Isadora Vogt

Isadora Vogt (b. 1992 Zurich) lives and works between Basel and London.

Vogt received her BA in Fine Arts at the Institute of Arts at the HGK Basel. She is currently studying in the 2nd year of the MA Painting program at the Royal College of Art in London graduating 2021. She has shown her work in national and international exhibitions, including: Kunsthaus Langenthal, Sentiment in Zurich, Union Pacific Gallery in London (all 2021); Galerie Weiss Falk in Basel, Kunsthalle Basel, (all 2020).

She is currently preparing her Degree Show and working on a solo exhibition with the Sundy Gallery in London, which will open in the fall. She has received funding and grants such as: Kiefer Hablitzel Prize, Atelierstipendium GGG in Basel, Förderpreis Video Art of Credit Suisse.

In my paintings and collages I combine folkloristic and fairy-tale motifs with fraktur typeface, and historical references. At times ready-made objects are also used in order to understand how different display strategies can affect meaning. Often in my work the innocently cute appears potentially threatening; the domestic sphere takes on an uncanny dimension.

My paintings look for a synergy when merging layers of figures, objects, and text. I sometimes draw directly on the raw canvas, supplementing the paint with quick improvised gestural brushstrokes. My collage works on the other hand, allow for overt intersections. They bring together different materials and identities, such as the collected GDR paper from the 1960s and 1970s. By unpacking nostalgic memories and cultural traditions, I hope to create stories within stories.