An increasingly prominent voice among a new generation of figurative painters, Doron Langberg has gained a reputation for works that hinge on a sense of closeness. Langberg’s paintings, luminous in colour and often large in scale, celebrate the physicality of touch – in subject matter and process. His intimate yet expansive take on relationships, sexuality, nature, family and the self proposes how painting can both portray and create queer subjectivity.

Portraiture is a cornerstone of Langberg’s art. Speaking about the works on view, the artist says, ‘These two portraits, one of my friend Willy and the other of my nephew Gal, represent different sides of my practice – depicting the queer social world around me, and my family. When the two are seen together they contextualise each other, expanding the idea of queer subject matter.’

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.

Works by the artist are currently on view in Any distance between us, which explores the power and significance of intimate relationships in works of contemporary art, at RISD Museum, Providence, Rhode Island (until 13 March 2022). Langberg’s work will feature in a major group exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston in 2022.

The artist’s first solo exhibition with Victoria Miro is on view in London until 6 November 2021.