Jamie Isenstein

Jamie Isenstein blurs the distinction between subject and object in her multidisciplinary practice, encompassing sculpture, drawing, and performance. She frequently transforms objects into bodies and bodies into objects within her work.

Biography of Jamie Isenstein

Jamie Isenstein was born in 1975 in Portland, US. From 1994 to 1998. she attended Reed College in Portland. Later, from 2002 to 2004, she studied at Columbia University in New York City. 

Throughout her career, Jamie Isenstein has received various accolades and grants, including First Place in the Creative Time Artist Sandcastle Competition in 2013, the Boomerang Fund for Artists Award in 2012, the Agnes Martin Fellowship Award in 2003, and the Arthur B. Davis Foundation Research Grant in 1998.

Isenstein's solo exhibitions include "The Infinite Expansion of the Rubber Band" at The Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Tennessee Chattanooga (2022), "Universe of Logs" at The Institute of Fine Arts, New York University (2018), "Spectacle" at Gluck50 in Milan (2017), and many more.

The artist has also participated in numerous group exhibitions held at various venues worldwide, including Meyer Riegger in Karlsruhe, Lullin + Ferrari in Zurich, Meredith Rosen Gallery in New York, Cleo the Gallery in Savannah, Stalke Galleri in Kirke Saaby, Rachel Uffner Gallery in New York, among others. 

Currently, Jamie Isenstein resides in New York City, where she continues to work.