Sophie Isaak’s art has been available for the students to view since April 2023.  

Andy Haslit said that he will make a list of a lot of artists and will go around the art department and see if anyone has work will the people on the list before. Haslit usually goes around the art department to see if anyone has worked with Isaak work and nobody has ever worked with or came across Isaak work.  

Haslit likes to show history art, but with Isaak’s work, Haslit doesn’t know if there is much history behind it.  

Isaak’s art took over the gallery in April 2023 after students looked at Jennifer Radil’s work. Isaak’s art was a lot different than Radil’s work, which is why Haslit wanted to display Isaak’s work. 

Haslit said he usually wants different art showing in the gallery cause then the students can see different styles of art and they don’t have to keep looking at the same type of artwork. Haslit wants the students to see different art styles because then the students might want to copy the art of the artist’s art that is showing in the art gallery.  

“Don’t overthink Sophie’s work, just enjoy it,” Haslit said. What Haslit is saying is there isn’t always a meaning behind Isaak’s work. Just enjoy what she is putting on display for the students.  

Isaak’s work is bound to intense colors, awkward and surprising forms and idiosyncratic compositions. Isaak utilizes print making, as well as drawing and painting. 

“Color is her most prized tool that betrays her urgent emotions when making,” Isaak said. Isaak wants the students to be confounded of her artwork. Isaak wants the viewers to question if they are still having fun or if things have taken an irreversible dark turn.  

Isaak thinks of each drawing as being completely made up of decoration, but somehow the interactions between these moments of visual seduction create a larger and more complex story. Isaak does this type of artwork from her early love of John Steinbeck and the Old Testament.