Artist
Isabelle Hayman
Isabelle Hayman is a French artist based in London. She trained as a textile designer at the ESAA Duperré Paris, followed by a Master of Fine Arts from Paris. She worked in Indonesia as a textile designer, before moving to London 20 years ago. Isabelle has crafted a very unique aesthetic which is entirely self-taught. She has exhibited at Paul Smith internationally, and is about to be a part of an exhibition at Compton Verney Gallery this summer. 
Isabelle's Style
Isabelle's work often focuses on the diversity of the female figure, drawing portraits using simple lines - reminiscent of ancient Egyptian drawings or carvings. The eyes, the mouth and profile become graphic icons in her work. Her portraits are both touching and playful. Always working in series and repeating motifs and figures, dreamed up in her head, she creates visual puzzles, expressing the female complexity.
Through her imagined subjects, she attempts to depict the non-visible. Isabelle uses ink as her main medium, balancing between precise lines and the unpredictability of using ink - which can often bleed out onto the page, depending on the different absorption of the paper. Her work was recently selected by Paul Smith to be exhibited in his boutiques around Europe, touring from Paris, to London, to Hamburg and finally Amsterdam.
"I've imagined a series of eccentric beetles wearing their best outfit for a party. The beetles are decorated with a cocktail of different patterns, inspired by motifs taken from wax cloth, antique embroidery, Indian block print forming a puzzle of eclectic patterns and colours evoking a textile patchwork piece created by a cunning textile collector. The giant size of the beetles, allows us to see the multiple details formed by the patterns and colours, reminding us of the complexity and fragility of nature." - Isabelle Hayman
AVAILABLE ARTWORKS
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March Drop 2023
"Blue female figures drawn on early 20th century notebook pages. One is from a French-German vocabulary notebook, the other is a Parisian school notebook with a beautiful cursive writing. Both belonged to women. The pages are floated on an off white card, the frame is oak." - Isabelle Hayman, Blue figures on early 20th Century notebooks
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One blue figure bis on a 1909 French school notebook (Framed) Sold
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Three blue figures puzzle on a 1909 French school notebook (Framed) Sold
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Two blue figures puzzle on a 1909 French school notebook (Framed) Sold
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Two blue figures puzzle on English German notebook (Framed) Sold
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One blue figure puzzle on English German notebook (Framed) Sold
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One blue figure on a 1909 French school notebook (Framed)
![One blue figure on a 1909 French school notebook (Framed)]()
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- £540.00
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- £540.00
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Three blue figures puzzle on English German notebook (Framed)
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- £570.00
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Single blue figure on English German notebook (Framed)
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Feb Drop 2023
A collection of drawings, ink on paper. 3 Framed drawings on vintage German vocabulary notebook dated 1907. A series of 9 dancers on khadi paper by Isabelle Hayman
Drop 5 - Winter 2022
"One pair of purple ink drawings framed, One pair of stencil with embroidery on." - Isabelle Hayman, Pairs
Drop 3 - High Summer 2022
"A collection of ink drawings on paper celebrating the female form. 3 large drawings inspired by the classic figures of the 3 grâces, from a classic Greek bas relief to Rubens. And a series of 6 dancers drawings." - Isabelle Hayman, A Collection of Drawings
Drop 2 - Summer 2022
"A collection of portraits, work on paper, framed in hand-painted frames with Artglass. Some paintings following on the series of dancers launched in the previous drop and a large painting inspired partly by circus and acrobats, completed in 2018." - Isabelle Hayman, Portraits and Dancers
Drop 1 - New Year 2022
"Ink drawings from a recent series of dancers mixed with older work, mask and faces. The blue silhouettes are painted on pages from a vintage notebook dated 1908 owned and used by someone learning German.' - Isabelle Hayman, A Collection of Ink Drawings
