Esther II — SARA'S

ESTHER II

ELLIE RAE HUNTER
JISOO YOU

MAY 06, 2025-
MAY 10, 2025

ESTONIAN HOUSE

SARA’S is thrilled to participate in Esther II with a dual presentation of work by Ellie Rae Hunter and Jisoo You.

Estonian House
243 E 34th St, New York

May 6–9, 11 am – 6 pm
May 10, 11 am – 5 pm

Ellie Rae Hunter (b. 1989) is a visual artist working primarily in sculpture. Hunter locates her work inside spaces where bodies are heavily scrutinized, exploring the ways in which societal expectations are absorbed by our bodies and impact our everyday lives and anxieties. She infuses institutional scaffoldings with fantastical scenarios to propose new realities. Hunter received her MFA in Sculpture + Extended Media from Virginia Commonwealth University where she was the recipient of the VCU Graduate Thesis Grant. She has participated in residencies including Shandaken: Storm King, New York, Interstate Projects, New York, Rupert, Lithuania, and Ox-Bow, Michigan. She has recently exhibited at Sara’s, New York; Lower_Cavity, Massachusetts; Almanac Projects, Italy; Loggia, Austria; and Kunsthalle Bratislava, Slovakia. Hunter lives and works in New York, NY.

Jisoo You, (b. 1999, Korea) is a contemporary artist making painting and sculpture. She received her BFA at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2022. Recent exhibitions include Tutorial (w/ Sean Jun Yeon), Whistle, Seoul; Arabesque N.2 (w/ Daniel Zeballos), Everything, Chicago; Real World, White Noise, Seoul; A woman with a baguette. Another one., Ruschwoman, Chicago; Villa Hamilton in Seoul. She lives and works in Seoul, Korea.