Isabelle Andriessen
Isabelle Andriessen investigates ways to physically animate inanimate synthetic materials in order to provide them with their own metabolism, behavior and agency — doing so her sculptures perform over the course of one and several exhibitions, seemingly beyond control. Like a window into science-fictional other worlds her works are governed by material entities that appear to be passive or dormant, yet their output reveals a darker agenda.
She was artist-in-residence at Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam (NL) (2017- 2019) and participant in the Arts & Science Honours Program of the KNAW Royal Dutch Academy of Science and Academy of Arts (2016). Andriessen has presented solo exhibitions at institutions including De Pont Museum, Tilburg (NL) and CAN Centre d’Art Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel (CH) (both 2021). Group exhibitions include MO.CO. Montpelier (FR) (2025); Moderna Museet, Malmö (SE) (2023); FRONT International, Cleveland (OH) (USA) (2022); GAMeC, Bergamot (IT); Modern Museum of Art, Warsaw (PL) (both 2020); 15th Lyon Biennial, Lyon (FR) (2019); Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam (NL); Lafayette Anticipations, Paris (FR) (both 2018). Upcoming sole exhibitions include Kunsthal Gent (BE) (2025) and Konsthal Trondheim (NO) (2026).
Her work has been featured in FlashArt, Kunstforum International, Art in America, Art Forum, Frieze, CURA Magazine and MOUSSE, amongst others.