Ishmael Randall-Weeks

Ishmael Randall-Weeks divides his time between New York City and Peru, where he was born in 1976. He studied at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, where he received his BA, and later at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, in Maine. Starting in 2000, he has had solo exhibitions in New York, Mexico, Bolivia, and Peru and he has also been included in numerous international group exhibitions including the 10th Havana Bienal as well as the 9th Cuenca Bienal.

He has received fellowships, residencies, and awards from a range of institutions, including the Marie Walsh Sharpe Foundation, New York; the Foundation for Contemporary Arts, New York; The Art Matters Foundation, New York; the Vermont Studio Art Center, Johnson, Vermont; Sculpture Space, New York; Kiosko Art Residency, Santa Cruz, Bolivia; and La Curtiduria art center in Oaxaca, Mexico, among others.