Kelsey Isaacs
b. 1994 Los Angeles, CA
Lives and works in New York, NY
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Art Basel Miami Beach with Theta, Dec 3 - 7, 2025
Kelsey Isaacs paints from photographs of scenes she has staged and spotlit. Synthetic fragments are assembled into compositions that are cropped and skewed into a painted language that oscillates between realism and abstraction. Whether by emphasizing the photographic process or caricaturing the painter’s hand, she meticulously builds an artificial reality only to reveal the apparatus through which it was made. Now incorporating video installations that expand this pursuit, her work explores choreographies of seeing, using the formal capacities of light, color, material, and finish to deconstruct and metonymize the stuff of spectacle.
Kelsey Isaacs (b. 1994, Los Angeles) lives and works in New York City. Solo exhibitions include: Clima, Milan, IT; Frieze London, Clima, London (both 2024); Theta, New York (2023); and Chapter NY, New York (2022). Recent group exhibitions include: Theta, New York; Bortolami, New York; Paulina Caspari, Munich; Schiefe Zaehne, Berlin (all 2025); Zodiac Pictures, Los Angeles (2024); Tara Downs, New York; Soft Opening, London (both 2023); Venus Over Manhattan, New York; Harkawik, New York (both 2022); and King’s Leap, New York (2021).
The Winter, 2025 Oil on aluminum 53 x 70 in
Rembrandt's Lace, 2024 Oil on linen 60 × 70 in
totalsilver Medium, 2023 Oil on canvas 30 x 36 in
classical detail Small, 2024 Oil on linen 18 x 24 in
Golden XL, 2024 Oil on linen 60 x 75 in
youngfreaks Installation view Clima, Milan, IT, 2024
partyrockerXclearhistoric Large, 2024 Oil on canvas 43 x 60 in
Primary XL, 2024 Oil on linen 60 x 80 in
youngfreaks Installation view Clima, Milan, IT, 2024
youngfreak Medium, 2024 Oil on canvas 33 x 37 in
Kelsey Isaacs Installation view Theta, New York, 2023
Kelsey Isaacs Installation view Theta, New York, 2023
Ancient Gloss Installation view Chapter NY, New York, 2022
partyrocker Long, 2023 Oil on canvas in artist frame 18 x 30 in
Kelsey Isaacs Installation view Theta, New York, 2023
pencilgray Large, 2023 Oil on canvas 45 x 58 in
glassmagentaXdarkwhite Large, 2023 Oil on canvas 45 x 60 in
yesgreen Small, 2023 Oil on canvas in artist frame 18 x 24 in
greenapple Small, 2023 Oil on linen 20 x 24 in
greenapple Large, 2023 Oil on linen 45 × 54 in
pinkXsilver Large, 2023 Oil on linen 45 × 58 in
shinypurpleXsilver Large, 2023 Oil on linen 45 x 65 x 1¼ in
shinypurpleXsilver Large, 2023 Installation view Group exhibition, Soft Opening, London, UK, 2023
green&silver1, 2022 Oil on linen 40 x 30 in
fuzzy1, 2022 Oil on linen 24 x 20 in
Shiny 3, 2021 Oil on canvas 68 x 84 in
Ancient Gloss Installation view Chapter NY, New York, 2022
pink&black4, 2022 Oil on linen 30 x 36 in
blue&silver 1, 2022 Oil on linen 44 x 66 1/2 in
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September 8 - October 21, 2023
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