Ishmael Randall-Weeks

Born in Peru in 1976, Ishmael Randall-Weeks lives and works in New York City and Lima, Peru. He holds a BA in Fine Arts from Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York (2000), and attended various courses at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, Maine.

Since 2000 he has held solo exhibitions in New York, Mexico, Bolivia and Peru, and has also taken part in international group exhibitions including the 10th Havana Biennial and the 9th Cuenca Biennial. He has received grants, residencies and awards from institutions such as the Marie Walsh Sharpe Foundation, New York; the Foundation for Contemporary Arts; the Vermont Studio Center in Johnson, Vermont; and Sculpture Space in New York.