Isabella Vargas

Isabella Vargas (she/they) is a multimedia artist who works at the intersection of media and activism. She works with experimental and nonfiction forms through video, audio, and animation in order to find poetic ways to reconstruct the stories of her intersecting communities. Her work focuses on processing the intergenerational trauma in diaspora, disabled, and queer identity. Vargas is a disability activist and organizer who gleans her narratives from direct interaction with members of the communities for whom she is advocating, striving to give a platform to their voices. Her storytelling prioritizes community building and care when amplifying the voices of those traditionally silenced.

Vargas is a previous BRIClab fellow, Emerge fellow with the San Francisco Longmore Institute, previous RespectAbility Lab fellow, and a recent MDOCS recipient. Vargas was also a previous UnionDocs fellow where her work centered on creating nonfiction content for NYC community organizations. Her most recent film work is set to premiere this fall in a future disability-centered exhibition at BRICarts titled “to hold a we.”

Learn more & follow their work at isabellavargas.squarespace.com.