Isabel Padilla Bonelli
Born in San Juan, PR
Based in Puerto Rico
As an artist, I am drawn to exploring how our environments work as natural/external reflections of the individual through fiber arts, craftwork, and mixed-media printmaking. Using fiber arts techniques has become central to my evolving practice as I ask for the consideration of what happens when art is tangible, recognizable, and relatable- a point of access to feelings of nostalgia, childhood ritual, and comfortable space. Incorporating crochet, embroidery, and knit handwork into my mixed media pieces allows me to construct a tactile representation of my exterior and interior environments that relate to the “home”- as both a physical place and as an exploration of self-identity.
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Education
2019-2023- B.F.A Cornell University, College of Architecture, Art & Planning
Minor: Fashion Studies
2023- Escuela de Artes Plásticas y Diseño de Puerto Rico: Cerámica en torno
Grants & Awards
2023- The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts Robert Blackburn Printmaking Award
2023- Ezra Colin Cornell Media Award
2021-2023 Cornell Club of Puerto Rico Scholarship
2021 - Reed Hastings Scholarship
2019-2023 - Cornell University Tradition Fellowship
2019-2022 - Hispanic Scholarship Fund
2019 - The National Puerto Rican Day Parade Scholarship
Exhibitions
2023- Flock, Sheep Not Bird, Ithaca NY
2023- Golden Hour, Art Crawl, Ithaca NY
2023- Threading the Needle, Mann Library Gallery at Cornell University, Ithaca NY
2022- Liquidation Sale, Cornell University, Ithaca NY
2022- Soft Launch, Art Crawl, Ithaca NY
2022- Sad Happy Hour, Art Crawl, Ithaca NY
2022- Get Soft, The Soil Factory, Ithaca NY
2022 - Colorful Nonsense, Cornell University, Ithaca NY
2022 - Featured "Coqui Calling", The Ink Shop Printmaking Center, Ithaca NY
2022 - AnthroPu$$yne, Cornell University, Ithaca NY2019- Invited to exhibit at The Mint Museum, Charlotte NC
Publications
2023- Cornell AAP "2022-23 Student Academic Awards and Prizes"
2023 - Collective X; A-Muse, "Fashion Feature"
2020 - Cornell Daily Sun, "Rising Artist Spotlight"