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Selected Works74

Museum Acquisitions

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Previous Sales 35

Sotheby's
Girl with haunched shoulders
Girl with haunched shoulders
Unknown
Dec 2020
Christie's
Swimmers
Swimmers, 1997
$8,750
Jul 2012
Christie's
Goodyear Cherubs
Goodyear Cherubs, 1997
$1,875
Jul 2012
Christie's
Pegasus
Pegasus, 2001
$98,500
May 2011
Christie's
Sunbathers
Sunbathers, 1998
$33,600
Sep 2006
Christie's
Hurricane Cindy
Hurricane Cindy, 1998
$50,400
Nov 2005
Christie's
Bathroom
Bathroom, 2000
$42,000
Nov 2005
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The Adoration
The Adoration, 1999
$132,000
May 2005
Christie's
Untitled (Lilac)
Untitled (Lilac), 2000
$9,600
Mar 2005
Christie's
Untitled (Study for Thieves)
Untitled (Study for Thieves), 2000
$10,755
May 2004
Christie's
Ozone Hole
Ozone Hole, 1998
$65,725
Nov 2002
Christie's
Hurricane Mary
Hurricane Mary, 1998
$11,950
Nov 2002
Christie's
Yellow Turkeys
Yellow Turkeys, 1997
$7,050
Nov 2001
Christie's
Beauty Contest
Beauty Contest, 1999
$52,875
May 2001
Wright
Girls at a Rock Concert
Girls at a Rock Concert
$2,394
Jan 1970
Christie's
Fantasy
Fantasy, 2003
$8,890
Dec 2025
Christie's
Explosion
Explosion, 1999
$27,720
Jul 2025
Sotheby's
Gold Painting
Gold Painting, 2003
$7,200
Jul 2024
Phillips
Untitled
Untitled
$1,397
Jun 2024
Sotheby's
Kate Dancing
Kate Dancing, 2002
$13,970
Jun 2023
Christie's
Beauty Pageant
Beauty Pageant, 1998
$7,560
Jul 2022
Christie's
Heaven's Gate
Heaven's Gate, 1997
$15,000
Dec 2021
Sotheby's
Fall
Fall, 2007
$75,600
Dec 2021
Artsy
Family of Flowers
Family of Flowers, 2017
$25,000
Mar 2023
Swann Auction Galleries
Highway + Hell
Highway + Hell, 2003
$688
May 2022

For Sale 3

Victoria Miro · Artsy
Fallen angel
Fallen angel, 2015
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Oil on linen
Kavi Gupta · Artsy
The Blazing World
The Blazing World, 2019
Price on request
Enamel on canvas
Kavi Gupta · Artsy
New Jersey 2600 C.E.
New Jersey 2600 C.E., 2019
Price on request
Enamel on canvas
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Market125 auction results

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$688 – $132K
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$32.8K
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$14.0K
21 priced paintings lots
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Dec 2025 · $8.9K
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Paintings: $14.0K medianWorks on paper: $10.2K medianBooks/portfolios: $378 medianEditioned prints: $1.4K medianUnclassified lots: — median
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Galleries2

#20 Victoria Miro
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#67 Miles McEnery Gallery
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Podcast Interviews1

podcasts No. 341: Inka Essenhigh, Church’s Travels The Modern Art Notes Podcast · May 17, 2018
Episode No. 341 of The Modern Art Notes Podcast features artist Inka Essenhigh and curator Kenneth Myers. The Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art in Virginia Beach is showing “Inka Essenhigh: A Fine Line,” a mid-career s…
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Education1

Columbus College of Art & Design
MFA · Columbus, OH, USA
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Publications2

Exhibition Catalog 1

Comic abstraction Author
MoMA Publications · 2007

Survey 1

New Surrealism: The Uncanny in Contemporary Painting
Phaidon Press · 2023
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Past Exhibitions3

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#20 Victoria Miro

Inka Essenhigh: The Greenhouse

Inka Essenhigh

Calle Drio la Chiesa, 1994, 30124 Venezia VE, Italy

Mar 14, 2025 — Apr 17, 2025

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#20 Victoria Miro

Inka Essenhigh

Inka Essenhigh

Calle Drio la Chiesa, 1994, 30124 Venezia VE, Italy

Nov 6, 2021 — Dec 11, 2021

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#67 Miles McEnery Gallery

INKA ESSENHIGH

INKA ESSENHIGH

525 W 22nd St, New York, NY 10011, United States

Apr 19, 2018 — May 25, 2018

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Art Fair Appearances8

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Frieze New York — New York
2025
The Armory Show — New York
2024
ART SG — Singapore
2023
Frieze London — London
2021
Frieze London — London
2020
The Armory Show — New York
2020
Frieze London — London
2019
Frieze New York — New York
2018
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Recent Activity12

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Art Fair
Frieze New York 2025
May 7, 2025
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Exhibition
Inka Essenhigh: The Greenhouse
Mar 14, 2025
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Art Fair
The Armory Show 2024
Sep 6, 2024
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Art Fair
ART SG 2023
Jan 11, 2023
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Exhibition
Inka Essenhigh
Nov 6, 2021
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Art Fair
Frieze London 2021
Oct 13, 2021
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Art Fair
Frieze London 2020
Oct 7, 2020
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Art Fair
The Armory Show 2020
Mar 4, 2020
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Art Fair
Frieze London 2019
Oct 3, 2019
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Art Fair
Frieze New York 2018
May 3, 2018
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INKA ESSENHIGH
Apr 19, 2018
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Inka Essenhigh born
Jan 1, 1969
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