About Arabella

Arabella is an artist, author, and co-founder of the indie label Elephant Stone Records. Her loose narrative themes revolve around a fascination with punk rock, aristocracy, Renaissance fashions, aging socialites, gothic divas, and medical history. She attended Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA before receiving her BFA from California Institute of the Arts, and has participated in solo and group exhibitions throughout North America, Europe, parts of the Middle East, and Australia.

Her work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The Plain Dealer, Juxtapoz Magazine, SF Weekly, CinWeekly, Cincinnati Magazine, Cleveand Magazine, CAN Journal, Scene Magazine, The LA TImes, The Dallas Arts Review, Living Proof,  GOOD Magazine, The Harvard Gazette, Snob, and more.

She was awarded an Ohio Arts Council grant in 2016, Akron Soul Train Fellowship in 2019, a Rauschenberg Foundation award, and a Satellite Award from the Andy Warhol Foundation and SPACES in 2020. Arabella has been recognized by both the Ohio House and Senate for Exemplary Attainment in the arts. She is living with terminal cancer.