Shadows accompany Isabella Costabile across coastlines and urban spaces in Tuscany and Basilicata. These five images, paired with her thoughts on light and its absence, represent what she calls the “inseparable dark presence” that shapes our perception of our everyday surroundings. Her silhouette appears alongside sandcastles, driftwood, and graffiti—elements encountered during her explorations.

Isabella Costabile, born in 1991 in New York, lives and works between Milan and Grosseto. She grew up in Jamaica, the United States and Italy. She studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera and Zürcher Hochschule der Künste. Her sculpture practice focuses on a compositional methodology characterized by the interpretation of found objects and materials, to reflect on the ambiguity of their forms and multiple perceptions of reality. Her work has been shown at various institutions including Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome (2020), Casa Masaccio, San Giovanni Valdarno (2022), Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Guarene (2023), Museion, Bolzano (2024), Centro Per l’arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato (2024).

All images courtesy the artist.