Bio
Isabella Robynn is a 23-year-old oil painter with a focus on figurative realism. While growing up in the small town of Woodland, Washington, art became her passion. Throughout her childhood, she taught herself how to draw and paint, and her love of art inspired her to pursue it as a career. She went on to graduate with her BA and her BFA in Studio Art from Western Washington University in 2023. During her time there, she studied abroad at the Moulin à Nef VCCA artist residency in Southern France. After finishing her Master’s of Fine Arts at California Institute of the Arts, she now resides back in Southwest Washington.
Education
2026 MFA, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
2023 BFA, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
2023 BA, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
2021 AA High Honors, Clark College, Vancouver, WA
Professional Experience
2025 Graduate Assistant, Painting, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
Awards/Grants/Residencies
2024-26 Art Alumni Scholarship, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
2024-26 CalArts Grad Scholarship, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
2023 BFA Exhibition Award, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
2022 J. Ruth Kelsey Merit Scholarship, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
2022 Moulin à Nef VCCA Artist Residency, Auvillar, France (October 7 - November 3)
Exhibitions
2026 CalArts EXPO, Institute Exhibition, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
2026 Open Studios, MFA School of Art, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
2026 The Observer, MFA Thesis Show, Lime Gallery at California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
2025 Newhall Art Pilots Group Show, Class group show in collaboration with Newhall Elementary school students, L-Shape at California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
2025 Music to Paint To, Class Exhibition, Mint Gallery at California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
2025 CREATIVE LA, The Wrap.com’s Power Women Summit 2025, The Maybourne Beverly Hills, Beverly Hills, CA
2025 Almanac of Ritual Activity, MFA 2 Group Show, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
2025 The Labor of Femininity, Group Exhibition, Annex 11 at California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
2025 From Each, An Other - (Studio Artifacts), Group Exhibition, Annex 11 at California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
2025 Open Studios, MFA School of Art, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
2025 First Course, MFA Cohort Group Show, Annex 11 at California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
2025 MFAs of LA, The Other Art Fair, Los Angeles, CA
2025 Plastic Flesh, MFA Mid-Residence Solo Show, D300 Gallery at California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
2024 Materiality of Gesture, Class Exhibition, Lime Gallery at California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
2024 Quantums Hauntings Ontologies, Quantologies Class Exhibition, Mint Gallery at California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
2023 At This Juncture, BFA cohort, Western Gallery at Western Washington University,
Bellingham, WA
2023 In Orbit, BFA cohort, Viking Union Gallery, Western Washington University,
Bellingham, WA
2023 It Remains To Be Seen, B Gallery BFA cohort, Western Washington University,
Bellingham, WA
2022 BFA Open Studio, BFA cohort, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
2022 Melding the Frame, Art 495, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
2021 Art Student Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Archer Gallery at Clark Community
College, Vancouver, WA
Commissions
2024 Public Art Commission, 4 digital illustrations, Psychology Department, Western
Washington University, Bellingham, WA
2022 Public Art Commission, 26 digital illustrations, Psychology Department, Western
Washington University, Bellingham, WA
2020 Corporate Commission, Company Logo, AC NW Heating & Cooling Inc, Woodland, WA
