Her work focuses on revising and simultaneously integrating cosmovisions, study and ancestral practices. Re-reading hidden or enigmatic elements, she interweaves a bridge to past knowledge using exploration tools such as astrology, numerology, chiromancy and graphology. She studied visual arts at the Universidad de Guadalajara before exhibiting at both solo and collective shows throughout Mexico, at museums such as the Museo Anahuacalli, in Mexico City; the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Querétaro; the Museo de Arte de Zapopan; Guadalajara’s Museo Cabañas; as well as the Museo de las Artes; the Museo de la Ciudad; the Museo de Pintores, in Oaxaca; the Museo Raúl Anguiano; and the Museo Taller Clemente Orozco. Outside Mexico, Carrillo has presented work at ANRA Künstlerhaus in Lottstetten, Germany; Art Movement in Los Angeles; London’s Bass & Baum Gallery; Miami’s Bass Museum of Art; Bessarabska Square in Kiev; Cuadro22 in Chur, Switzerland; the Giorgio Cini Foundation in Venice; Austin’s Museum of Human Art; the Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center; OVAL/Lingotto Fiere in Turin; the Pomona College Art Museum at Claremont, California; New York’s PROXYCO Gallery; the Stewart Hall Art Gallery in Québec; Barcelona’s The Green Parrot; among others. She was awarded a grant from the Sistema Nacional de Creadores de Arte de México.

Resonancias de la montaña, 2024
Polyptych of 9 hand-dyed wool tapestries

Patrones de resonancias, 2024
Polyptych of 9 embroideries on wool, hand-dyed cotton, and silk

These works from Isa Carrillo represent the mountain’s energy in nine different “resonances.” The repetitive acts of weaving and embroidery create expansions and contractions, like a heartbeat that moves rhythmically and naturally. This work also explores the silence, repose, and rooting process of making a piece—a kind of homage to the art of textile production that traverses eras, cultures, and styles. The work is a tribute to the hands and natural materials that express life’s energy in textiles—an energy that resonates in the designs transmitted in this work.