Isolde holds a Ph.D. from Columbia University and was previously an independent curator and writer as well as Visiting Assistant Professor of Art at Vassar College and Guest Professor at New York University. She is curator of several exhibitions including Stargazers: Elizabeth Catlett in Conversation with 21 Contemporary Artists (NYC 2011) and Signs Taken for Wonders (NYC 2009). Among her publications, Brielmaier has authored many essays and books, including Stargazers (2011); Jose Parla: Painting and Performing the Past and the Present (2011); Zwelethu Mthethwa (2010); and, Wangechi Mutu: A Shady Promise (2008). She has also developed contemporary art programs and special art projects for ARCO Contemporary Art Fair in Madrid, Art Chicago, and The New York Armory Show/Volta NY as well as for KRUG Champagne and the fashion house Versace.
Isolde has been profiled and noted in the New York Times, Art News, Vogue Italia and has appeared on NBC Nightly News, NPR, WNET Channel Thirteen, NY 1 News, and WPS1 Radio in New York. She has held managerial positions at the Guggenheim Museum and BRIC Arts and is the recipient of numerous grants and fellowships from institutions including the Ford Foundation, SSRC and the Mellon Foundation. She maintains homes in Savannah, GA and New York City.
