Isaak’s portraits in the exhibition Alone Together are not just generic portraits. During one of the more severe COVID 19 lockdowns in Alberta, Isaak put a call out on Instagram asking if anyone would be interested in submitting photographs of themselves while in isolation that she would later draw. Isaak received an overwhelming response from interested participants. Most of the faces were strangers to her, but she endeavored to capture a communal familiarity in the experiences we were all facing at the time. She developed this portrait series to shine a light on times where we may have felt quite alone, but we were able to navigate these moments together as a community.
Curated by Ashley Slemming, Alberta Society of Artists (TREX Region 3)
