Isolde Krams

Born in Münstermaifeld, Germany in 1961, Isolde Krams grew up and studied in South Africa, receiving her MA in Fine Arts with an emphasis on sculpture in 1990 from University of the Witwatersrand.  Krams works primarily in ceramics and latex to create oversized sculptures that are often infused with humour and make strong statements about the environment and socio-political issues. Actively exhibiting her work since 1982, Krams' impressive international exhibition history begins with her inclusion in New Signatures at Pretoria's South African Association of Arts Gallery, and includes shows in Namibia, France, the USA, Hong Kong, Canada, and Sweden. In 1985 her work was represented in a travelling exhibition that was shown at the Cite' International des Arts in Paris, where she also was a resident artist. The first of Krams' numerous solo exhibitions was at Johannesburg's Karen McKerron Gallery in 1988, and in 1995 she had a solo exhibition, Rubber Fables, at the Goodman Gallery. For her first solo Bell-Roberts exhibition, Lost and Found in 2005, Krams exhibited life-sized animated rubber sculptures. Isolde Krams is represented in public collections throughout South Africa, including the National Gallery in Cape Town, the Johannesburg Art Museum, the University of the Witwatersrand, the Sandton Civic Gallery, the Pretoria Art Museum, the Durban Art Gallery, and the Gencor Art Collection.  Krams is also a filmmaker and performance artist who has created the video works, It's so beautiful it almost looks artificial and Miss Lelarap Raw. Isolde Krams lives and works in Berlin, Germany.