ISABELLA MARIE GARCIA
Interdisciplinary Lens-Based Artist | Writer | Photographer
Isabella "Isa" Marie Garcia is an interdisciplinary lens-based artist, writer, and photographer living in her native Miami, Florida. Interested in alternative educational spaces, Garcia is a recipient of the 2024 WOPHA Research Fellowship, a 2024 Visual Aids Research Fellowship, and a 2023 Locust Projects Wavemaker Research and Implementation Grant.

Garcia attended School of the Alternative in Black Mountain as their documentarian in 2023 and teaching faculty in 2024. Solo exhibitions include ๐˜๐˜•๐˜๐˜™๐˜ˆ๐˜”๐˜œ๐˜•๐˜‹๐˜–, Tunnel Projects, and ๐˜œ๐˜—๐˜™๐˜–๐˜–๐˜›๐˜Œ๐˜‹, ICA Miami, and group exhibitions include ๐˜ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ: ๐˜—๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜บ, ๐˜๐˜ต'๐˜ด ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜›๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ, DORCAM, and ๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜š๐˜ข๐˜ธ: ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜—๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜™๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ, Miami-Dade Main Library.

Her writing can be found in ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฎรฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข ๐˜“๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข, ๐˜—๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฎ, ๐˜–๐˜ฏ / ๐˜–๐˜ง๐˜ง-๐˜š๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ: ๐˜—๐˜ฐ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜‹๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ข, ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜•๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ, ๐˜”๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ช ๐˜•๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ ๐˜›๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜š๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜š๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ, and ๐˜‰๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ, where she works as their editorial assistant. Teaching actively as a 2024-2025 ProjectArt Miami Resident and O, Miami Lead Sunroom Poet, Garcia graduated summa cum laude with her Bachelor of Arts in English from Florida International University.
Photograph by Manuel Luis Garcia-Piรฑon.