Performatist

    Illustrator Tea with Irak Zenou

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    October 27 – October 28, 2026

    Café Carlyle

    35 East 76th St., New York, NY 10021

    Scheduled

    About This Event

    At Café Carlyle, "Illustrator Tea with Izak Zenou" places the illustrator at work in full view of the room, building images in real time while talking about process and influences. His disciplined studio training and emphasis on draftsmanship and observation—practices evident in his drawings at Bemelmans Bar—foreground line, pace, and small decisions rather than spectacle.

    About the Artists

    Izak Zenou

    Izak Zenou is an illustrator whose New York City work includes appearances at Bemelmans Bar, where drawing is treated as live practice rather than backstage labor. At “Illustrator Tea with Izak Zenou,” he works in view of the room, building images in real time while speaking to process and influences.

    Irak Zenou

    Irak Zenou is an illustrator who brings studio practice into the room at Café Carlyle in New York City. In events like “Illustrator Tea with Irak Zenou,” he draws in full view, narrating choices as images take shape and tracing the influences behind them.