Isabella Marie Garcia

Isabella 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 2023-2024 ICA Narrative Teaching Artist, 2024-2025 ProjectArt Miami Teaching Resident, and ongoing MOCA North Miami Photography and Digital Arts Educator and O, Miami Lead Sunroom Teaching Artist, Garcia was in residence at Bakehouse Art Complex for their 2025 Summer Open program and is an associate artist with the organization. She graduated summa cum laude with her Bachelor of Arts in English from Florida International University.