"I'm interested in how the unseen dimensions of life can manifest on a surface through materiality. I explore the mystery of life, what cannot immediately be comprehended by the human eye, but perhaps can be experienced and addressed through art."
Isabella Amram’s practice is grounded in the tradition of Gestural Abstraction, where paint becomes an extension of the body and each mark captures a visceral, physical encounter with the canvas. Working on multiple pieces simultaneously, Amram builds her paintings through a slow, layered process, allowing energetic gestures to accumulate over time. Her bodily approach to the pictorial surface evokes the physicality of performance, yet remains a private act of communion between artist and artwork, free from the gaze of an audience.
Amram’s practice embodies a tension between control and release, intuition and precision, materiality and mystery. Her paintings reclaim the primacy of the body and its movement; her gestures, though untranslatable, carry an emotional charge - an echo of language that bypasses intellect and speaks directly to the senses.
Isabella Amram holds a BA from Brown University and is currently completing an MA in Painting at the Royal College of Art. She has participated in various exhibitions across Europe and Turkey, and her work is held in several international collections. Recent exhibitions include 'Gestures in Flux', a duo show with Kira Streletzki presented by Deutsche Bank in Berlin (2025), 'Fragmented Wholeness' at Marian Cramer Projects, and 'Reflexion' at Château Saint Maur in France.
