Born in the early 1950’s in a small village in Germany, Isolde studied from 1970-1975 Art, History and Pedagogy at the University of Leipzig. Her teachers of Art were Prof. Guenter Albert Schulz, who studied under Hans Soltmann and Bruno Heroux, and Prof. Gabriele Meyer–Dennewitz, who was a pupil of Hans Soltmann, Max Schwimmer and Max Lingner.

In 1977 she moved to Egypt and pursued for the next 20 years a career in education. In 1997 she started freelance work for several magazines and once again picked up painting. Since 1999 she has participated in many group exhibitions (Shadycor Gallery, Heliopolis, Heliopolis Club Exhibitions, Exhibitions at the German-Egyptian Center –Ard el Golf, First Mall Gallery–Giza, World of Art Gallery–Maadi, Exhibitions at the Egyptian Diplomatic Club, the El Hanager Opera Gallery, the Ahmed Shawky Gallery and the Center of International Co-operation in Zamalek). In 2002 she had a Solo Exhibition at the British Community Clubhouse in Heliopolis. In the same year she also painted two large friezes for the children’s room and the entrance of the roof garden there.