Artist bio
Isabella Dagnino is a lens-based artist based residing on the unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. They received their Bachelor in Fine Arts from the University of the Fraser Valley and their Master in Fine Arts from Emily Carr University of Art + Design. Their art practice is rooted primarily in analog medium and large format photography as well as analog experimental filmmaking. As someone with Latinx, Indigenous, and Settler ancestry,(Mapuche//Métis) much of their work examines the experiences shaped by her cultural background and her relationship to place and community.
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Education
2023 Master of Fine Arts, Emily Carr University of Art + Design
2021 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Specialization in Visual Art and Art History, University of the Fraser Valley
Solo Exhibitions
2021, S’eliyemetaxwtew Art Gallery, “They Only Love Us When We Are Starving”, Abbotsford, BC
Group Exhibitions
2023 “Terra/Corpus”, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS
2023 “biometaphysicalmateria: MFA Thesis Exhibition”, Michael O’Brien Exhibition Commons, Vancouver, BC
2023 “Response: Resonance”, Polygon Gallery, North Vancouver, BC
2022 “State of Practice: MFA 2023 Exhibition”, Michael O’Brien Exhibition Commons, Vancouver, BC
2021 “Group Show”, Blue Hour Press, New York, NY (online)
2021 “The Fraser Valley Biennale”, The Reach Gallery Museum, Abbotsford, BC
2021 “Interiors: Gallery of Artifacts from Vivid COVID Dreams”, The Research Centre in Interdisciplinary Arts & Creative Culture, Brock University, St.Catherines, ON (online)
2020 “ Shelter in Place”, Reach Gallery Museum, Abbotsford, BC
2020 ‘The 2020 Self-Quarantining Exhibition”, LENSCRATCH Fine Art Photography Daily (online)
2019 “ Art on Demand 5.3”, Reach Gallery Museum, Abbotsford, BC
2019 “All Things in Sight”, S’eliyemetaxwtew Art Gallery, Abbotsford, BC
Screenings & Presentations
2024 Leave Me Here, Mount Pleasant Community Art Screen, Grunt Gallery
2024 Leave Me Here, RED GATE TV SHOW VOL 1: Subconsciously Starving, RED GATE Society
2023 Anything Always, Vancouver Latin American Film Festival, Vancouver Cinematheque
2023 Leave Me Here, biometaphysicalmateria: MFA Thesis Exhibition, Emily Carr University
2023 Anything Always, Response : Resonance (by invitation), Polygon Gallery
2018 Girlhood, Interpret Creative & Performing Arts Festival, University of the Fraser Valley
Professional Activities
2023 Residency, Response: Resonance, Polygon Gallery
2023 Individual Arts Award, BC Arts Council
2022 Individual Arts Award, BC Arts Council
2020 Arty Award in Visual Arts, Abbotsford Arts Council
Publication & Media
Contributing Editor, Photographer & Designer, DOGPILE, Vol 1, 2024 (punk subculture zine).
Contributing Photographer, Black River, Issue 2, 2022 (photography journal).
Contributing Photographer, “Outrunning the Rain”, Trash Press, 2021 (photography zine).
Contributing Photographer, Louden Single Tree Literary Magazine, Issue 12, Spring 2020.
Contributing Photographer, The Cascade Newspaper, Volume 27, Issue 09, 2019 (print media).
Contributing Photographer, “Growing up”. The Zine: Attempt 2. 2019 (interdisciplinary zine).