DRIFT – COMING HOME
2025-04-07Isaac “Drift” Wright, known globally as “Drift,” rose to prominence not through the traditional art world but through silence, steel, and the skyline. After serving in the military and confronting profound personal challenges, Wright began documenting his solitary climbs atop skyscrapers, capturing breathtaking images from vantage points few ever reach. His work, which gained viral traction online was first introduced to the wider public in a powerful 2021 New York Times profile by David Phillips, a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist. That story changed everything.
Four years later, that moment of recognition comes full circle. Wright’s first physical exhibition in New York City opens this spring in the heart of Chelsea, curated to reflect the city that has defined, challenged, and inspired him. The show will include the first-ever public display of his photograph taken from the spire of the Empire State Building, among a series of large-format images exploring the architectural intimacy and soaring tension of New York’s skyline. While centered on NYC, the exhibition also includes select works from across the U.S. and around the world, reflecting Wright’s evolution into a globally recognized artist with a singular point of view.
Opposite – And When We Die It Will Feel Like This, 2023
Exhibition runs through to June 28th, 2025
Robert Mann Gallery
508 West 26th Street
New York
NY 100
