About
Me
Since the age of 10 I am using the camera as my tool for expressing myself. I filmed, photographed and experimented with the medium and its possibilities of image and narrative creation and recognized the various possibilities for me to use it as a form of expression.
In general, the themes of my artistic work revolve around "being human", or rather the effects on the human body and mind, as well as how different bodies relate to each other in space. The basic starting point of all my works is the reflection with myself as a human being, artist and woman. I process my own experiences and impressions and use my own body as a "tool of communication" in form of performance and self-portraits.
In my work I question what it means to be an artist, the responsibility as a designer/creator, my role and the general structure in our society. Irony, surrealism and provocation/overstaging are parts of my artistic signature.
Research is an important part of my artistic process and in spite of the often abstract and surreal (image) design and dramaturgy, my work is based on statistics and scientific texts.
My film work is focused on fictional film. Research into new narratives and production structures is part of the creation process of my scripts and productions. I work as a scriptwriter, director and producer.
Isabelle Konrad (* March 23, 1998, in Weißenhorn, Bavaria) is a German film director, writer, dramaturge, and media artist, who also works partially as a producer. She engages with socio-critical themes in her works and addresses them through deliberate provocations. Manipulations, irony, and surreal imagery are part of her artistic signature. She often acts as a performer in her own works. Since October 2017, she has been studying Media Arts at the Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design (HfG). In February 2022, she completed an Erasmus semester in the field of "Theater & Performance" at IUAV in Venice. Her works have been presented in prestigious galleries, museums, and festivals, including the film "Purpur" (104 min., 2022), the photo, video & performance project "Today I Had a Crisis" (2021), and the sound installation "I, Terrorist" (2022). She is expected to graduate with a diploma in Media Arts from HfG Karlsruhe in the autumn of 2024.
Awards & Successes
07.03.2014
Jugendkunstpreis Weißenhorn
28.05.2014
First exhibition at the "Kulturnacht Weißenhorn"
13.05.2015
Exhibition at the "Kulturnacht Weißenhorn"
24.07.2015 - 20.09.2015
Exhibition 21.Triennale Ulm at the Kunsthalle Weishaupt
August/September 2015
Frist filmproject „The Freakshow“ (shortfilm)
21.11.2015
Sonderpreis des 14. Schwäbischen Jufinale for “The Freakshow”
February 2016 until End of 2016
Participation at the production of the feature film „Landrauschen“ (Satire-Drama/Heimatfilm)
May 2017 until October 2019
Direction & Production film"Small Deaths"
24.05.2017
Exhibition at the "Kulturnacht Weißenhorn"
25.11.2017
2. Price at the Hofbräu Trophy 2017 for the commercial "Damals" at the Filmschool Fest Munich
23.03.2018-06.05.2018
Exhibition „Projekt 24/7“ as part of the „Moderne im Schloss“ at the Neuffenschloss Weißenhorn
06.11.2018 - 18.11.2018
Part of the group exhibition "Let´s Perform the Archive!" as part of the 200-year celebration of the Badischen Kunstvereins Karlsruhe
30.09.2018 - 11.11.2018
Annual edition of the Ulmer Kunstverein 2018
("Full"; Digital Photography; 2014)
May 2019
Direction & production of the music video "Du & Ich"
by New HK Lorenzo
October 2019
Direction & production of the music video "Supernova" by Sleeping Tree
October 2019 until January 2022
Direction & production film "Purpur"
November 2019
Production of the shortfilm "Zu früh, Schon traurig"
by Till Gombert (Diploma film)
Januar/March 2020
Jury member of the schwäbischen JUFINALE 2020
30.07.2020 - 02.08 2020
Nomination for the Filmreif-Musikvideopreis for "Du & Ich"- New HK Lorenzo at the Bundesfestival Junger Film
August 2020
Production of the music video "Le Palier" - HIBA
by Nelly Corsten-Weckel (Director)
March/April 2021
Production of the VR-Shortfilm "Dream-Job"
by Shuaitong Zong (Diploma film)
April 2021 until March 2024
Script & Direction of the mid-length film „Paranoia“
04.09.2021 - 18.09.2021
Solo exhibition „Today I had a crisis“
at the Tobias Schrade Gallery in Ulm, Germany
10.09.2021- 24.04.2022
Part of the group exhibition „Mindbombs“ at the Kunsthalle Mannheim with the installation „Me, Terrorist
17.05.2022
Performance "A Pile of Remains", Sacca San Mattia, Murano (Veneto, Italia)
02.07.2022 – 14.10.2022
Part of the International Filmcollage "60x60" (with the videowork "Satt") from the Museum "Brot & Kunst" in Ulm
September 2022
Concept & Direction Musicvideo "By the Sea" - Ella Fall
26.10.2022
Winner of the category "Best Women Film Maker" for the feature film "Purpur" at the Boden International Film Festival (Sweden)
Contact
Isabelle Conrad
konradisabelle@gmail.com
Phone: +4917680796654
based in
Germany, Karlsruhe & Ulm
Studio community "Im Hinterzimmer" (76131, Karlsruhe)