ABOUT
Isa Guadalupe Medina es una diseñadora y artista de la ciudad de Tijuana, B.C., México. Se tituló como diseñadora de modas de la Universidad Parsons The New School for Design en Nueva York. Encuentra su inspiración en su cultura y la naturaleza por su rara belleza y cambios constantes. Su trabajo se enfoca en el bordado con cuentas de vidrio y textiles que exploran en movimiento y la trascendencia del tiempo en relación al cuerpo, la experiencia humana y la naturaleza.
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My name is Isa Guadalupe Medina and I am a designer and artist based in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. My work focuses on the intricacy and detail that is reflected from nature and my roots. The different motifs I create are inspired by feelings that emerge from the rare beauty and constant change of nature. I received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Parsons The New School for Design, New York. Since then I have been focusing on creating hand-beaded and woven pieces that explore movement and transcendence of time in relation to the human body/experience.
︎Features and Exhibitions:
2025 “Trayecto de un Hilo” Expocisión colectiva en el marco de la 15 Bienal de la Habana 2024-2025, Curaduría: Nereida Dusten. Proyecto colaborativo binacional entre México y Cuba. CEART Playas de Rosarito, Baja California, México. Abr. 25 - Jul. 31.
2025 Costume Design for baristas of “¿A Cambio de Que?” short film directed by Josemar Gonzalez. Premiere at 32nd San Diego Latino Flm Festival Official Selection 2025, Mar. 19.
2025 “Beaded Echoes: Reflecting the Fragility of Life” solo exhibition at Visions Museum of Textile Art, San Diego. Jan.11-Apr.26
2024 “Dreamscape” Group Exhibition at San Diego Mesa College Art Gallery. Nov.18- Dec. 12
2024 “Swept Away: The Broom Show” Group Exhibition at the Perish Trust, San Francisco Oct. 4- Nov.3.
2024 Costume Design for dancers of “Ella se Queda” Short film by Marinthia Guitierrez, world premiere at Semaine de la Critique, Cannes Film Festival, France.
2024 World Design Festival Showroom Matiz Estudio - Tijuana Design Week part of World Design Capital San Diego Tijuana 2024 May 1-5.
2024 “Baja Silvestre” Group Exhibition at OMA West at The Seabird. Oceanside, CA. Jan.13- Apr. 29
2023 “The Last Group Show” Group Exhibition at Bread & Salt San Diego, CA. Nov.16- Dec.18
2023 Tijuana Design Week Showroom Exhibition at Matiz Estudio, hand beaded headpiece “Aurora del Pensamiento” and costume design for dance performance at Antiguo Cine Bujazán Tijuana, BC. Jul-Aug.
2022 Vogue Mexico Feature June Issue - “La Ola Mexicana”
2022 “Danza al Barro” costume design for dance performance in collaboration between Tijuana Dance Company and Matiz Estudio May 20 ︎︎︎click here to view
2021 Sowing Seeds Exhibition at San Diego Mesa College Art Gallery “Eclipse Jaguar” Collaboration Piece with Mitocondria Artwear Textile and muscician Braulio Lam Nov.9-Dec.15 ︎︎︎click here to view
2021 Interview with SDVoyager ︎︎︎click here to read
2019 Runway Show “Simbiosis” Noche Blanca, Castillos del Mar Rosarito
2015 "Pintando Caminos" Runway Show: Unidas por Tijuana
2014 Student Spring Art Exhibition Mesa College, “Pulpo” graphite drawing
2013 RAW Artists Fashion Show
2013 Coronado High School Art Walk Fashion Show
2013 FGI San Diego Royal Fashion Design Competition
2011 "Art Meets Fashion" Runway Show with Fiveloaves Twofish at San Diego International Airport
︎Awards:
2018 UNFPA/Hela Clothing Design Competition Parsons School of Design - Internship at Hela Headquarters in Colombo, Sri Lanka
2013 Designer of the Year Award RAW Finalists Awards Show - RAWartists San Diego
︎Education:
2014 - 2018 Parsons The New School for Design, New York, NY
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Fashion Design
2016 Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Fall 2016 Fashion and Textiles Study Abroad Program
2012- 2014 San Diego Mesa College, San Diego, CA
︎Extended Education:
2024 Loom Studio, Toronto, Canada.
Introduction to floor loom weaning workshop.
2018 Instituto Allende, San Miguel de Allende, México
Jewelry and traditional weaving workshop.
