Employing pseudo-biographical storytelling and intuitive world building, Isaac Mehki constructs unexpected relationships within the socio-political landscape of the American South. Focused on seeing slant, he identifies and disidentifies material culture, recycling and rethinking encoded meaning. His experience-driven, interdisciplinary practice confronts his own social inheritance, interrogating cultural narratives to provoke catharsis.
Isaac Mehki is an American artist working out of Atlanta. He was born and raised in Villa Rica, a small railroad town on the western edge of Georgia. He was raised by a family of pastors and worship leaders.
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EDUCATION:
2023 BFA in Drawing & Painting | Georgia State University
Ongoing MFA in Studio Arts | Carnegie Mellon University
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2026 THE KING & THE KNIGHT, AS THEY RIPEN & ROT Neue Welt - Nashville, TN
2025 THE KING & THE GREAT WHITEWASHER Hawkins Headquarters - Atlanta, GA
2023 TWO GREAT COWARDS & A FULL TEN ROUNDS Murphy Rail - Atlanta, GA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2026 The Second Body | Johnson Lowe Gallery - Atlanta, GA
2026 951 Miles or 1530 Kilometers | Hunt Gallery - Toronto, ON
2025 Southern Hospitality | Sugar Hill Art Gallery - Sugar Hill, GA
2025 The Pliable & The Brittle | Atlanta Contemporary - Atlanta, GA
2024 One Year | Hawkins HQ - Atlanta, GA
2024 American Psychos | UStudio - Atlanta, GA
2023 Arena | Fastnet - Brooklyn, NY
2023 Arts, Letters, & Numbers | Arts, Letters, & Numbers - Albany, NY
2022 Breakthrough | Ernest G. Welch School of Art & Design - Atlanta, GA
CURATORIAL PROJECTS:
2026 Indie Rokkers | Sandler Hudson Gallery
FAIRS:
2026 Atlanta Art Fair
2025 Atlanta Art Fair
GRANTS, AWARDS, RESIDENCIES:
2018 Merit Scholarship | SAIC
2019 Merit Scholarship | SAIC
2022 Dean Dryer Award | Ernest G. Welch School of Art & Design
2023 Arts, Letters, & Numbers Studio Residency
2025 Leading Performance Artist in the State of Georgia | SEPA
2026 Idea Capital Grant | Idea Capital
2026 Nexus Fund | The Andy Warhol Foundation
LECTURES & TALKS:
2023 Free & Open Discussion on Political Engagement in Art | Ernest G. Welch School of Art & Design, Atlanta, GA
2023 Free & Open Discussion on the Artist in Society | Ernest G. Welch School of Art & Design, Atlanta, GA
PUBLICATIONS:
2023 On Political Engagement in Art