Lot 401 - Ireland Wisdom - Self portrait detail from Freaky Wisdom

Oil on paper
2025
A6 (10x15cm)
Original Artwork
Signed on Verso
Curated by Art on a Postcard

About>

Ireland Wisdom (b. 1996, Los Angeles, CA) was trained classically at the rigorous painting atelier at the Florence Academy of Art, which included three years of painting live models,7am-9pm daily, critiqued for technique and quality of mimicry. Wisdom has religiously continued in the tradition of live mode painting. For Wisdom, we are existing in the imagination of history, a collusion of time – we are in the 21st century and yet we have thousands of years of painting behind us. Painting becomes about putting it all together, imbuing old values, ancient iconography and style, with newness, creating a landscape in which all time periods could be found and new value systems formed. Wisdom has had solo exhibitions at Carlye Packer Los Angeles, CA; The Bowlish House, Somerset, UK; Kontemporary Residency, Seoul, Korea; and the Breeder Gallery, Athens, Greece. Her work has been included in group exhibitions at Felix Art Fair, Los Angeles, CA; Maison Lune, Los Angeles, CA; Eastern Projects, Los Angeles, CA; and KIAF Art Fair, Seoul, Korea.