Ishmael Randall-Weeks b. 1976

Overview

Código Atemporal #70 (Acllawasi de Pachacamac), 2021

Ishmael Randall-Weeks (b. 1976, Cusco, Peru) works across installation, sculpture, video and works on paper, exploring themes of urbanization, transformation, regeneration, collapse and nomadic existence. His practice often involves the alteration of found and recycled materials, including books, metal, tires, architectural fragments and environmental debris, which he transforms into sculptural objects and constructed spaces. These works frequently resemble functional structures while stripping them of their utility, questioning ideas of labour, cultural codes and the meaning of built forms. He received a BA from Bard College, New York, and attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. His work has been exhibited internationally, including at MoMA PS1, The Drawing Center, the Bronx Museum, MAC Lima and Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, and is held in collections including Albright-Knox Gallery, Deutsche Bank Collection, MALI Lima and MACRO Rome.

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Works

Two-Way Mirror/Ushnu, 2021
Blueprint/12 Angle Stone (Concreto), 2021
Celosía Peruana V, 2020
Código atemporal #51, 2020
Código atemporal #53, 2020
Código atemporal #55, 2020
Código atemporal #44, 2020
Código atemporal #47, 2020
Código atemporal #48, 2020
Código Atemporal #70 (Acllawasi de Pachacamac), 2021
Código Atemporal #73 (Huaca Garagay), 2021
Código Atemporal #74 (Huaca Pucllana), 2021
Concretos penetrables (Chakana), 2020
Cooperativa, 2020
Endless Column, 2021
Formas básicas, 2020
I-Beam I, 2020
Pilar, 2016
Pupitre (Todas Las Tierras), 2021
Tunic, 2021
Two-Way Mirror, Biombo/Mashrabiya, 2020

Biography

Código Atemporal #70 (Acllawasi de Pachacamac), 2021

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Ishmael Randall-Weeks' practice encompasses installations, sculpture and video to works on paper. In these works, issues of urbanization, transformation, regeneration, escape, collapse and nomadic existence have been predominant. While the work in the drawing studio serves as a means for a more intimate exploration of these issues, the foundation of his larger scale work lies in the alteration of found and recycled materials and environmental debris, often on site (including such source materials as aged books and printed matter, empty tins, old tires, bicycles, boat parts and building construction fragments) that are often altered to create sculptural objects and architectural spaces. These works take the visual form of functional objects while stripping them of their productivity to address notions of labor and utility, forcing an examination of our understanding of culturally specific forms while simultaneously exploiting and adapting their particular codes and associations.

Randall-Weeks studied at Bard College, New York, graduating in 2000, and attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in 2007. Working between Peru and the United States, he has developed a practice that combines architecture, archaeology and everyday materials, creating installations that reflect on systems of construction, migration and the transformation of space.

Randall-Weeks has exhibited in several solo and group exhibitions including recently: Galeria del Paseo, Manantiales, Uruguay; Nunu Fine Arts, Taipei, Taiwan (2024); Lawrie Shabibi Gallery, Dubai, UAE, (2024); PS122 Gallery, New York, USA (2023); Galería German Kruger, ICPNA, Perú (2023); Revolver Gallery, New York, NY (2023); Mamama Espacio, Lima, Perú (2023); Revolver Galería, Buenos Aires, Argentina (2022); TOTAH, New York, NY (2022); Galería La Rebelde, Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala (2022); LAMB Gallery, London, United Kingdom (2022); Lawrie Shabibi Gallery, Cromwell Place, UK (2021).

His work has been shown in several museums in Perú and internationally, including the Contemporary Art Museum MAC, Lima, Perú; Bass Museum, Miami, USA; Middlesbrough Institute of Modern of Art, UK; MoMA P.S.1, New York, USA; the Contemporary Art Museum, Lima, Perú; CCEBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina; The Drawing Center, New York, USA; The Lima Art Museum (MALI), Lima, Perú; MACRO Museum, Rome, Italy; The National Museum, Lima, Perú; The Museum of Arts and Design, New York, USA; Museo del Banco de La Republica, Colombia; The Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Modena, Italy; The Drawing Room, London, UK; Museo de Bellas Artes, Mexico City, Mexico; the Bronx Museum, New York, USA; and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA. His work has also been included in the 10th Havana Biennial, the 9th Cuenca Biennial, the 6th S files Biennial at the Museo del Barrio, and as part of Dublin Contemporary at the National Gallery of Ireland.

He has received fellowships and awards from institutions including the Foundation for Contemporary Arts, NYFA, Art Matters, MACRO Rome, Kiosko Bolivia and La Curtiduría Oaxaca.

His work is held in collections including MALI Lima, Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, MACRO Rome, Albright-Knox Gallery, Deutsche Bank Collection, Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Modena, Fondazione Giuliani, Mario Testino Art Foundation, ICPNA Collection, and the A.R.M. Holding Art Collection.

Ishmael Randall-Weeks lives and works between Brooklyn, New York and Lima, Peru.

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