Isabel Bardawil
Senior Specialist, Co-head of Day Sale | Post-War & Contemporary Art
Isabel Bardawil is a Director, Senior Specialist and Co-Head of the Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale at Christie’s in London. Since joining Christie’s in 2015, Isabel has worked on numerous Evening and Day sales and was head of the highly successful First Open online sales from 2020-2022. In October 2022, Isabel was responsible for the sale of the largest single owner collection of contemporary art from Africa and the diaspora. She has worked closely on collaborations with 1:54 Contemporary African Art fair since 2020 and has delivered several exhibitions at Christie’s in London of emerging artists and artists from Africa and the diaspora.
Isabel has worked on several highly successful charity partnerships and fundraising auctions. Highlights have included collaborating with the Museum of West African Art (MOWAA) in 2023 to raise funds for the museum’s Rainforest Gallery and the Nigeria Pavilion at the Venice Biennale in 2024; working with Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) to raise fund for the new Children’s Cancer Centre at GOSH in 2025 and partnering with Syri-Arts and Kayany Foundation in 2018.
Isabel graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in History of Art from the Courtauld Insitute of Art, London in 2015.
Isabel has worked on several highly successful charity partnerships and fundraising auctions. Highlights have included collaborating with the Museum of West African Art (MOWAA) in 2023 to raise funds for the museum’s Rainforest Gallery and the Nigeria Pavilion at the Venice Biennale in 2024; working with Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) to raise fund for the new Children’s Cancer Centre at GOSH in 2025 and partnering with Syri-Arts and Kayany Foundation in 2018.
Isabel graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in History of Art from the Courtauld Insitute of Art, London in 2015.
