Emilie Louise Gossiaux — À propos — Slash Paris

Born in 1989 in New Orleans, New York–based artist Emilie Louise Gossiaux has developed a body of work profoundly shaped by the loss of her sight at the age of twenty-one. Through this altered experience of the world, she creates a form of representation that draws on memory and dreams, offering a sensuous palette of singular perceptions.

Rooted in touch and proprioception, her practice rethinks our relationship to space, surface, and the contact between objects. A recurring figure in her work and her companion in life, her dog London appears as a central character in drawings distinguished by clear lines and in sculptures with generous curves. In this way, proportions, distances, and perspectives unfold into a range of uncertainties and shifts, allowing room for the unexpected—reflecting the artist’s strong commitment to making art.

This commitment is also evident in her engagement with the public through programs that promote accessibility to art for all, notably at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, as well as in her teaching. She co-teaches a studio course for blind and visually impaired visitors as part of the Met’s Seeing Through Drawing program and has led gallery tours for general audiences exploring intersensory themes.

Emilie Louise Gossiaux is participating in the Whitney Biennial in New York in 2026.

Represented by Mother Gallery in New York, Emilie Louise Gossiaux studied at the Cooper Union School of Art and Yale University. She has since exhibited her work at numerous venues including the Dedalus Foundation (New York), Recess Art (New York), Cooper Hewitt (New York), the Smithsonian Institute of Art (Washington), Pippy Houldsworth (London), the Interlochen Center for the Arts (Interlochen), and StoreFrontLab (San Francisco), among others. She has received several awards, including the VSA Excellence Award from the John F. Kennedy Center in 2013, the Elliot Lash Memorial Award for Excellence in Sculpture in 2014, a Wynn Newhouse Award in 2018, and participated in the Dumfries House residency in Scotland. She was also selected by the Royal Drawing School in 2018.