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Isabelle Sigrid is a multimedia artist and storyteller based in Asheville, North Carolina. Growing up in Seattle, Washington, Isabelle spent her early years steeped in comics, gearing her focus towards narrative and autobiographical arts. Isabelle’s work explores the relationship between collective and personal myths. As an undergraduate at Bard College, she studied film with Peter Hutton whose teaching propelled her into experimental animation. After receiving her BA, Isabelle began to work as an arts educator in schools and arts organizations in New York City, Seattle and North Carolina. Her work has been featured in and commissioned by clients including Antenna Press, SAW Comics, Desert Island Comics, the ACLU, Dyke March NYC, the Future Perfect Project, and Vogue.com.
Photo by T Marsh
Education
BA in Studio Arts from Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, December 2017
Bard College Berlin, Berlin, Germany, August 2017
Futher Education
Penland School of Craft, Spruce Pine, NC Drawn Animation, Brush Lettering and Sign Painting
Selected Exhibitions and Screenings
2023 “Night Bloom” Antenna Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana
2023 “Romantic Circus” (Super Moon Screening, Los Angeles)
2022 “Sounds About Riso” UsagiNY, New York, NY
2019 “Miracle Cure” PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, Oregon
2017 “Radiance Obscurity” Senior Thesis Solo Exhibition, Bard College, New York
2017 Queer Moving Image Review, film “Cyborgirl” selected for screening
2017 Queer Eye Rococo, Naming Gallery, Oakland, California
Commissioned Animation
2022 “Synesthesia” Music video for Deer Scout
2021 “Bound to You” Music Video for Ethan Cohn
2021 “Vivi” Animation for The Future Perfect Project
2020 “Much Like Myself” Music Video for Emma Jayne
2020 “I Saw You” Music Video animated for Humors
Selected Publications
2025 “Hurricane Diary” selected for Holler Back anthology by SAW Comics
2024 “This Young Earth” selected for Rescue Comics anthology by Desert Island Books
2018 “Radiance Obscurity” Two-page spread in Colombia’s journal of literature and art
2018 “Portraits of Powers” Illustration series for Rookie Magazine
2018 “Freehand Walls: 10 Artists Take Over” Promotional Magazine
2018 Vogue.com, Mural featured in photo essay on Freehand Hotel
2018 Man Repeller, Mural featured in “Iconic Black Sitcoms of the 90’s photoshoot at Freehand
2017 Placenta, Arts Magazine, Two-page illustration spread
2015 Slutwalk: Feminism, Activism and Media; Mendes, Kaity, Palgrave MacMillan, Cover art
Related Work and Teaching Experience
Arts Education
Alumni Panelist, Bard College, Annandale on Hudson, NY 2025
Guest Educator, University of North Carolina, Asheville 2025
Skillset Program, Asheville, North Carolina 2023-2024
Coyote Central, Seattle, Washington 2019-2022
Arts Connection, New York, New York 2020-2022
Studio In A School, New York, New York 2021-2022
Muralist, Freehand Hotel, New York, New York 2017-2018
One of ten Bard College graduates selected to paint unique murals for the guest rooms of the historic George Washington Hotel, in Manhattan. Designed and executed over forty unique murals.
Research Assistant, Ellen Forney, Seattle, Washington 2013-2015
Assisted New York Times bestselling graphic novelist Ellen Forney with research and preparation for lectures, events, and classes