Joanna van Son
2025 Artist-in-Residence

Opening December 2nd through Fall 2026

The Museum’s Knight Foundation-supported 2025 artist-in-residence, Joanna van Son (b. 2000, Oman; lives and works in London) will present new paintings that distort the familiar spatial qualities of the human body, paying particular attention to the material and symbolic textures and sensitivities of the skin. Van Son’s practice is rooted in a distinctly physical process that foregrounds both the layering and erasure of the female body.

Above Ground, 2025
oil and charcoal on linen
152 x 86 in. (386 x 218.4 cm)
acquired in 2025

Roses Under the Bed, 2025
oil and charcoal on (clear primed) linen
137 3/4 x 82 5/8 in. (350 x 210 cm)
acquired in 2025

Untitled, 2025
Charcoal on linen
96 x 68 in. (243.8 x 172.7 cm)
acquired in 2025

Untitled, 2025
oil and charcoal on sutured linen and cotton
48 x 60 x 1 5/8 in. (122 x 152.5 x 4 cm)
acquired in 2025

Ladder, 2025
oil and charcoal on cotton
59 x 39 3/8 x 1 3/4 in. (150 x 100 x 4.5 cm)
acquired in 2025

Dress, 2025
oil and charcoal on sutured linen jute and cotton
78 3/4 x 51 1/8 x 1 in. (200 x 130 x 2.5 cm)
acquired in 2025

The Rubell Museum is grateful to the Knight Foundation for their support of this program.