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Thought That Is Actually A Thought
Thought That Is Actually a Thought (2024–26) begins with photographs from my own life—images I have made and images in which I appear—which are reworked
In the Age of Images
In the Age of Images (2024+) continues Leah Schrager’s long-running exploration of self-representation by returning to the photographic archive of Ona Artist (2015–2020). Using AI,
Mom Life
Figures Museum Piece These artworks from 2024 are based on photographs that I have taken and/or appear in. I transform them using
After an American Dream
After an American Dream (2020) explored what might come after An American Dream, the final chapter of the Ona Artist project. Set during the outbreak
The Vanishing Image
The Vanishing Image is a series of increasingly abstract digital works exploring the figure through abstraction.
Angles on a Woman
In the summer of 2019, I presented Angles on a Woman, my first live performance, at the Montauk Beach House as part of my solo
Buy My Life
These works were created in 2018 and 2019 as Ona Artist entered the gallery. They include installation views, participatory works, and projects that brought the
Manifestations
Manifestations (2019) is a series of photographs digitally painted on an iPad. Created as part of The Acceptable Woman, the works were exhibited at
Numbers
Numbers (2017) is a series of works created from data generated by Ona Artist. Follower counts, comments, likes, screenshots, and other records of the project
#ToysOnAPeach
Toys on a Peach (2017) is a series of photographs in which miniature objects are placed on my “peach” before being photographed. The images were
Duets
These images were commissioned by Glamour magazine for their Summer of Sex 2017 series in 2017. I photographed myself alongside friends in a New York
Nu Matrearchs
This essay was originally published as part of the online art show “Nu Matrearchs” as part of The Wrong Biennial. The Instagram Model as Art
Almost Famous
These works were created as part of Ona Artist, primarily in 2017. They include promotional images, album artwork, digital experiments, and standalone artworks
Under Erasure
Under Erasure (2017) is a series of digitally manipulated self-portraits exploring censorship and visibility. Faces and bodies are erased, mirrored, fragmented, and obscured until
Self-Made Supermodels
On Being an Instagram Model as a New Form of DIY, Digital, Feminized Performance September 8, 2016 Click here to read the essay on Rhizome
Painted
The works on this page were created in 2016 and 2017. They use photographs of myself originally created as part of the Ona Artist celebrity
Infinity Selfie
Infinity Selfie (2016) is a series of recursive self-portraits created during Ona Artist. By repeating a single image onto itself, photographs that would not
Ona Artist, 2015-2020
In 2015, I set out to create a celebrity as an art practice. The celebrity reached millions of followers on Instagram. She produced music, artworks,
The Female Painter
Body Anxiety is an online exhibition that opened January 24, 2015. It made an unexpectedly strong impact and was highly discussed. See below for “The
OnaGen
Essay on identity, authorship, and the emergence of the social media artist Introduction Written in the early years of Instagram—before I was even on the
After the Photograph
After the Photograph (2013–2014) is a group of works based on photographs of myself. The first series began as physical photographs that were folded, wrapped,
The Ona Experiments
During my MFA studies at Parsons, I developed a series of conceptual websites and online personas, including Free Girl, Devotology, ArtSexyStudio, Escart Girl, Painted O,
Early Multimedia Works
These were my first multimedia works. Images from the Ona websites I developed during my MFA studies at Parsons were printed on my home printer
Am I Not Art/ist?
On April 19, 2012, I was accepted into the West Chelsea Artists Open Studios. On May 1, 2012, I was removed from the event after
Four Places to Find You
Four Places to Find You, 2012 Four-channel video, 16:24 Four Places to Find You was made during hiking trips Schrager took with her partner, Kirk,
Stolen
Stolen was my only sustained experiment with appropriated images and text. Having already begun making derivative works from photographs of myself, I wondered whether I
Over Dance
Over Dance, 2012, Video In 2012 I did a one-day photoshoot at a loft in SoHo using ballet costumes from the Metropolitan Opera. My goal
Be Story Free
Be Story Free (2011) is a 38 minute video work created for a theater production performed at the Rearhouse in New York City.