Isca Greenfield-Sanders
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Life and work
Isca Greenfield-Sanders was born in New York CityNew York City
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. In 2000 she received a B.A. in math and a B.A. in visual arts from Brown University
Brown University
Brown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...
. In 2001, she was a visiting artist at the American Academy in Rome
American Academy in Rome
The American Academy in Rome is a research and arts institution located on the Gianicolo in Rome.- History :In 1893, a group of American architects, painters and sculptors met regularly while planning the fine arts section of the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition...
. Isca Greenfield-Sanders is married to the artist and musician Sebastian Blanck
Sebastian Blanck
Sebastian Blanck is an American artist and musician.-Life and work:Blanck was born in New Haven, Connecticut. He is a founding member of the experimental electronica group Black Dice along with Bjorn Copeland, Hisham Bharoocha and Eric Copeland.On 22 June 2010, Blanck released a solo album called...
. Her grandfather is the painter Joop Sanders, founding member of the American Abstract Expressionist group, her uncle is the sculptor John Sanders and her father is the photographer and filmmaker Timothy Greenfield-Sanders
Timothy Greenfield-Sanders
Timothy Greenfield-Sanders is an American portrait photographer known for his strikingly intimate portraits of world leaders and major cultural figures. The majority of his work is shot in large format, 11x14 inch black-and-white film and 8x10 color film...
and her mother is the lawyer Karin Greenfield-Sanders. Her sister, Liliana Greenfield-Sanders
Liliana Greenfield-Sanders
Liliana Greenfield-Sanders is an American filmmaker.-Life and work:Liliana Greenfield-Sanders is a New York-based filmmaker. She is the daughter Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, a photographer and documentary filmmaker, and Karin Greenfield-Sanders, a lawyer...
, is a filmmaker, director of Ghosts of Grey Gardens.
Isca Greenfield-Sanders has had numerous solo exhibitions at Baldwin Gallery
Baldwin Gallery
The Baldwin Gallery is a contemporary art gallery in Aspen, Colorado established by Richard Edwards in 1994. The gallery features a variety of mainly American but also international contemporary artists and works including painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, video and installation-based...
in Aspen Colorado, Goff and Rosenthal in New York
New York
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, John Berggruen Gallery in San Francisco, Galerie Kluser in Munich
Munich
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and Bjorn Wetterling Gallery in Stockholm
Stockholm
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Her work is in numerous collections including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
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in New York, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston , located in Houston, is one of the largest museums in the United States. The permanent collection of the museum spans more than 6,000 years of history with more than 62,000 works from six continents....
, The Museum Morsbroich in Leverkusen
Leverkusen
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and the Progressive Collection in Ohio.
Isca Greenfield-Sanders’ work has been reviewed in dozens of magazines and newspapers including by Meredith Mendelsohn in ArtNews
ARTnews
ARTnews is an arts magazine based in New York, founded by James Clarence Hyde in 1902 as Hyde’s Weekly Art News. It is published 11 times a year.ARTnews covers all art, from ancient to Post-modernism...
, Charlie Finch in Artnet
Artnet
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, Emma Pearse in New York Magazine, Vicky Lowry in Elle Décor
Elle Decor
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, Donald Kuspit
Donald Kuspit
Donald Kuspit is an American art critic, poet, and Distinguished Professor of art history and philosophy at the State University of New York at Stony Brook and professor of art history at the School of Visual Arts. Kuspit is one of America's most distinguished art critics. He was formerly the A....
in Artforum
Artforum
Artforum is an international monthly magazine specializing in contemporary art.-Publication:The magazine is published ten times a year, September through May, along with an annual summer issue...
and A. M. Homes
A. M. Homes
Amy M. Homes is an American writer. She is best-known for her controversial novels and unusual stories, most notably The End of Alice , a novel about a convicted child molester and murderer...
in Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair (magazine)
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. Other articles on her work can be found in The New Yorker
The New Yorker
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, The New York Sun, Nylon Magazine, The New York Times
The New York Times
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, Departures Magazine
Departures Magazine
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, WWD
Women's Wear Daily
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and L’Uomo Vogue.