Women Making History: Isabelle aka Narcissister
Many of you have the art of Isabelle in your homes and you may or may not know it…
In January, the London-based gallery Art Vinyl, revealed the results of their competition to find the best vinyl/CD sleeve of 2008. Among the results was Santogold by Santogold (now Santigold). The designer of that album art is the woman we honor today—Isabelle aka Narcissister.
Santogold album cover by Narcissister
We’ve honored many creative ladies since the start of our Women Making History series but it’s safe to say that Narcissister is unlike any lady we’ve featured before.
Before Isabelle called herself Narcissister, she was a professional modern dancer. Her most formative training took place at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Center. Among her professional highlights was performing with the Ailey company in Memoria, one of Ailey’s seminal pieces, touring Europe as a dancer in a German rock-opera, and performing in industrial work for Mercedes Benz.
In addition to her performance work, Narcissister has worked in many other creative media including contemporary quilting, collage, sculpture, printmaking, and her most recent medium of photography. She has participated in multiple studio residencies and her work has been included in group shows and media publications. To earn her living, Narcissister works as a commercial artist, designing window displays and working as a stylist and art director.
Santogold by Santogold project
This lady’s creativity is explosive and we have a lot more of it to share with you after the jump, including more from the Santigold project, a survey, Q&A and shots from her performance projects..one being a NSFW image...Jump!
