Deconstructing entrenched memories of domination and weaving a trame for inclusive and ecological heritage
Visual artist and architect, (1992, Guri, Venezuela) Lives in Paris and works at POUSH.
Represented by Alejandra Topete Gallery
Inquiries : contact@isabeljudez.com
STATEMENT
How do we construct, transmit, and inhabit collective memory? Through sculpture, installation, and performance, I give this question material form, bringing stone and fibre into structures that can fold, move, and be activated collectively.
Drawing on territorial feminisms, I approach the monument as a space of relation between bodies, territories, and communities. The origins of materials, local knowledge, and collective processes guide how I work. They connect the forms I make to the ecological and social conditions of the places they come from.
The flexibility of textile meets the weight of stone, making each sculpture dependent on the bonds that hold it together. These gestures bring the labour of making and maintaining a form into view. Textile becomes a spatial and political language. It connects, carries tension, and reveals how individual gestures participate in a shared structure. Through collective making and performance, these relationships become lived experiences. I seek a monumentality that gives presence to plural memories and draws its strength from care, interdependence, and transformation.
Architecture of Oscar Niemeyer
Photographie : Esther, Gabriel Gomez, Juliana Lujan and Alejandra Pernalete
BIOGRAPHY
Isabel Judez (b. 1992, Guri, Venezuela) is a sculptor, performer, and architect based in Paris, with a studio at POUSH in Aubervilliers. A recipient of the ADAGP / ARTE grant in 2025 and a finalist for the City of Boulder’s public art commission in 2024, she is represented by Alejandra Topete Gallery.
She is currently enrolled in the postgraduate programme Fresque et Art en situation at the Beaux-Arts de Paris. She received her DNSEP in Art with distinction from ESADHaR in 2024 and graduated with honours in architecture from the Universidad Central de Venezuela in 2014. Her architectural experience includes heritage restoration in Panama City’s UNESCO-listed historic district and the renovation of the former headquarters of L’Humanité, designed by Oscar Niemeyer, in Saint-Denis, France.
Her work has been presented at Salón ACME in Mexico City, the Musée de la Corderie Vallois, Les Jardins d’Étretat, Galerie Artivistas, Le Hublot d’Ivry, Allegro Gallery, and the Alliance Française in Panama. Her projects have been selected for cultural programmes including Nuit Blanche at the Archives nationales in Paris and the public art programme of Bourges 2028, European Capital of Culture. She has also participated in the Journées du Matrimoine in Normandy.
Her artistic career spans Venezuela, Panama, France, Mexico, and the United States. Her commissioned works include sculptures for Nobu Hotel Los Cabos in Mexico and a sculptural installation for Tántalo Hotel in Panama.
PARTNERS
Studio Manager: Ana Sonderéguer
Atelier: POUSH
Galleries: Alejandra Topete Gallery, Saatchi Art (California)
Technical design partner: Enzyme Design. Paris, France
CONTACT
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For all inquiries on commissions, request for job opportunities and collaborations, please contact contact@isabeljudez.com
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