Isabella Amram’s paintings entangle both her and her viewer in what seems to be the very biology of painting – its heart, brain and guts – her surfaces likewise question the discipline’s ability to evince a measure of presence. Her painted universe pulls back from the molecular mystification of 'scape yet still unveils surfaces that pose more questions than offers answers.

Amram achieves such accord because she asks not just of her process, but of the very matrix of painting itself. What is a mark? When does it exist? How does it function? What can it become? These are cardinal points that speak not just to the agency of her status as a painter but also as a person.