ISSY WOOD

Live at Bull Room in Marfa, Texas
Saturday, September 12
8 PM

Ballroom Marfa presents Issy Wood, live at Bull Room on September 12. This summer, we welcome acclaimed UK-based painter and experimental pop star Issy Wood.

Issy Wood (b. 1993 in Durham, North Carolina) is an artist living and working between London and Los Angeles. Her music explores the states of her inner and outer emotional world in a vulnerable yet playful manner, laid out through confessional lyrics encapsulated within lo-fi pop and synthesizers. The performance at Ballroom Marfa will be Wood’s 5th ever live show to date and provides a rare opportunity to see the band in person.

Wood’s history with Ballroom dates back to 2024, when she exhibited a painting in Ballroom Marfa’s 20th anniversary exhibition, Perhaps the Truth, alongside Alejandro Piñeiro Bello, Robert Nava, Kiki Smith, Astrid Terrazas, and others. This time, Wood and her band will make the trek from London to Marfa for a special one-night-only musical performance at Bull Room.

With a blossoming career as a painter, Wood turned her attention to music in 2018, writing, producing, and recording on her own. In 2020, she released her debut EP, Cries Real Tears, followed by her first full-length studio album, My Body Your Choice, in 2022.

Since opening Bull Room—a former cattle auction barn turned performance venue—Ballroom Marfa has welcomed a wide range of artists, including internationally acclaimed piano duo Pavel Kolesnikov and Samson Tsoy, Hayden Pedigo, Mary Lattimore, Green‑House, Jake Xerxes Fussell, Grégoire Schaller, and many more.

These performances are part of Ballroom Marfa’s ongoing commitment to connecting rural communities to the global stage while supporting site-responsive work inspired by the distinct landscape of the high desert.