I (Isis Hockenos) b. Marshall, California, 1986, studied painting and printmaking at Sarah Lawrence College in New York (BA, 2009) and at Il Bisonte in Florence, Italy. Primarily using oil paint, India ink and gouache, I explore ideas of loss, mortality, shape-shifting, transformation, masks and identity. Through vibrant visual narrative that disconcerts and unnerves the viewer, I takes my experiences and surroundings and weave them into a personal mythology. I am interested in human relationships (intimate, erotic, platonic, professional, with oneself etc.) and in the push and pull, the tension of these relationships. I live and work in Los Angeles, California.
Photo by Amanda Gonzalez