able, I hope you will join me and Josephine Halvorson @halvorsonstudio in conversation this Thursday, April 30, 4:30-5:30 in the gallery. You can RSVP at the first link in my bio 💌 [Reflections with Interior Mirrors, oil on linen, 30x36 inches, 2026]

Spring Light

Please join us next Thursday, April 30th at 4:30 pm for a conversation between artists Drea Cofield and Josephine Halvorson. Set against Drea's current solo exhibition, "Thresholds," the two will discuss Drea's process and how this body of work came about, especially in contrast with her iconic nude selfie project...and more! Please rsvp with the #linkinbio as seats are limited!

Two weeks left to see Thresholds at @kravetswehbygallery 🔥🔥🔥 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

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