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.
