A little bit about me…
Born in Arlington, VA and raised in Sanford, FL, Ysabel is an experimental painter and sculptor and a recent MFA graduate from Florida State University since May 2026. Based in Sanford, FL for the past 10+ years, She has exhibited in group shows at local galleries including Gallery on First, the Terrace Gallery at Orlando, the Hand Art Center at Stetson University and the Fine Arts gallery at Seminole State College. Her work has received recognition in group exhibitions at locations that include the Swan Coach Gallery in Atlanta, GA and at the Art Link Contemporary in Fort Wayne, IN. Among her most recently awarded honors include the Graduate Student Excellence in the Visual Arts Award at the Honors Scholars Fellows House for her work, Tablescape, at Florida State University. This year she is an exhibiting artist in Fresh Squeezed 10: Emerging Artists in FL at the Morean Arts Center in St. Petersburg, FL for their summer 2026 exhibit.
My current artistic practice examines the systems that shape our human perceptions of the world and of ourselves. Born in the US as a Filipino American, separated from my ancestral homeland of the Philippines, I examine the systems that shape, inform, and mediate my attention for it. I borrow nostalgia from immigrant family members, channeling their memories and actions to instill a deeper, more intimate sense of cultural heritage beyond mere textual descriptions of it. In my work, I recount the foods I grew up with, I remember the accents and languages spoken by relatives, and I work through the greenery of my surrounding American landscape to navigate this identity of entangled cultures.
Ysabel Flores Art 
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