Recent flower paintings by Doron Langberg stem from a trip home to visit his family in Israel, where he had been unable to visit for more than a year. Speaking about these works the artist says, ‘My longing for the people I love and to “be home”, an experience with many layers, made otherwise everyday moments feel full of meaning. My family lives on the foothills of the Menashe mountains in the north of Israel, and coming back right for spring, so many wild flowers were in bloom. Painting them felt like painting a friend, and my motivation was the same – capturing a specificity that comes from familiarity and love.’

About the artist

Born in 1985 in Yokneam Moshava, Israel, Doron Langberg currently lives and works in New York City. He received his MFA from Yale University School of Art, holds a BFA from the University of Pennsylvania, a Certificate from PAFA, and attended the Yale Summer School of Music and Art, Norfolk. Langberg has attended the EFA Studio Program, Sharpe Walentas Studio Program, Yaddo artist residency, and the Queer Art Mentorship Program. He is the recipient of the American Academy of Arts and Letters John Koch award for painting, the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant, and the Yale Schoelkopf Travel Prize.

Work by the artist is currently on view at The Frick Collection’s temporary residence at Frick Madison, NYC, as part of Living Histories: Queer Views and Old Masters (30 September 2021–January 2022), at RISD Museum, Providence, Rhode Island (until 13 March 2022) and at Victoria Miro in London (until 6 November 2021), where Doron Langberg: Give Me Love, the gallery’s first solo exhibition by the artist, features panoramic works alongside the chromatic depictions of figures in interiors for which the New York-based painter has become widely known. Recent exhibitions include Breakfast Under the Tree, a group exhibition curated by Russell Tovey, at Carl Freedman Gallery, Margate, Kent and Intimacy: New Queer Art from Berlin and Beyond at the Schwules Museum, Berlin, Germany. In 2022, the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston will feature his work in a major group exhibition. Previously, his work has been shown at institutional venues including the LSU Museum, American Academy of Arts and Letters, Leslie-Lohman Museum and The PAFA Museum. His work is in the collections of The PAFA Museum and RISD Museum.