about

Izzy Stoneback is a multidisciplinary artist, writer, and sculptor based in Wilmington, North Carolina. Her practice blends a strong foundation in painting and writing with an emerging expertise in sculpture, resulting in large-scale installations that initiate confrontations between material, viewer, and form. Through a philological approach to the contexts of violence, her experiments in visual spaces dismantle the implied weaponry and dogmatic nature of established systems.

In 2024, Stoneback earned her BFA from Appalachian State University, and her most recent body of work, Flesh Tactics, was featured at the Smith Gallery in the BFA exhibition Reformation. She has received scholarships from the Penland School of Craft and has exhibited her work locally in Boone, North Carolina, featuring a debut duo show titled Girl Meat. Stoneback has also worked as a demonstration assistant for sculptor Lisa Clauge and as a studio assistant for nationally recognized ceramicist Andréa Keys Connell, assisting in the production of a menorah series for Susan Alexandra, featured in the New York Times.

In addition to her gallery exhibitions, Stoneback actively shares her evolving practice through her digital portfolio on Instagram (@wormf0rbrains) and her website, izzystonebackart.com.