Isabel Lewis

Isabel Lewis (​born 1981, Santo Domingo, DR) works on the aesthetics of the experiential creating spaces of sociable encounter between human and nonhuman agents. Trained in literary criticism, dance, and philosophy her work takes on many different formats from lecture performances to workshops, music sessions, parties, installation and a format she's named "hosted occasions". Her occasions, described as celebratory meeting of things, people, plants, music, smells and dances, have been presented at Centre d'Art Contemporain Genève, Kunsthalle Basel, Frieze London, Liverpool Biennial, the Institute of Contemporary Arts London (ICA), Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Turin, Tanz Im August Berlin, Göteborg International Biennial for Contemporary Art, Palais de Tokyo, Tate Modern London, and Ming Contemporary Art Museum in Shanghai. Lewis' experimental and performative DJ set has been presented recently by We Make Waves festival and Karma Unlimited Ltd. in Berlin and the Global Art Forum in Dubai and she is a creator and resident DJ of the parties Bodysnatch and REIF in Berlin.