Warren Isensee (American, born )

Warren Isensee (American, b.1956) is a Geometric Abstractionist who employs a precision, free-hand technique that leaves little to no trace of human interference. Born in Asheville, NC in 1956, the artist currently lives and works in New York. Isensee has received numerous awards and grants, including the American Academy of Arts and Letters, Art Purchase Program (2007) and the Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant (1999). Isensee is represented by Danese Corey in New York, and his work is included in the Blanton Museum in Austin, TX and the Neuberger Museum of Art in Purchase, NY.

Timeline

1956
Born in Asheville, USA
Lives and works in New York, USA

Exhibitions

2005
Works on Paper, Danese, New York, USA
2004
Finesse, Catherine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, USA
In Polytechnicolor, Michael Steinberg Fine Art, New York, USA
Full Disclosure, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, USA
Colored Pencil, KS Art, New York, USA
2003
Tastes like chicken, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, USA
Makeover, Massimo Audiello, New York, USA
Inside Scoop, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, USA
2002
Abstract Redux, Danese, New York, USA
The Tipping Point, Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, USA
Loss and Ardor, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, USA
Deja View, Kevin Bruk Gallery, Miami, USA
2001
Warren Isensee, Massimo Audiello, New York, USA
Persistent Painting, Peter Coe, Warren Isensee, Kelly Spalding, John Tremblay, Genovese/Sullivan Gallery, Boston, USA
Group Exhibition, Fusebox, Washington, D.C.
Waiting List, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, USA
2000
la,la, Tricia Collins Contemporary Art, New York, USA
To Detail, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, USA
Summertime, Tricia Collins Contemporary Art, New York, USA
Soft Spot, Tricia Collins Contemporary Art, New York, USA
1999
Mod, Tricia Collins Contemporary Art, New York, USA
1998
Convivial, Tricia Collins Contemporary Art, New York, USA
Bait and Switch, Tricia Collins Contemporary Art, New York, USA
1997
Pink and Innocent, Tricia Collins Contemporary Art, New York, USA

Literature

2004
Baker, Kenneth. "Technology Expands the Notion of Drawing," San Francisco Chronicle, July 2004.
2004
Church, Amanda. "Colored Pencil at KS Art," Art on Paper, July/August 2004
2004
Cohen, Keri Guten. "Design Show Embraces Rainbow of Colors," Detroit Free Press, January 2004.
2004
Sousanis, Nick. "Painting by Design," The Detroiter, January 2004.
2002
Ocana, Damarys. "Grabbed by Detail," Miami Herald, November 2002
2002
Smith, Roberta. "Profusion of Painting, Very Much Alive," New York Times, May 2002.
2002
Naves, Mario. "Painting Scared," New York Observer, January 2002.
2001
Daley, Meghan. "Warren Isensee," Artforum, April 2001.
2001
Johnson, Ken. "Warren Isensee," New York Times, April 2001.
2000
Naves, Mario. "Punch Canvases Searching for Beauty," New York Observer, April 2000.
2000
Faune-Viveros, Christian. "Fabstraction," New York Press, April 2000.
2000
Johnson, Ken. "la,la," New York Times, January 2000.
2000
Roberts, Cynthia. "Mod," Zingmagazine, Winter 2000.
2000
Naves, Mario. "About that Painting in the Window," New York Observer, October 2000.
2000
Isensee, Warren. "Mellow Drama," Zingmagazine, Spring/Summer 2000.
2000
"Summertime," The New Yorker, July 2000.