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Painting (MA)

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.


Degree Details

School of Arts & Humanities

Painting (MA)
Isadora Vogt

In my paintings and collages I combine folkloristic and fairy-tale motifs with fraktur typeface, and historical references.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.

Untitled
Untitled — pencil, chalk, acrylic on canvas 70 x 70 cm, 2021
Lumberjack
Lumberjack — pencil, chalk, acrylic on canvas 70 x 90 cm, 2021
Hose im Wind
Hose im Wind — oil on canvas 90 x 110 cm, 2021
Ferkel
Ferkel — oil on canvas 90 x 90 cm, 2021

Photo Credit: Flavio Karrer

Images used courtesy of Sentiment

Brotkorb
Brotkorb — colored pencil, pen, watercolor on paper 21 x 29.5 cm, 2021
Schneelaeufer
Schneelaeufer — colored pencil, pen, watercolor on paper 20.5 x 29.5 cm, 2021
Da fehlt ein Glied
Da fehlt ein Glied — colored pencil, chalk on paper 21.5 x 32.5 cm, 2021
OH OTTO
OH OTTO — collage: colored pencil, chalk on paper 20.5 x 28.5 cm, 2021

Photo Credit: Flavio Karrer

Images used courtesy of Sentiment

Exhibition view: Sentiment Offspace, Zurich
Exhibition view: Sentiment Offspace, Zurich — curated by Olga Generalova & Philémon Otth, 2021

Photo Credit: Flavio Karrer

Images used courtesy of Sentiment

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Untitled
Untitled — color pencil, marker, acrylic on canvas 90 x 90 cm, 2021
Voglio vederti danzare
Voglio vederti danzare — color pencil, marker, acrylic on canvas 110 x 140 cm, 2021
Little red hood
Little red hood — color pencil, acrylic on canvas 59.5 x 97 cm, 2021
Es war Carlsberg
Es war Carlsberg — acrylic on canvas 70 x 90 cm, 2021
Auto Moto
Auto Moto — color pencil, marker, acrylic on canvas 90x110cm, 2021
Enjoy
Enjoy — acrylic, chalk on canvas 100 x 140 cm, 2021
Exhibition view: Royal College of Art, London, 2021
Exhibition view: Royal College of Art, London, 2021
Linsen im Kopf
Linsen im Kopf — acrylic, oil on canvas 130 x 140 cm, 2020