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My name is Isa Guadalupe Medina and I am a designer and artist based in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. My work focuses on the intricacy and detail that is reflected from nature and my roots. The different motifs I create are inspired by feelings that emerge from the rare beauty and constant change of nature. I received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Parsons The New School for Design, New York. Since then I have been focusing on creating hand-beaded and woven pieces that explore movement and transcendence of time in relation to the human body/experience.
︎Features and Exhibitions:
2025 “Trayecto de un Hilo” Expocisión colectiva en el marco de la 15 Bienal de la Habana 2024-2025, Curaduría: Nereida Dusten. Proyecto colaborativo binacional entre México y Cuba. CEART Playas de Rosarito, Baja California, México. Abr. 25 - Jul. 31.
2025 Costume Design for baristas of “¿A Cambio de Que?” short film directed by Josemar Gonzalez. Premiere at 32nd San Diego Latino Flm Festival Official Selection 2025, Mar. 19.
2025 “Beaded Echoes: Reflecting the Fragility of Life” solo exhibition at Visions Museum of Textile Art, San Diego. Jan.11-Apr.26
2024 “Dreamscape” Group Exhibition at San Diego Mesa College Art Gallery. Nov.18- Dec. 12
2024 “Swept Away: The Broom Show” Group Exhibition at the Perish Trust, San Francisco Oct. 4- Nov.3.
2024 Costume Design for dancers of “Ella se Queda” Short film by Marinthia Guitierrez, world premiere at Semaine de la Critique, Cannes Film Festival, France.
2024 World Design Festival Showroom Matiz Estudio - Tijuana Design Week part of World Design Capital San Diego Tijuana 2024 May 1-5.
2024 “Baja Silvestre” Group Exhibition at OMA West at The Seabird. Oceanside, CA. Jan.13- Apr. 29
2023 “The Last Group Show” Group Exhibition at Bread & Salt San Diego, CA. Nov.16- Dec.18
2023 Tijuana Design Week Showroom Exhibition at Matiz Estudio, hand beaded headpiece “Aurora del Pensamiento” and costume design for dance performance at Antiguo Cine Bujazán Tijuana, BC. Jul-Aug.
2022 Vogue Mexico Feature June Issue - “La Ola Mexicana”
2022 “Danza al Barro” costume design for dance performance in collaboration between Tijuana Dance Company and Matiz Estudio May 20 ︎︎︎click here to view
2021 Sowing Seeds Exhibition at San Diego Mesa College Art Gallery “Eclipse Jaguar” Collaboration Piece with Mitocondria Artwear Textile and muscician Braulio Lam Nov.9-Dec.15 ︎︎︎click here to view
2021 Interview with SDVoyager ︎︎︎click here to read
2019 Runway Show “Simbiosis” Noche Blanca, Castillos del Mar Rosarito
2015 "Pintando Caminos" Runway Show: Unidas por Tijuana
2014 Student Spring Art Exhibition Mesa College, “Pulpo” graphite drawing
2013 RAW Artists Fashion Show
2013 Coronado High School Art Walk Fashion Show
2013 FGI San Diego Royal Fashion Design Competition
2011 "Art Meets Fashion" Runway Show with Fiveloaves Twofish at San Diego International Airport
︎Awards:
2018 UNFPA/Hela Clothing Design Competition Parsons School of Design - Internship at Hela Headquarters in Colombo, Sri Lanka
2013 Designer of the Year Award RAW Finalists Awards Show - RAWartists San Diego
︎Education:
2014 - 2018 Parsons The New School for Design, New York, NY
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Fashion Design
2016 Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Fall 2016 Fashion and Textiles Study Abroad Program
2012- 2014 San Diego Mesa College, San Diego, CA
︎Extended Education:
2024 Loom Studio, Toronto, Canada.
Introduction to floor loom weaning workshop.
2018 Instituto Allende, San Miguel de Allende, México
Jewelry and traditional weaving workshop.
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STOCKISTS︎︎︎
USA
San Diego, CA:
Mingei Museum
San Francisco, CA:
The Perish Trust
MÉXICO
Ciudad de México:
Cardón
Columpio
Tepoztlán, Morelos:
Flor del Norte
Tijuana,BC:
Matiz
USA
San Diego, CA:
Mingei Museum
San Francisco, CA:
The Perish Trust
MÉXICO
Ciudad de México:
Cardón
Columpio
Tepoztlán, Morelos:
Flor del Norte
Tijuana,BC:
Matiz
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CONTACT
CONTACT︎︎︎
︎ isagmdn@gmail.com
︎ @isaguadalupe
WORKSHOPS ︎
︎︎︎April 6, 2025: Beading Workshop
Sunday Apr. 6 from 1-4:30pm
Tickets and Info here (SOLD OUT)
︎Visions Museum of Textile Art in San Diego, CA
UPCOMING EVENTS ︎
︎︎︎ Abr. 25 - Jul. 31 2025 “Trayecto de un Hilo” Expocisión colectiva en el marco de la 15 Bienal de la Habana 2024-2025, Curaduría: Nereida Dusten. Proyecto colaborativo binacional entre México y Cuba.
