Isabelle Du Toit

Born 1972 Stasbourg, France / South African
Rather than being influenced by the great masters of the past, Isabelle's artistic inspiration comes directly from her personal observations, experiences and feelings regarding the world we live in today. Although, initially, she sometimes would work from various photographs, she says that once the image is established, the photos would be set aside and the entire painting reworked to infuse it with warmth and life. Her work is essentially about compassion, empathy and universal inter-connectedness; hence a recurring theme in her work concerns humankind's encroachment on Nature and how the environment we have created for ourselves impacts us and all other species to which we are inescapably linked, physically as well as emotionally.Often exploring modern isolation and loneliness, Isabelle admits that her work is also deeply personal at times, and thus prefers to see her art as representational rather than realism. 'Ultimately, I think it important to leave sufficient room for the viewer's own interpretation', she says.

1993 BFA in Printmaking, Nelson Mandela University, South Africa

Exhibitions
2013 November Solo Show, Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Seattle, WA.
2013 Dallas Art Fair, Cris Worley Fine Arts, Dallas, TX
2013 Dallas Art Fair, Stewart Gallery, Boise, ID
2013 April 6 - May11, Solo Show, Cris Worley Fine Arts, Dallas, TX


2012 Dec. 4-9 Art Miami, 101 /Exhibit, Miami, Florida
2012 December group show 20th anniversary celebration, Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Seattle, WA
2012 Oct. 18-21 Texas Contemporary Art Fair, 101Exhibit, Houston, Texas
2012 September Art Platform LA, 101/Exhibit, Los Angeles, CA


2011 November 29 - Dec 3, Scope Miami, 101 Exhibit, Miami Fl, Booth E32
2011 November 3 - 28, Solo Show, Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Seattle, WA.
2011 July 14 - 17, artMRKT Hamptons, Bridghampton, NY, 101 Exhibit, Booth 105
2011 April 29 - May 2, Art Chicago, 101 Exhibit, Miami, Fl. Booth 313.
2011 March12 - April 6, Solo Show, 101 Exhibit, Miami, FL.
2011 Jan 18-23, Los Angeles Art Show, CA, 101 Exhibit, Booth G181

2010 Dec 2 - Dec 31, 18th annual group show, Patricia Rovzar, Seattle WA.
2010 Nov 20, Eos Rising, Cris Worley Fine Arts, group show, Dallas, TX.
2010 Dec 2- February 6, Group Show II, 101 Exhibit, Miami, Florida
2010 Dec 8 Moss/Chumley Award, Meadow Museum, SMU, Dallas, Te...