Isabella Garcia

Isabella “Isa” Marie Garcia (b. 1997, Pembroke Pines, Florida) is an interdisciplinary lens-based artist, writer, and photographer living in her native Miami, Florida. Interested in alternative educational spaces, holistic aftercare, and supporting visual artists in the American South in her practice, Garcia is a recipient of a 2025 Oolite Arts Ellies Creator Award and the 2024 WOPHA Research Fellowship for The Photography Care Matrix: Teaching Traditional and Experimental Photo Techniques within Prison Environments, Residential Rehabs, and Alternative Schools, a 2024 Visual Aids Research Fellowship, and the 2023 Locust Projects Wavemaker Research and Implementation Grant Recipient for “What Happens When the Dust Settles?”. A 2024-2025 ProjectArt Miami Alumni Resident and O, Miami Lead Sunroom Teaching Artist, Garcia is currently in residence at Bakehouse Art Complex for their 2025 Summer Open program. She graduated summa cum laude with her Bachelor of Arts in English from Florida International University.

ProjectArt Miami Alumni Resident and O, Miami Lead Sunroom Teaching Artist, Garcia is currently in residence at Bakehouse Art Complex for their 2025 Summer Open program. She graduated summa cum laude with her Bachelor of Arts in English from Florida International University.