Ishmael Randall-Weeks

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.

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Ishmael Randall-Weeks was born in Cusco, Perù in 1976. He received a Bachelor's of Art degree from Bard College, graduating in 2000 and attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in 2007.

Randall-Weeks has exhibited in several solo and group exhibitions including recently: 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; Boundary Space, Lawrie Shabibi Gallery, Dubai, UAE, 2021; Nosco Gallery, Brussels, Belgium, 2021; Arroniz Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico City, Mexico, 2021; Schiavo Zoppelli Gallery, Milan, Italy, 2021; Revolver Galeria, Lima, Perú, 2020; Ignacio Liprandi Arte Contemporáneo, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2016; Steve Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA, 2016; Casa Ronald, Monumental Callao, Perú, 2016; C.C.U Tlatelolco, Tlatelolco, Mexico, 2016; Bakehouse Art Company (BAC), Miami, FL, USA, 2016; Art Toronto, Toronto, Canada, 2016; Contemporary Art Museum, Lima, Perú, 2016; UTEC – University of Technology and Engineering, Lima, Perú, 2016; Revolver Gallery, Lima, Perú, 2016; PARC, Lima, Perù, 2015; Revolver Monumental, Callao, Perú, 2015; Centro Cultural Britanico, Lima, Perú, 2015; Peana Projects, New York, 2015; Dorsky Gallery, Long Island City, NY, USA, 2015; Domingo, Lima, Perú, 2015; Florida Atlantic University Art Gallery, Boca Raton, FL, USA, 2015; Revolver Gallery, Lima, Perú, 2014; Art Basel Miami Beach, USA, 2014; Arróniz Arte Contemporàneo, Mexico City, Mexico, 2014; Museum of Contemporary Art, Lima, Perú, 2014; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, USA, 2014; Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY, USA, 2014; Drawing Center, New York , NY, USA, 2013.

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 numerous fellowships, residencies, and awards from a range of institutions, including most recently the MACRO Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Rome, Italy; the Foundation for Contemporary Arts, New York; NYFA, New York; Art Matters, New York; Kiosko, Santa Cruz, Bolivia; and La Curtiduria art center in Oaxaca, Mexico. Randall Weeks is represented by Eleven Rivington Gallery, New York, Federica Schiavo Gallery, Rome, Arróniz Arte Contemporáneo Mexico City, and Revolver Galeria, Lima, Perú.

His work is in several public collections including: Lima Art Museum (MALI), Perú; Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art (MIMA), UK; Museo d’Arte Contemporaneo (MACRO), Italy; Madeira Corporate Services Collection, Portugal; Albright-Knox Gallery, USA; Deutsche Bank Collection, UK; Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Modena, Italy; Fondazione Giuliani, Italy; Mario Testino Art Foundation (MATE), Italy; Collection Fondazione Fotografía, Italy; SPACE Collection, USA; The Perez Collection, USA; Colección Ca.Sa, Chile; Porcel Collection, Argentina; Bulgari Collection, Italy; ICPNA Collection, Perú and A.R.M. Holding Art Collection / Art Dubai, UAE.

Weeks currently lives and works between Brooklyn, NY and Lima, Peru.