Isca Greenfield-Sanders
Biography
A unique fusion of photography and painting, Isca Greenfield-Sanders' work creates a rich dialogue between abstraction and figuration, mechanical reproduction and handcraft, and narration and formalist visuality. Greenfield-Sanders fashions meditative narratives exploring themes of nostalgia, memory and collective ideals. Her use of digital media, combined with the traditional craft of oil painting involves transforming photographic material into oil paintings through an intricate process: She first scans and edits a found image, usually from family albums she finds in flea markets or yard sales, and then prints it onto paper, painting it with watercolor and color pencil. This watercolor is then made into a composite of square tiles.
Born in 1978, New York, NY, Greenfield-Sanders received B.A. degrees from Brown University in Visual Arts and Mathematics. In 2001, she was the Visiting Artist at the American Academy of Rome and has since received numerous solo exhibitions throughout Europe and the United States. Her work can be found in the following institutions: Guggenheim Museum, New York,; Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas; and the Estee Lauder Corporation, New York, NY. Greenfield-Sanders lives and works in New York, NY.
Gallery Exhibitions
The Art of Giving - December 9, 2010 - January 19, 2011 Isca Greenfield Sanders: Field at Hollow Road - November 4 - December 4, 2010 Isca Greenfield-Sanders, Red Boat Beaches - September 4 - 29, 2007 Isca Greenfield-Sanders, Sky of Blue, Sea of Green - September 15 - October 29, 2005
Artist News
Isca Greenfield Sanders featured in artnet Magazine - October 12, 2010
Artist Publications
Isca Greenfield-Sanders: Red Boat Beaches, Isca Greenfield-Sanders
Press
Where's the Ball?, Artnet Magazine Download PDF (88 K)
MCA Denver Interview Download PDF (34 K)
Sky of Blue, Sea of Green, ARTnews Magazine Download PDF (33 K)
Selected Works
Isca Greenfield-Sanders Old Faithful, 2010 Mixed media oil on canvas 56 x 56 inches
Isca Greenfield-Sanders Field at Hollow Road I, 2010 Mixed media oil on canvas 56 x 56 inches
Isca Greenfield-Sanders Star Island (2 Kids), 2009 Mixed media/oil on canvas 56 x 56 inches
Isca Greenfield-Sanders Soccer, 2010 Mixed media oil on canvas 35 x 35 inches
Isca Greenfield-Sanders Field at Hollow Road III, 2010 Mixed media oil on canvas 56 x 56 inches
Isca Greenfield-Sanders Blue Suit Bather, 2006 Color aquatint etching 32 x 31 1/4 inches Edition of 50
Isca Greenfield-Sanders Green Suit Bather, 2006 Color aquatint etching 32 x 31 1/4 inches Edition of 50
Isca Greenfield-Sanders Red Suit Bather, 2006 Color aquatint etching 32 x 31 1/4 inches Edition of 50
Isca Greenfield-Sanders Yellow Suit Bather, 2006 Color aquatint etching 32 x 31 1/4 inches Edition of 50
Isca Greenfield-Sanders Blue Suit Sleeper, 2007 Mixed media watercolor with color pencil 8 x 8 inches
Isca Greenfield-Sanders Escape III, 2010 Mixed media watercolor with color pencil 8 x 8 inches
Isca Greenfield-Sanders Old Faithful, 2010 Mixed media watercolor with color pencil 8 x 8 inches
Isca Greenfield-Sanders Waterfall, 2010 Mixed media watercolor with color pencil 8 x 8 inches
Isca Greenfield-Sanders Mommy and Peanut, 2007 Mixed media watercolor with color pencil 8 x 8 inches
Isca Greenfield-Sanders Bright Beach, 2008 Direct to plate photogravure and aquatint 37 1/2 x 36 inches Edition of 50
Isca Greenfield-Sanders Golden Parachute, 2008 Aquatint and gold leaf 23 1/2 x 22 inches Edition of 50
Isca Greenfield-Sanders Parachute Class, 2008 Direct to plate photogravure and aquatint 31 1/2 x 30 1/2 inches Edition of 50
Isca Greenfield Sanders Silver Beach, 2008 Direct to plate photogravure and aquatint 27 x 22 inches Edition of 50
Isca Greenfield-Sanders Tommy and the Ball, 2008 Direct to plate Photogravure and Aquatint 20 2/4 x 35 inches Edition of 50
Isca Greenfield-Sanders Sky Beach (Blue), 2004 Etching and aquatint 14 1/2 x 13 1/2 inches Edition of 30
Isca Greenfield-Sanders Tommy and Stinky, 2008 Direct to plate photogravure and aquatint 23 1/2 x 22 inches Edition of 50