Bio
My name is Isabel Pichardo and I am a photo-based Queer Chicané artist currently residing in Seattle, Washington. Their work explores identity in relationship to societal norms and expectations. As a Chicané creator, whose identity lives between two worlds, they embrace these differences through their work. In Felt Me (2019), a stop-animated short, they created a self-portrait using hair as a
February 2024
2019 BFA with Concentration in Creative Photography and Experimental Media
California State University, Fullerton, Ca
2016 Associate in Arts
Mira Costa Community College, Oceanside, Ca
2021 Remedio Casero
HSCC Gallery - Link Soul Lab, Oceanside, Ca
2018 Regularly Scheduled Programming
Exit Gallery, Fullerton, Ca
Chido! Art Show
Backfence Society, Vista, Ca
Funky Strawberry Show
Backfence Society, Vista, Ca
Immersion
Exit Gallery, Fullerton, Ca
Unit F. Vol 1
Unit F Gallery, Oceanside, Ca
2017 Student Showcase
TSU Student Galleries, Fullerton, Ca
Chicanx Art Show
Backfence Society, MILK Organics, Vista, Ca
Pop Art Block Party
Backfence Society, MILK Organics, Vista, Ca
Small A$$ Art Show
Alley Art Festival, Vista, Ca
All At Once
Kruglak Galley, Oceanside, Ca
Revealed
Kruglak Gallery, Oceanside, Ca
What Makes You Happy?
Blue Gate Gallery, Oceanside, Ca
2016 Self Portraits
Blue Gate Gallery, Oceanside, Ca
Mad About the Fair
Student Showcase, Del Mar Fair, Del Mar, Ca
Undertones
Kruglak Gallery, Oceanside, Ca
2015 Reverse
Mira Costa Community College, Performing Arts Theater, Oceanside, Ca
Introspection
Kruglak Gallery, Oceanside, Ca
A Fair to Remember
Student Showcase, Del Mar Fair, Del Mar, Ca
2022 The R & I Variety Show Podcast
2020 Dead Gal Pals Podcast
2018 Normal Girl Collective - Public Section
Tu Voz Writing Collective
Unit F Art Collective
2019 Stuck
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On the drive home from your house___________
Beginnings
2018 Untitled (2018)
How To Avoid Talking To People You Know In Public
Migraine
The Trip
Emails I Never Sent
2017 Noodle Times Vol. 4
Noodle Times Vol. 3.5: Change of Pace
2016 Noodle Times Vol. 3
Noodle Times Vol. 2.5: Summer Haze
2015 Noodle Times Vol. 2: The Story Goes On
Man Without A Mask
Noodle Times Vol. 1.5: Summer Sessions
2014 Noodle Times Vol. 1: Year One
2019 San Diego Zine Fest
Bread and Salt, San Diego, Ca
Long Beach Zine Fest
Expo Arts Center, Long Beach, Ca
2018 San Fernando Valley Zine Fest
Magnolia Science Academy, San Fernando Valley, Ca
Tijuana Zine Fest
Enclave Caracol, Tijuana, MX
Papercuts Zine Show
HSCC Gallery, Link Soul Lab, Oceanside, Ca
2017 Papercuts Zine Show
HSCC Gallery, Link Soul Lab, Oceanside, Ca
SD Zine Fest
Centro Cultural, Balboa Park, San Diego, Ca
Tijuana Zine Fest
Pasaje Rodriguez y Pasaje Gomez, Tijuana, MX
The Royal Drag Show
Mira Costa Community College, Performing Arts Theater, Oceanside, Ca
2016 SD Zine Fest
Centro Cultural, Balboa Park, San Diego, Ca
Papercuts: A Zine Art Show
HSCC Gallery, Link Soul Lab, Oceanside, Ca
LA Zine Fest
Majestic Theater, Los Angeles, Ca
2015 SD Zine Fest
Bread & Salt Gallery, San Diego, Ca
2014 SD Zine Fest
La Bodega Gallery, San Diego, Ca
2019 Student Intern, Cal-State Fullerton, Fullerton, CA
Darkroom Technician, Cal-State Fullerton, Fullerton, CA
2018 Art 104 - Artist and Designers Now, Visiting Artist Lecture,
Mira Costa College, Oceanside, CA
Normal Girl Collective Radio Interview, KKSM, San Marcos, CA
2017 Chicanx Zine Workshop at Mira Costa College, Oceanside, CA
Full Steam Ahead Co-Instructor, The AjA Project
(Non-Profit Art Organization), San Diego, CA
Double Exposure Instructor, Bridge (Non-Profit Art Organization),
Oceanside, CA
2016 Art 208 - Advanced Darkroom, Teaching Assistant, Mira Costa College,
Oceanside, CA
2015 Workshop Assistant, Bridge (Non-Profit Art Organization),
Traveling Tintypes, Palomar Mountain, CA
2016 Mad About The Fair, First Place for Digital Photography
2015 A Fair to Remember, First Place for Black and White Photography
2013 Photography Scholarship from Jeff Kassebaum Photography