Isaac Lythgoe Guernsey, b. 1989

Isaac Lythgoe (b.1989, Guernsey) is a multidisciplinary artist based in Paris. Lythgoe’s work employs ideas from narrative and storytelling traditions to explore how prospective technologies may influence our future societal structures. His research focuses on notions of conflated power structures, current affairs, science fiction and theory, and these ideas translate into complex, allegorical works. Lythgoe’s practice is world-building, and as such, his works interrelate and self-reference in order to emphasise these core themes. Characters are borrowed or reinvented, intertwined with modern myths and each other, reflecting the intangibility of self in contemporary society and seeks out ways in which we can relate to the vastness of modern industry; its motivations, corruptions and future potentials. Lythgoe holds a BA in Painting from Wimbledon College of Art (2014) and an MA in Painting from the Royal College of Art (2014).