Jamie Isenstein

Jamie Isenstein is an American artist.

Work

Jamie Isenstein works in sculpture, drawing, and performance. In conversation with Friday Arts on the occasion of the 2025 exhibition Body / Body / Body, in which her work was shown alongside Fabienne Lasserre and Sophy Naess, Isenstein stated: "My work has always grappled with political questions, especially work that uses disembodied body parts. When I use my own body, or now other people’s—sometimes it's a hand or feet or a leg—there's this question of subject and object. Am I the subject or have I become an object? There are questions of power. Am I going to be the object and be the thing that power is acted upon, or am I making an object into a subject that has some sort of agency?" [1]

Isenstein has received numerous reviews and mentions in the art press. Her work has been described by art critic Roberta Smith as "cryptic and light, with an undertow of sorrow."[2] The critic David Velasco described her signature as "sculptures that use parts of her own living body as material".[3]

Selected exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

  • Home Theater, Lullin + Ferrari Gallery, Zurich, CH, 2023[4]
  • Jamie Isenstein: Infinite Expansion of the Rubber Band Mansion, The Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, 2022[5]
  • Spectacle, Gluck50, Milan, Italy, 2017
  • Head Space, Crisp-Ellert Art Museum, Flagler College, St. Augustine, FL, 2017
  • Jamie Isenstein: Infinite Invisible Soft-Shoe, special presentation in conjunction with Collected By Thea Westreich Wagner and Ethan Wagner, The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City, NY, 2016[6]
  • Para Drama, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York City, NY, 2015[7]
  • Jamie Isenstein: “ “ Visual Arts Center, University of Texas, Austin, TX, 2011[8]
  • Hammer Projects: Jamie Isenstein, This Way to the Egress Armand Hammer Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA, 2007[9]
  • Acéphal Magical, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY, 2007

Group exhibitions

  • Body / Body / Body, Friday Arts, New York, NY 2025[10]
  • Four Rooms: A Floating World, Lullin + Ferrari, Zurich, CH, 2022[11]
  • Illusions Are Real, Manif d’Art, La Biennale de Québec, curated by Steven Matijcio, Québec City, Québec, Canada, 2022[12]

Collections

References

  1. ^ "Body / Body / Body". Friday Arts. Retrieved December 27, 2025.
  2. ^ Smith, Roberta (September 17, 2004). "Art In Review: Thomas Palme and Jamie Isenstein". The New York Times. The New York Times. Retrieved December 15, 2025.
  3. ^ Velasco, David (2010-05-01). "Jamie Isenstein". Artforum. Retrieved 2025-12-23.
  4. ^ "Jamie Isenstein Solo Shows with Lullin + Ferrari". Lulli + Ferrari Gallery. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
  5. ^ "Jamie Isenstein: Infinite Expansion of the Rubber Band Mansion". Institute of Contemporary Art, The University of Tennessee, Chattanooga. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
  6. ^ "Jamie Isenstein: Infinite Invisible Soft Shoe". Whitney.org. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
  7. ^ Saltz, Jerry (December 9, 2015). "The 10 Best Arts Shows of 2015". Vulture. New York Magazine. Retrieved December 15, 2025.
  8. ^ "Jamie Isenstein: " "". University of Texas, Austin, Visual Arts Center. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
  9. ^ "Hammer Projects: Jamie Isenstein". Hammer.ucla.edu. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
  10. ^ "Body / Body / Body". Friday Arts. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
  11. ^ "Jamie Isenstein Group Shows with Lullin + Ferrari". Lullin + Ferrari. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
  12. ^ "Jamie Isenstein, Manif D'Art 10". Manif d'Art - La biennale de Québec. Retrieved 6 January 2026.
  13. ^ "Jamie Isenstein". MoMA.org. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
  14. ^ "Jamie Isenstein". Whitney.org. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
  15. ^ "Jamie Isenstein". Hammer Collections, UCLA. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
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