CARMEN ISASI

ABOUT THE ARTIST:

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.