YULIA IOSILZON
Yulia Iosilzon's paintings are whimsical, their thin silk surface creates a stained-glass effect, the colour faintly luminescent in passing light. The subjects appear ethereal in this glow, smooth pearlescent faces caught in a flurry of movement. The works hark back to nostalgic illustrations and 70's children's cartoons as figures shift between human, plant and abstract mark.
To Iosilzon, fantasy presents itself as a world of escape. Each work acts as a frame from an imagined world built by the artist. Narratives are written across a series of paintings, creating Iosilzon's own mythologies, and drawing on pre-existing ones. Fairy tales, like Iosilzon’s paintings, may appear fanciful on the surface but delve deeper into morality, and the trials and tribulations of everyday life.
Fiction makes reality palatable and the artist's paintings reflect on this, transporting the everyday into another world. Cultural references: Jewish iconography and children's stories, plant the work between reality and fantasy. The artist uses the works to pick apart her own emotions, experiences, and thoughts, allowing fantasy to take over and twist them into stories.
Solo show at Carvalho Park, New York, 2023; Frogspawn, Sapling, London, 2022; Yulia Iosilzon - Art Narratives, Roksanda, London, 2022; Amanita Muscaria, De Brock Gallery, Knokke, 2022; Yulia Iosilzon, Platform, online, 2022; Nocturnal, Foundry, Seoul, 2022; Yulia Iosilzon, Art Antwerp 2021, De Brock Gallery, Antwerp, 2021; A Chorus of Beauty and Menace, Carvalho Park, New York, 2021; The Big Fish!, Berntson Bhattacharjee x Sotheby’s Nordics, Stockholm, 2021; Fanfarria, Huxley-Parlour, London, 2021; Invisible Power, Osnova, Moscow, 2020; Artist Room Solo Presentation, Columbia x Roman Road, London, 2020; Paradeisos, Carvalho Park, New York, 2019.
Group shows include Atipografia, Arzignano, Italy, 2023; L’heure du conte, Pangée, Montreal, 2023; Jingle Bells VI, De Brock, Knokke, 2022; Untitled Art Fair, with Carvalho Park (New York), Miami, 2022; Once Upon a Time in Mayfair, Dynamisk x Phillips, London, 2022; amongst others.