Isa Toledo
Isa Toledo
Isa Toledo was born in São Paulo, Brazil, in 1990. She studied at Camberwell College of Arts - University of Arts London followed by a master’s degree in Painting at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Lisbon. Isa has also lived in Dubai and Berlin and is now based in Lisbon.
In 2015 she co-founded ButchCamp with graphic designer Rosen Eveleigh, a research project centred on contemporary camp aesthetics. Butchcamp interviews and articles have been published by Teen Vogue, Another Magazine, Dazed and Girls Like Us. In Portugal, her illustrations have been published by Electra Magazine and Sr. Teste.
"My life sometimes feels like one long relay race between obsessive hobbies and so-called ambition. When at first I decided “I’m going to write”, I ended up spending all my time painting, so when I thought “right, I’m going to paint”, I spent all my time making little dub videos, then I thought “ok then, I’ll focus videos”, so naturally I started drawing again…"
Isa Toledo in interview for aupres-aupres.com