Working across abstract painting and sculptural form, Isabelle Siem (1999) explores the interplay between movement, emotion, and material. Her layered surfaces and flowing forms invite viewers to slow down, to sense the presence of place, the memory of a moment, and to reconnect with stillness in a world shaped by urgency and distraction.
By using natural elements such as sand, wood, and stone, she draws attention to the quiet beauty of organic shapes. These natural elements are not mere materials; they act as vessels of memory. Embedded within each work, they preserve the essence of a specific place or experience, offering a tactile link between the physical and emotional.
In a fast-moving world, Siem’s art offers an invitation to pause, to sense, to feel, and to reconnect with what often goes unnoticed. Beneath each surface lies a second register, a quieter layer of meaning that reveals itself through time and attention. She refers to her sculptures as inner landscapes: intuitive arrangements of shapes that come together to form a whole. Each piece tells its own story, drawn from her personal reflections and interpretations of the world around her.
Influenced by her time working in places like Barcelona, Paris, Mallorca, and Bali, her pieces reflect the cultural richness and impressions of those landscapes. Each work carries traces of lived experience, shaped by local materials and atmosphere. Her creative process begins with in-depth research into people and places, a way of grounding the work in meaning before form takes shape.
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