F11: Digital Paintings for Full Screen

The first virtual exhibition presented by the Derfner, “F11” refers to the function key that opens full screen viewing in internet browsers. In the Covid-era when art spaces are closed or at limited capacity, online exhibitions have become ubiquitous but often showcase works that exist as objects in the real world. “F11” inverts this practice: It features digital paintings best viewed on-screen.

This virtual exhibition was on view from April 11-August 8, 2021 (Extended through September 5).

Featuring Adam Blitz, Elaine Chao, Luise Eru, Donald Hargrove, Samhita Kamisetty, Annie Lee, Carlos Torres Machado, Collin Pollard, Polina Protsenko and Stefanie Wolfson

Screen Capture of Live Exhibition

Exhibition Catalogue

Read on Issuu

Press Release

Artists’ Talks Recordings

Checklist of the Exhibition

(Dimensions are height x width)

Adam Blitz
(b. Miami, Florida, 1966; lives and works in London, England)
Bema Mosaic, 2018
Digital drawing with hand-coloring manipulated in Photoshop
2803 x 2727 pixels

Apamea Floor, 2018
Photogrammetry, composite images and digital drawing with hand-coloring manipulated in Photoshop
4081 x 2480 pixels

Composite Mosaic, 2018
Photogrammetry, composite images and digital drawing with hand-coloring manipulated in Photoshop
2480 x 1654 pixels

Elaine Chao
(b. Flushing, New York, 1990; lives and works in New York, New York)
Umi-e, from Moving Image, 2019
Animated .gif
3500 x 3316 pixels

Moeru, from Moving Image, 2019
Animated .gif
1800 x 1800 pixels

Sekimen, from Moving Image, 2019
Animated .gif
3500 x 3500 pixels

Luise Eru
(b. Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 1998; lives and works in Belo Horizonte)
Masculinity, 2020
Found photographs digitally collaged in Photoshop
3725 x 2488 pixels

58 Rua Ferreira Bretas, 2020
Found photographs digitally collaged in Photoshop
3944 x 2817 pixels

Building My House, 2020
Found photographs digitally collaged in Photoshop
3603 x 2400 pixels

Donald Hargrove
(b. Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, 1961; lives and works in Glasgow, Scotland)
Beech Tree Moonshine, 2020
Digital painting in SketchBook
1299 x 954 pixels

Cape Flowers, 2020
Digital painting in SketchBook
1181 x 871 pixels

River in Bloom, 2020
Digital painting in Procreate
1299 x 878 pixels

Samhita Kamisetty
(b. Portland, Oregon, 1996; lives and works in New York, New York and Bangalore, India)
Kitchen Table and Strawberry Darts, 2020
Digital painting in Photoshop over permanent marker underdrawing
3508 x 2501 pixels

Insects on the Chili Sofa, 2020
Digital painting in Photoshop over permanent marker underdrawing
3453 x 2318 pixels

Starlight, 2020
Digital painting in Photoshop over permanent marker underdrawing
6880 x 4670 pixels

Annie Lee
(b. London, England,1999; lives and works in London)
Smudges and Dust (no. 1), 2020
digital painting in Procreate
1080 x 1920 pixels

Smudges and Dust (no. 2), 2020
Digital painting in Procreate
1080 x 1920 pixels

Smudges and Dust (no. 3), 2020
Digital painting in Procreate
1080 x 1920 pixels

Carlos Torres Machado
(b. Guayaquil, Ecuador, 1981; works in Brooklyn, New York)
Data Center #19, 2020
Digital painting in Photoshop
10302 x 6900 pixels

Data Center #21, 2020
Digital painting in Photoshop
6600 x 6818 pixels

Data Center #22, 2020
Digital painting in Photoshop
7631 x 6085  pixels

Collin Pollard
(b. San Jose, California, 1994; lives and works in San Jose)
Sandstorm, 2021
Digitally manipulated computer screenshot collaged with abstracted pixels in Photoshop
6000 x 7200 pixels

Into the Landscape, 2021
Digitally manipulated computer screenshot
6000 x 9000 pixels

Sunset Cove, 2020
Digitally manipulated computer screenshot collaged with photographs and abstracted pixels in Photoshop
5400 x 7200 pixels

Polina Protsenko
(b. Tartu, Estonia, 1993; lives and works in Los Angeles, California)
Sunset Scape 2, 2020
Watercolor swatch on paper digitally collaged and manipulated in Photoshop
7800 x 7800 pixels

Desert Scape, 2020
Watercolor swatch on paper digitally collaged and manipulated in Photoshop
4800 x 4800 pixels

Desert Scape 2, 2020
Watercolor swatch on paper digitally collaged and manipulated in Photoshop
4800 x 4800 pixels

Stefanie Wolfson
(b. New York, New York, 1992; lives and works in Yonkers, New York)
Adiantum Raddianum, from Plant Portraits, 2020
Digital drawing in Procreate
1446 x 1205 pixels

Maranta Leuconeura, from Plant Portraits, 2020
Digital drawing in Procreate
1446 x 1205 pixels

Sansevieria Laurentii, from Plant Portraits, 2020
Digital drawing in Procreate
1446 x 1205 pixels