Education
2020 – 2020 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours) atThe University of Melbourne, The Victorian College of the Arts (UOM, VCA).
2017 – 2019 Bachelor of Visual Arts at the Australian National University, School of Art and Design (ANU, SOAD).
Awards & Scholarships
2020 The Stuart Black Memorial Scholarship
2012 Tuggeranong Rotary Youth Arts Award
Solo Exhibitions
2021 Canberra Contemporary Art Space Manuka, WATCH OUT! B there wif me. ???.
2021 FeltSpace, HEK! u r g0ing 2 b ok!.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 Canberra Contemporary Art Space, Blaze.
2021 PhotoAccess, VIEW2021.
2020 UoM, VCA, Graduate Exhibition of 2020
2020 UoM, VCA, A Proposal.
2020 Nishi Gallery, WIRES
2019 ANU, SOAD, Graduate Exhibition of 2019
Statement
Isaac Kairouz employs a practice-led creative research methodology to interrogate intersectional experiences and queer identity construction. Isaac’s research consists of a large amount of diverse artworks which ultimately constitute playful installation-based experiences. This work examines the interplay between technology and queered processes of identity construction. Their creative research operates at the nexus of spatial practice, play and fantasy; in doing so, recontextualises intersectional experience within a fine art environment and discourse. Isaac’s installations are presented in an accessible manner, allowing the audience to relinquish reasonable thought and engage with an outlandish fantasy narrative presented in a naïve playful environment. By drawing upon theoretical research and the artist’s lived experience, Isaac’s work engages culturally and socially, advocating for queer representation and intersectional experiences.
