About

Isabel Ferrand finds inspiration in local, personal stories that she explores and relates to a larger world. Highly sensitive to the devotion it takes to create and preserve something precious, she researches how people pass on traditions, memories or the knowledge stored in the body. Her art mediates between meaningful details of everyday life and a more abstract sense of heritage and history. Tracing intricate cultural, economic and political links, she maps the many ways all our lives are interlaced.

Commissions

2017

  • Title
    ‘Weaving’, tapestry
    Client
    SAVIZ
    Location
    Zeist, The Netherlands

2015

  • Title
    ‘Artist of the year’
    Client
    KFH Foundation
    Location
    Utrecht, The Netherlands
    Optional note
  • Title
    ‘Bolwerk-Zutphen’
    Client
    Woonbedrijf Ieder1
    Location
    Zutphen, The Netherlands

Grants

2018

  • Title
    AIR Arita Japan
    Organistation
    Mondriaan Fonds
    Location
    The Netherlands
    Optional note
  • Organistation
    Prins Bernard Cultuur Fonds
    Location
    The Netherlands
  • Organistation
    PUG Utrecht
    Location
    The Netherlands
  • Organistation
    Dutch Embassy
    Location
    Tokyo, Japan

2014

  • Organistation
    Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds
    Location
    The Netherlands

Works in Collections

Isabel’s work is also part of various private collections.

  • Title
    On the Memory of the Hands
    Collection
    Museum Boijmans van Beuningen
    Location
    Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    installation concerning 106 pots and two videos
  • Collection
    Museum IJsselstein
    Location
    IJsselstein, The Neterlands
  • Collection
    KFHein Foundation
    Location
    Utrecht, The Netherlands
  • Collection
    Sacatar Foundation
    Location
    Pasadena, California, USA
  • Collection
    Museu do Traje e dos Texteis
    Location
    Salvador, Brazil
  • Collection
    Museum GoudA
    Location
    Gouda, The Netherlands
  • Collection
    Leger Museum
    Location
    Delft/Soestberg, The Netherlands
  • Collection
    Museu Militar de Lisboa
    Location
    Lisbon, Portugal
  • Collection
    Kunstuitleen
    Location
    Utrecht, The Netherlands