Ana Elisa Egreja's Maximalist Still Life at Jessica Silverman Gallery
Brazilian artist Ana Elisa Egreja (b. 1983, São Paulo) presents her large-scale still life "Pink Table with Chinoiserie and Roseate Spoonbills" (2026) at Jessica Silverman Gallery in San Francisco, on view through September 5, 2026. The work, inspired by the coloring of the roseate spoonbill (colhereiro) from Brazil's Pantanal, combines Dutch still-life tradition with Latin American magical realism and a gold-leaf sky in a tropical setting. Egreja stages the composition in her studio with real objects—fabric, Chinese porcelain, fruits, vegetables—before painting over months. The piece reflects her two-decade practice of warm, vibrant, excessive still lifes.
Key facts
- Ana Elisa Egreja's 'Pink Table with Chinoiserie and Roseate Spoonbills' (2026) is on view at Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco.
- The exhibition runs through September 5, 2026.
- The work is a large-scale still life based on a real-life staging in the artist's studio.
- The palette was guided by the roseate spoonbill (colhereiro), a bird from Brazil's Pantanal.
- The painting fuses Dutch still-life tradition with Latin American magical realism.
- It features a gold-leaf sky reimagined in a tropical environment.
- Egreja was born in 1983 and lives and works in São Paulo, Brazil.
- The work is described with three words: Pink, Chinoiserie, Excess.
Entities
Artists
- Ana Elisa Egreja
Institutions
- Jessica Silverman Gallery
Locations
- San Francisco
- California
- United States
- São Paulo
- Brazil
- Pantanal