Sophie Isaak 'Jury's Still Out'
Drawer 2- Jury’s still out, colored pencil, flashe 10” x 10”, 2020
Artist Statement
My work is bound to intense colors, awkward and surprising forms and idiosyncratic compositions. I utilize printmaking techniques, as well as drawing and painting, to convey spaces that are simultaneously intriguing and uncomfortable. I think of each drawing as being completely made up of decoration, but somehow the interactions between these moments of visual seduction create a larger and more complex story. Through patterning as well as very wrong-feeling color and compositional choices, I create wildly shifting plots.
Artist Bio
Sophie Isaak was born in Boston, Massachusetts. After graduating from the University of Vermont with a Bachelors in English and Studio art, she continued her education at the University of Iowa. She graduated in 2018 with her MFA in Printmaking. Isaak's work has been displayed nationally, in several juried exhibitions. In 2019, Isaak gave public lectures at The University of Vermont in Burlington, VT and at the Barrett Art Center in Poughkeepsie, NY. In January of 2019, Isaak completed an Artist Residency at the Vermont Studio Center. She currently resides outside of Boston where she teaches printmaking at the University of Massachusetts Lowell and Lesley University.
Drawer 2- Jury’s still out, colored pencil, flashe 10” x 10”, 2020
Artist Statement
My work is bound to intense colors, awkward and surprising forms and idiosyncratic compositions. I utilize printmaking techniques, as well as drawing and painting, to convey spaces that are simultaneously intriguing and uncomfortable. I think of each drawing as being completely made up of decoration, but somehow the interactions between these moments of visual seduction create a larger and more complex story. Through patterning as well as very wrong-feeling color and compositional choices, I create wildly shifting plots.
Artist Bio
Sophie Isaak was born in Boston, Massachusetts. After graduating from the University of Vermont with a Bachelors in English and Studio art, she continued her education at the University of Iowa. She graduated in 2018 with her MFA in Printmaking. Isaak's work has been displayed nationally, in several juried exhibitions. In 2019, Isaak gave public lectures at The University of Vermont in Burlington, VT and at the Barrett Art Center in Poughkeepsie, NY. In January of 2019, Isaak completed an Artist Residency at the Vermont Studio Center. She currently resides outside of Boston where she teaches printmaking at the University of Massachusetts Lowell and Lesley University.
Drawer 2- Jury’s still out, colored pencil, flashe 10” x 10”, 2020
Artist Statement
My work is bound to intense colors, awkward and surprising forms and idiosyncratic compositions. I utilize printmaking techniques, as well as drawing and painting, to convey spaces that are simultaneously intriguing and uncomfortable. I think of each drawing as being completely made up of decoration, but somehow the interactions between these moments of visual seduction create a larger and more complex story. Through patterning as well as very wrong-feeling color and compositional choices, I create wildly shifting plots.
Artist Bio
Sophie Isaak was born in Boston, Massachusetts. After graduating from the University of Vermont with a Bachelors in English and Studio art, she continued her education at the University of Iowa. She graduated in 2018 with her MFA in Printmaking. Isaak's work has been displayed nationally, in several juried exhibitions. In 2019, Isaak gave public lectures at The University of Vermont in Burlington, VT and at the Barrett Art Center in Poughkeepsie, NY. In January of 2019, Isaak completed an Artist Residency at the Vermont Studio Center. She currently resides outside of Boston where she teaches printmaking at the University of Massachusetts Lowell and Lesley University.