Isabelle Albuquerque’s formally powerful and psychologically charged sculpture invites multiple, simultaneous readings and perspectives. With a background in performance, Albuquerque uses her own body to investigate the protean nature of identity and to create a trans-temporal conversation that centers the experiences of women and their own connection to desire, sexuality and embodiment.

Albuquerque (b. 1981) studied architecture and theater at Barnard College and lives and works in her native Los Angeles. Exhibitions include Alien Spring, Nicodim, New York (2025, solo);Isabelle Albuquerque and Louise Bourgeois: The Wandering Womb, lumber room, Portland (2025); Witchcraft, Magic, and Occult Knowledge, Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University, Palo Alto (2025); It Smells Like Girl, Jeffery Deitch and Company Gallery, Los Angeles (2025); The Amber of this Moment, Galeria Nicodim, Bucharest (2025); Portals to Unwritten Time, Perrotin, Paris (2025); The Neverending Story: The Dream, Vito Schnabel Gallery, St. Moritz (2024); Isabelle Albuquerque X Robert Therrien, The Studio of Robert Therrien, Los Angeles (2024); Post Human, Jeffrey Deitch, Los Angeles (2024);Orgy for Ten People in One Body, Jeffrey Deitch, New York (2022, solo); BodyLand, curated by Lauren Taschen, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin (2022) The Emerald Tablet, curated by Ariana Papademetropolous, Jeffrey Deitch, Los Angeles (2021); Nuestrxs Putxs, Human Resources, Los Angeles (2021); and Sextet, Nicodim, Los Angeles (2020, solo). Albuquerque’s work has appeared in numerous publications including The New York Times, Artforum, L’officiel, and Flash Art. Her most recent publication Orgy for Ten People in One Body (Jeffrey Deitch, Nicodim, Pacific, 2023), is a 450 page monograph about the sculptural series that includes conversations with the artists Miranda July and Arthur Jafa.

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