About the artist
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Isabella Quack (izzyQ.) is a german, contemporary, symbolist oil painter, illustrator, sculptor and creature maker, who creates surrealistic works as well as mixed media displays by combining canvas (2-D) with sculptural elements(3-D). She got a Bachelor of Fine Art from the Art Academy Düsseldorf in 2015 and pursued a second degree in SFX Make up for Film and Television by attending the Tom Savini program in Pennsylvania, from which she graduated in 2016. The topics of her work are based on folklore, fairytales, fables, mythology and the occult. She enjoys viewing the canvas as a portal between worlds through which the viewer can get sucked into a narrative, or alternatively the subject of the work can come out. Her sculptures often show realistic oversized faux taxidermy animals in playful mundane situations.
She also frequently delves into the topic of art being functional other than purely decorative (e.g. giving sculptures secret compartments and adding lights and fully functioning clockworks to her paintings.)
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Photo: H.J. Krahtz
Featured exhibitons and publications
February 19, 2012, "Young artists show their work", Solo Exhibition, Gerstetten, BW, Germany
February 20 - 24, 2013, Tour 2013 at the Art Academy Düsseldorf, Germany
February 23 - March 24, 2013, "Art Spectrum: All the world's a stage" Group exhibition, Museum of Theater and Performing Arts , Düsseldorf, Germany
June 9 - July 14, 2013, Class of Professor Herbert Brandl, Group exhibition, Eller- Düsseldorf, Germany
February 2, 2014, New Year's Auction Düsseldorf (Commision Work for Charity), Germany
February 12 - 16, 2014, Tour 2014, Art Academy Düsseldorf, Germany
February 1, 2015, New Year's Auction Düsseldorf (Commision Work for Charity), Germany
February 4 - 8, 2015, Tour 2015, Art Academy Düsseldorf, Germany
May 19 - December 1, 2015, "Modern Art in Ruins", Group exhibition, Günzburg, Germany
September 23rd, 2016, Final Exhibition (Portfolio Review) at Douglas Education Center, Monessen, PA, USA
September 2016, Monsterpalooza (representing DEC), Pasadena,CA,USA
February 2nd , 2017, “Kunst und Handel”, Group exhibition, Steinheim, Germany
June 9th -11th, 2017, Steel City Con, Monroeville, PA, USA
September 7th -10th, 2019, Mask Fest, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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January 2020, published in the “Infected by Art Volume 8” Catalogue
June 2020, contestant for the Luxembourg Art Prize
January 2021, published in the “Infected by Art Volume 9” Catalogue
January 2022, published in the “Infected by Art Volume 10” Catalogue
March 2022, ARTBOX.PROJECT Venezia 1.0, Group exhibit, Venice, Italy
June 2022, contestant for the Luxembourg Art Prize
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January 2023, published in the “Infected by Art Volume 11” Catalogue
February 2023, ARTBOX.PROJECT New York 2.0, Group exhibit, New York, USA