Isabel Rosado was born in the city of Málaga in 1993. A graduate of Fine arts of the University of Málaga in 2015, she currently resides and works in her hometown. In the past three years, she has done three individual exhibitions in Malaga, and many more collective exhibitions in other parts of Spain (Madrid, Valladolid, San Sebastián, A Coruña, Alicante, Sevilla, Archidona, Torremolinos) and abroad (Belgrade, London, Philipines). She has also received numerous prizes and grants, such as the Second prize of the Visual Arts contest MalagaCrea 2018, the Second prize of the plastic arts RinConArte 2018, the II Grant EmerGenT 2018 Torremolinos, the young artist prize of the Platka d’Aro 2017 photographic workshop, finalist of the Belgrade Photo Month 2017, and Finalist in the ‘Carta Blanca’ Exhibition projects of the International School of photography and cinema (EFTI) Madrid 2017, among others.
Isabel Rosado explores the limiting factors and possibilities of photography of scale models, and of cardboard as an artistic material. She reflects on themes such as time, space, light, and fiction. The artist recreates spaces, inspired by different sources; TV series; movies; places described in books, the work of other artists’; or real places that she visits.