About

Meet the artist: Isabella Arp

Self-Portrait Oil Painting

My name is Isabella, and I am a multi-disciplinary artist currently based in southern Indiana. As an enthusiast of all things vintage, I often enjoy utilizing unconventional materials and techniques, such as incorporating a typewriter and floppy diskettes into my work.

From a young age, I have been passionate about music and technology. I found an outlet to combine these interests when I began painting. In my work, I infuse vintage elements with post-modernist inspiration to create pieces that reflect my subjects in a retro-futuristic light.

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Exhibition History

  • 2022, Persimmon Festival Art Gallery, Mitchell, Indiana
  • 2023, Persimmon Festival Art Gallery, Mitchell, Indiana
  • 2024, Persimmon Festival Art Gallery, Mitchell, Indiana
  • 2025, Persimmon Festival Art Gallery, Mitchell, Indiana
  • 2025, “NSAL Visual Arts Competition + Exhibition,” FAR Center for Contemporary Arts, Bloomington, Indiana
  • 2025, “Immortal,” Aedra Fine Arts, Atlanta, Georgia
  • 2025, “Extended Long List,” Jackson’s Art Prize, London, England
  • 2025 – Oil Painters of America, Student Exhibition, Online
  • 2025 – “Karass”, Granfalloon Festival, Bloomington, IN

Solo Exhibitions

  • 2025 – “Post-Punk, Britpop & Beyond,” Waldron Arts Center, Bloomington, IN (Upcoming – September)
  • 2025 – Pavements Film, Assorted Prints – Multiple U.S. Theatres

Collections

Isabella Arp’s work has been acquired by various private collectors in the USA, Canada, Scotland, & England.


Awards & Recognition:

  • 2022 Persimmon Festival Portraiture Award, First Place
  • 2022 Persimmon Festival Portraiture Award, Third Place
  • 2023 Persimmon Festival Portraiture Award, First Place
  • 2023 Persimmon Festival Portraiture Award, Second Place
  • 2024 Persimmon Festival Portraiture Award, First Place
  • 2025, National Society of Arts and Letters Winston Scholarship for 2-D Visual Arts, Finalist

Publications:

  • WFMU: Fables of Formats: Lowest Common Denominator (LCD). Issue 28, New Jersey, USA, 2025
  • They Might Be Giants: Assorted Promotional Materials, New York City, USA, 2023-2025
  • Visual Arts Journal, Issue #20, Netherlands
  • Culterate, Issue #3, 2025
  • Penn Journal of Arts and Sciences, Summer Issue, 2025