About:
Izaak Brandt is a London-based multidisciplinary artist and dancer whose practice spans sculpture, performance, sound, and film. Drawing on over 17 years as an internationally competitive Breaker (Breakdancer), Brandt investigates themes of masculinity, ego, internal landscape, and connection; exploring the evolving symbolism of Hip-Hop within contemporary art. His work often begins with the raw materials of the body, translating the language of movement into sculptural forms, or recontextualising symbolic objects that shape our lived realities. Performance acts as both catalyst and companion to his sculptural output; a tool for embodied research and a means of navigating the internal landscape, which imbues the resulting objects with urgency, tension, and lived experience. Through this process, Brandt channels the improvisation, discipline, and communal ethos of Hip-Hop to examine how its core principles can serve as both medium and metaphor for expression, resistance, and memory.
Previous clients and collaborations include:
Louis Vuitton, Alexander McQueen Foundation: Sarabande, Adidas, Dom Perignon, Christian Louboutin, The Face Magazine, Loewe, Saul Nash, Red Bull, XLIM, Nike, Freker, Cost Per Kilo, EE Etiquettevide, Curated by Michael, Salomon, Creative Debuts, Crxss Platfxrm.
Selected Solo Exhibitions:
2025 - Made In Bris / Space&purpose / London, UK.
2025 - No Place Like Bris / In The Laundrette / Bristol, UK.
2024 - No Place Like Home / London, UK.
2024 - Sporting Goods / Maison Pan / London, UK.
2023 - Fragile Defence / Fitzrovia Chapel / London, UK.
2022 - Hooked / VO Curations / London, UK.
2021 - High Speed Freeze / Sarabande Foundation / London, UK.
2021 - Urvanity Art Solo Show / Madrid, Spain.
Museums:
2026 - Future Fossils / Torggler Fine Arts Center / Newport News, USA. (UPCOMING)
2025 - Future Fossils / Susquehanna Art Museum / Harrisburg, USA.
2025 - Future Fossils / MassArt Art Museum (MAAM) / Boston, USA.
Group Exhibitions & Projects:
2025 - LAS Invites / London Art Services / London, UK.
2025 - House Of Bandits / Selfridges / London, UK.
2023 - My Adidas / Adidas Sculpture Commission / Oxford Street, London, UK.
2023 - Sublime Synthesis / Xenia, UK.
2022 - LOUIS200 / Louis Vuitton - 660 Madison Ave / New York City, USA.
2022 - Sarabande VIP dinner / The Standard Miami / Miami Art Basel / Miami, USA.
2022 - Lost In The Mirror / Co Atto / Milan, Italy.
2022 - Life In A Digital Age / OOW / Berlin, Germany.
2022 - Sarabande X Dom Perignon party / Sarabande Tottenham / London, UK.
2021 - Served Group Show / Sarabande Foundation / London., UK
2021 - LV200 / Celebrating 200 years of Louis Vuitton / International.
2020 - House of Bandits / Burberry Mayfair / London, UK.
2020 - ING Discerning Eye exhibition / London, UK.
2020 - Visions in the Nunnery / UK.
2020 - Elysium Online International Film week / Canada.
2020 - 24 Hour IF Improv Festival / Canada.
2019 - Welcome to London / Adidas Flagship x Creative Debuts / London, UK.
2018 - Crxss Platfxrm / Copeland Gallery / London, UK.
2018 - Arts Work of the Future / Tate Exchange, Tate Modern / London, UK.
2018 - Uniqlo Late Tate / Tate Modern / London, UK.
2018 - FBA Futures / Mall Galleries / London, UK.
2017 - FLOCK / GXGallery / London, UK.
Residencies:
2022 - Xenia Residency / Basingstoke, UK.
2020 - Sarabande Residency / Alexander McQueen Foundation / London, UK.
2020 - Makerversity Under 25 Residency / Somerset House / London, UK.
Press:
https://fadmagazine.com/2024/09/26/izaak-brandt-gets-solo-exhibition-in-london/
https://www.vogue.com/slideshow/the-sarabande-foundation-miami-art-week-2022
https://hypebeast.com/2021/8/izaak-brandt-deadstock-archive-exhibition
https://missionmag.org/sarabande-series-meet-the-designer-and-sneakerhead-3d-printing-shoes-by-hand/
Publications:
2025 - Sculture Vol. 3 (UPCOMING).
2024 - Langford's Basic Photography: The Guide for Serious Photographers / Focal Press.
2023 - Sublime Synthesis / Xenia Creative Retreat.