About
My name is Arianna Gazca. A first-generation Mexican-American, I am a multimedia artist that experiments with illustration, animation, and video. I make work exploring emotional nuances and extremes through the lens of abstract imagery visualizing music and sound. I received my BFA from Pacific Northwest College of Art in 2016, winning the BFA Thesis Award from the Animated Arts department. Since then, I worked under Rose Bond in animating for the Turangalila Project for the Oregon Symphony in 2016, received the 2018 Fellowship from the Oregon Arts Commission and Oregon Community Foundation in partnership with NW Film Center, and have had my short animated films screened in the Punto y Raya Festival programs, the Melbourne International Animation Festival, PAMCUT’s Tomorrow Theater, and the University of Kentucky Singletary Center for the Arts 2025 Visual Music Festival, among others. My illustrations have been exhibited at the imperfecta gallery, the Anacortes Arts Festival, and the University of Rochester Medical Center’s Bridge Art Gallery. Born in Richmond, Texas, and raised in the greater Portland-Metropolitan area in Oregon most of my life, I live and work in Portland, Oregon.U is for Undone. Self Portrait. Made on Procreate. 2024.