Apertura viernes 25 de abril, 2025 18:00 horas
︎CEART Playas de Rosarito, Baja California, México.
Paseo La Cascada s/n, La Cascada, 22701
Playas de Rosarito, B.C.
︎︎︎ Jan. 11 - Apr. 26, 2025 : Beaded Echoes: Reflecting the fragility of life
Exhibition in San Diego, CA
Opening Reception: January 11 from 10-4pm
︎Visions Museum of Textile Art
︎ @isaguadalupe
WORKSHOPS ︎
︎︎︎April 6, 2025: Beading Workshop
Sunday Apr. 6 from 1-4:30pm
Tickets and Info here (SOLD OUT)
︎Visions Museum of Textile Art in San Diego, CA
UPCOMING EVENTS ︎
︎︎︎ Abr. 25 - Jul. 31 2025 “Trayecto de un Hilo” Expocisión colectiva en el marco de la 15 Bienal de la Habana 2024-2025, Curaduría: Nereida Dusten. Proyecto colaborativo binacional entre México y Cuba.
Apertura viernes 25 de abril, 2025 18:00 horas
︎CEART Playas de Rosarito, Baja California, México.
Paseo La Cascada s/n, La Cascada, 22701
Playas de Rosarito, B.C.
︎︎︎ Jan. 11 - Apr. 26, 2025 : Beaded Echoes: Reflecting the fragility of life
Exhibition in San Diego, CA
Opening Reception: January 11 from 10-4pm
︎Visions Museum of Textile Art
STOCKISTS︎︎︎
USA
San Diego, CA:
Mingei Museum
San Francisco, CA:
The Perish Trust
MÉXICO
Ciudad de México:
Cardón
Columpio
Tepoztlán, Morelos:
Flor del Norte
Tijuana,BC:
Matiz
USA
San Diego, CA:
Mingei Museum
San Francisco, CA:
The Perish Trust
MÉXICO
Ciudad de México:
Cardón
Columpio
Tepoztlán, Morelos:
Flor del Norte
Tijuana,BC:
Matiz
ABOUT
ISA GUADALUPE
DESIGN — STUDIO
My name is Isa Guadalupe Medina and I am a designer and artist based in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. My work focuses on the intricacy and detail that is reflected from nature and my roots. The different motifs I create are inspired by feelings that emerge from the rare beauty and constant change of nature. I received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Parsons The New School for Design, New York. Since then I have been focusing on creating hand-beaded and woven pieces that explore movement and transcendence of time in relation to the human body/experience.
Artist Statement
Through the years of creating and appreciating art, I realized that what I liked most about it was the process and time it took to create something. When I see a piece of art I wonder about the time, work and thought behind it. It is not just about making something beautiful or interesting but how it makes me feel and how much of my heart goes into it. I learned that loss is something that we all have to deal with at one point in our lives and we have to accept the inevitable. I began to explore with the unpredictable; dissolving materials, garments coming apart, transforming, playing around with the thought that nothing lasts forever, everything is transient. Change and transformation is what I want to explore more through my designs. The excitement and, yet, sadness of watching your creation come apart is what life is all about, constant change.
This is only the beginning of my exploration, the unpredictability of change.
- Isa Guadalupe Medina
Through the years of creating and appreciating art, I realized that what I liked most about it was the process and time it took to create something. When I see a piece of art I wonder about the time, work and thought behind it. It is not just about making something beautiful or interesting but how it makes me feel and how much of my heart goes into it. I learned that loss is something that we all have to deal with at one point in our lives and we have to accept the inevitable. I began to explore with the unpredictable; dissolving materials, garments coming apart, transforming, playing around with the thought that nothing lasts forever, everything is transient. Change and transformation is what I want to explore more through my designs. The excitement and, yet, sadness of watching your creation come apart is what life is all about, constant change.
This is only the beginning of my exploration, the unpredictability of change.
- Isa Guadalupe Medina
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