Isabelle Schmitt is a French visual artist, author-photographer, artistic director, curator, and scenographer with over 25 years of international career — a singular creative force whose work stands at the intersection of photography, digital art, immersive experience, and artistic institution-building.
Her visual language is immediately recognizable: sharp and daring framings, demanding graphic construction, a mastery of light and reflection as living, sensory matter. Over a quarter-century, she has developed a photographic current — nocturnal urban photography as visual writing — celebrated by the international press and institutionally recognized from Paris to Tokyo.
A pioneer of the digital arts frontier, Isabelle Schmitt founded in 2016 the Digital Art & Video Section of the Salon d'Automne — one of France's most historic art institutions, founded in 1903, responsible for launching Fauvism, Cubism and Expressionism. Under her presidency, this section became the most awarded of all sections for five consecutive years, earning the ADAGP Prize, the Prix du Livre d'Art, the Fondation Taylor Prize, and the Prix Be Creative. She curated avant-garde performances — Joey Starr holograms, French Touch mapping — and forged exceptional partnerships with Adobe, international press, and cultural institutions.
She has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Salon d'Automne (2016–2026), jury member of the Fédération Française de la Photographie, and currently serves as Treasurer of the institution.
Isabelle Schmitt was Official Photographer of UNESCO (2000–2003), documenting State visits and world heritage sites from the organization's Paris headquarters. Her photographs entered the UNESCO permanent database and the City of Paris archives, circulating across international editions and media worldwide.
Member of ADAGP (30 photographic works in the national image bank, since 2002), published on the cover and featured portfolio of Réponses Photo (Issue 252, March 2013 — "Urban Universes: The Photogeny of the City"), and reproduced in Le Monde Diplomatique, Art Newspapers, the UNESCO Journal, and the Group Oracom's international photography press.
She is a three-time laureate of the Luxembourg Art Prize (2015, 2020, 2025), awarded the Toile d'Or de l'Année 2014 at Art Capital — Grand Palais, and recipient of the Prix Coup de Cœur at the Paris Salon de la Photographie (2011). In October 2026, she will be the Guest of Honor at the 13th Salon des Photographes, Mairie de Paris 15e.
Her international exhibition record spans four continents — with an unbroken presence at the National Art Center of Tokyo every year since 2014, where she was the first photographer selected to represent the Salon d'Automne in the France-Japan artistic exchange, opening the way for photography and digital art in this prestigious bilateral framework.
Her works have been shown in Beijing (Yan Huang Museum), Seoul (City Hall), St. Petersburg (Palais Constantin), Tunis (Palais Kheirredine), Xi'an, Tianjin, and at major Parisian institutions including the Grand Palais, the Grande Halle de la Villette, and the Mairie du VIIe.
In 2025, the Mairie du VIIe Arrondissement of Paris hosted her 25-year retrospective at the Galerie Béatrice Hodent de Broutelles — a consecration of a career built on technical mastery, artistic vision, and institutional influence.
Founder of Digital Is My Art (2022), the first international collective of recognized digital artists, she curates collective exhibitions, manages an art fund distributed through PixPalace (France's leading digital art platform), and led a selection to Drouot auction house in 2023, where her work reached one of the session's highest valuations.
A member of the Fondation Taylor (since 2017) and the UPP (Union of Professional Photographers, 2002–2020), she combines the authority of a career artist with the strategic scope of an arts entrepreneur and cultural diplomat.
Her work embraces the full spectrum of contemporary image-making — from nocturnal architectural photography to AI-assisted digital creation, from immersive scenography to NFT works (Web3 exhibition, La Baule, 2026) — always maintaining the exacting aesthetic standards and legal integrity of a registered author.
Isabelle Schmitt does not simply create images. She builds visual languages, opens institutional doors, and expands what art can be.
Member of ADAGP · Fondation Taylor · UNESCO Archive · Salon d'Automne
www.isphoto.fr — www.digitalismyart.com
