ABOUT

CARMEN ISASI

Artist, Ceramicist, Printmaker

BIO

Carmen Isasi is a printmaker also working in ceramics. She grew up in Lima, Peru, where she studied medicine. In 1995 she moved to New York city and obtained a PhD in Epidemiology at Columbia University.  Isasi also studied printmaking at the New School and Manhattan Graphics Center and Ceramics at Greenwich Pottery House in New York City developing a parallel career as an artist. Her work is at the New York Public Library, the Library of Congress Print Department, and in private collections.

ARTIST STATEMENT

My work is about gestures and emotions conveyed through line, shape, and color. Often when I am working in the studio a song or a poem will pop into my head which influences the direction a piece will take. My process involves layers that visually link memories and feelings to illustrate (abstractly) the tensions that exist in life, between death and rebirth, violence and peace. I tend to work in small format because ultimately, I see my pieces as haikus: short verses defining a particular moment in time.

Artist Resume

Exhibitions (selected group shows)

  • 2023

    • Material Witness - JVS Project Space Second Floor
    • Postcard from the Edge 2023, Visual AIDS - Ortuzar Projects, New York, NY
    • Postcards  - New York Latin American Art Triennial, Governors Island, NY
    • Abstract Spaces - JVS Project Space Second Floor

  • 2022

    • A Conversation Between Women - Art Lives Here Salon, New York, NY

  • 2018

    • Greenwich House Pottery Artist Exhibition - Jane Hartsook Gallery, New York, NY

  • 2016

    • Made in Clay! GHP - Greenwich House Pottery, New York, NY

  • 2014

    • Made in Seoul / Made in NY Gyeonghuigung Annex - Seoul Museum of Art Seoul, South Korea
    • Korean & American Contemporary Printmaking Show - The Korea Society Gallery, New York, NY  

  • 2012

    Navigating Currents: 100 Inkteraction Reactions  1st Inkteraction Portfolio Exchange

    Travelling exhibition:

    • Cedar Valley College’s Upper Gallery, Lancaster, TX (Jan 19 – Feb 21 2012)
    • Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX (Jan 17 – Feb 19 2012)
    • The 567 Center for Renewal, Macon, GA (Apr 6 – 20 2012)
    • Ned McWheter West TN Cultural Arts Center, Jackson, TN (March 2 – Apr 30 2012)
    • McNeese State University, Lake Charles, Louisiana (Oct – Nov 2012)
    • Union College, Schenactady, NY (Jan 11 – March 17 2013)
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