Avery Singer at Frieze Seoul with new AI-inflected work
Published on 08/21/2026 at 13:20 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS
Avery Singer enters the late summer fair circuit with a prominent appearance at Frieze Seoul 2026. As Hauser & Wirth states in its Frieze Seoul presentation overview, the gallery shows Singer’s 2026 painting Maria (v.1) at Stand A21 from September 2 to September 5, 2026. Hauser & Wirth Frieze Seoul presentation
Avery Singer at Frieze Seoul
At Frieze Seoul 2026, Hauser & Wirth positions Avery Singer alongside artists such as Frank Bowling, George Condo, Jenny Holzer and Lorna Simpson, underscoring her status among leading contemporary voices. Frieze Seoul artist list
The fair runs from September 2 to September 5, 2026 at COEX in Seoul, with Hauser & Wirth occupying Stand A21 and highlighting Maria (v.1) as a fresh example of Singer’s digitally inflected painting practice.
The Zurich casino-like solo show
Parallel to the fair appearance, Avery Singer’s solo exhibition War_overlays is on view at Hauser & Wirth Zurich from June 12 to September 5, 2026, coinciding with Zurich Art Weekend and the Art Basel season. Hauser & Wirth exhibition text
In Zurich, Singer transforms the upstairs gallery into a space reminiscent of a casino, complete with red curtains, patterned carpet and staged CCTV cameras, creating a charged setting for new paintings that incorporate AI-based tools for the first time in her practice.
More news and background on Avery Singer
Readers can follow Avery Singer’s current exhibitions and fair appearances, including Frieze Seoul and the Zurich solo show, via further coverage and updates in the AD HOC NEWS archive.
The practice between painting and technology
Avery Singer, born in 1987 in New York, has developed a distinctive approach that merges airbrushed acrylic on canvas with three-dimensional modeling and image projection, drawing on tools such as SketchUp, Blender and DAZ 3D to construct complex compositions. Hauser & Wirth artist biography
Her recent works, including those in War_overlays, add AI-based image generation to this toolkit, producing what she describes as an ‘AI slop aesthetic’ in paintings like Solver, where distorted war imagery and self-reflexive motifs such as the Poker Player figure intersect.
Where Avery Singer stands now
Avery Singer’s next confirmed appearance is at Frieze Seoul 2026, where Hauser & Wirth presents Maria (v.1) at Stand A21 from September 2 to September 5, 2026.
Avery Singer at a glance
- Artist: Avery Singer
- Medium / Genre: Painting (digitally constructed, AI-influenced)
- Born: 1987, New York, United States
- Place(s) of practice: Studio practice centered in New York
- Active since: around 2010, with early institutional solo shows from 2014
- Key work groups: Reality Ender, Unity Bachelor, run_it_back.exe?, War_overlays
- Current/last exhibition: War_overlays, Hauser & Wirth, Zurich, June 12 – September 5, 2026
- Major collections: Guggenheim Museum (New York), The Museum of Modern Art (New York), Tate (London), Neue Nationalgalerie (Berlin), Stedelijk Museum (Amsterdam), Whitney Museum of American Art (New York)
- Awards: Not publicly documented in the major prize categories listed
- Next date: September 2 – September 5, 2026, Frieze Seoul, Hauser & Wirth, Stand A21
Frequently asked questions about Avery Singer
Where can Avery Singer’s work be seen in mid-2026?
In mid-2026, Avery Singer’s solo exhibition War_overlays is on view at Hauser & Wirth Zurich from June 12 to September 5, 2026, while her painting Maria (v.1) is included in Hauser & Wirth’s presentation at Frieze Seoul 2026.
What defines Avery Singer’s current artistic approach?
Her recent work combines airbrushed acrylic painting with 3D modeling and AI-based image generation, producing layered compositions that reference art history, digital culture and mediated images of contemporary conflict.
Which major institutions collect Avery Singer’s work?
Public collections holding her work include the Guggenheim Museum and The Museum of Modern Art in New York, Museum Ludwig in Cologne, the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin, Tate in London and the Whitney Museum of American Art.
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