About
Isabela is a Peruvian born artist, musician, educator and committed pacifist. Her visual art, mixed-media installation and sculpture, explores internal states, life cycles and the pursuit of meaning. In particular meaning with multiple readings. Isabela exhibits in Ireland and worldwide as a solo artist and is also currently part of an international artists collective. Isabela is interested in the connection between art and medicine and has been involved in various projects related to that topic. She is also currently studying, teaching and playing traditional music. Isabela has developed innovative programs in art museums, including a Community Service Project at the Detroit Institute of Arts which involved intensive work with psychiatric patients, local hospital staff, women's shelters, HIV+ people and refugee groups. Further, she also created exhibitions and programs around tattoo, puppetry, graffiti and public art from different cultures. She has taught widely, organized conferences, created programs for special exhibitions and researched contemporary art and museum practice. Isabela was a recipient of the Smithsonian award for museum leadership and conducted internships at The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, The Wichita Center for the Arts, Kansas and Museum of Modern Art, New York. She received her B.A in Journalism from Texas A&M University and M.A. in Art Museum Education from Wichita State University. Isabela was a fellow with the "Next Generation Leadership Project" of the Rockefeller Foundation and with New York University. Isabela was born and spent her childhood in Lima. She then immigrated to Texas and lived in various USA states before immigrating to Ireland.
