Artist bio
Isabella Dagnino recently received her Bachelor in Fine Arts with an Extended Minor in Art History and Visual Arts at the University of the Fraser Valley and is a Master in Fine Art candidate at Emily Carr University of Art + Design. Her art practice is rooted primarily in analog medium and large format photography. As someone with Latinx, Indigenous, and Settler ancestry, much of her work examines the experiences shaped by her cultural background and her relationship to place and community.
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Education
Hope Secondary School — 2012-2016
University of the Fraser Valley — BFA, 2016- 2021
Emily Carr University of Arts + Design — MFA, Fall 2021-
Volunteer and extra-curricular
Vice President of UFV VASA (Visual Arts Student Association), 2019-2021
Exhibitions
2021, S’eliyemrtaxwtew Art Gallery, “They Only Love Us When We Are Starving”, Abbotsford, BC
2021, Blue Hour Press, “This Years Grads” (online)
2021, The Reach Gallery Museum, “The Fraser Valley Biennale”, Abbotsford, BC
2021, The Research Centre in Interdisciplinary Arts and Creative Culture “Gallery of Artifacts from Vivid COVID Dreams” in Interiors (online)
2020, Reach Gallery Museum, “ Shelter in Place”, Abbotsford, BC
2020, LENSCRATCH Fine Art Photography Daily, ‘The 2020 Self-Quarantining Exhibition” (online)
2019, Reach Gallery Museum, “ Art on Demand 5.3”, Abbotsford, BC
2019, S’eliyemrtaxwtew Art Gallery, “All Things in Sight”, Abbotsford, BC
2018, University of the Fraser Valley, Interpret Creative and Performing Arts Festival, Abbotsford, BC
Awards
Arty Award, Visual Arts, Abbotsford Arts Council, 2020
Publication and Media
Black River, Issue 2, 2022.
“Outrunning the Rain”, Trash Press, 2021.
Louden Single Tree Literary Magazine, Issue 12, Spring 2020.
The Cascade Newspaper, Volume 27, Issue 09, March 2019.
“Growing up”. The zine. Attempt 2. Spring 2019.