Issy Wood
Summer Series Speaker
Issy Wood (b. 1993 in Durham, North Carolina) is an artist, living and working in London. Her paintings explore the paradoxes of the modern world, through examining a range of subjects from vintage artifacts and luxury goods to sensual innuendos and personal experiences. Wood’s work highlights the rich symbolism of objects and events, suggesting a psyche trying to consolidate a realm of dualities: desire and shame, sensuality and pity, documentation and meme. Evoking the intimacy of social media messages, Wood reflects contemporary anxieties about excess and dogmatism while drawing on diverse cultural and art historical motifs.
