• Majoring at MiraCosta College in Art History, Creative and Applied Arts & Studio Arts.

    Curator of the Blue Gate Gallery @ MiraCosta College

    Printmaker!

  • Personal : michaelagarcia1021@gmail.com

    Business Inquires: micamakesartbiz@gmail.com

    Instagram: mica_makes_art_

Meet the Artist

Michaela’s art is a visualization of her experiences of woman in the modern-day world, exploring the relations between herself and her cultural identity as a second-generation immigrant. Through the extremely hands-on process of printmaking, she etches out images that represents her moments in grief, peace, growth, childhood joy, and femininity.

When not creating auto-biographical snippets into her mind, she seeks to form a better sense of her identity as an artist. Her current project explores the transition from childhood to adulthood, reminiscing on stories of youth, playing make-pretend with stuffed animals, and examining how evidence of love changes through time as someone transitions into adulthood.

There is a sense of community in her creations, perhaps formed by the extrovert energy requirements or the sense of community within any printshop, she finds ways to integrate her peers into the creation or inspiration process—or prefers to curate and give them an opportunity to shine.

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  • 2024
    AA in Studio Arts for Transfer, MiraCosta College - Oceanside, CA
    AA in Art History, MiraCosta College - Oceanside, CA

    2023:
    AA in Creative and Applied Arts, MiraCosta College - Oceanside, CA

  • 2025-Current
    Printmaking TA, MiraCosta College

    2023-Current
    President, Fine Art Club, MiraCosta College

    2023-Current
    Curator, Blue Gate Gallery, MiraCosta College

    2023-2024
    Art Director, MiraCosta Productions

  • 2025
    Teeny Tiny Art Mart, Oceanside Musuem of Art - Oceanside, CA

    2024
    Home, Kruglak Gallery - Oceanside, CA
    Printmakers at Work, Blue Gate Gallery - Oceanside, CA
    Impressions, Kruglak Gallery - Oceanside, CA
    Yuma Symposium Student Show, Yuma Center of the Arts - Yuma, AZ
    Teeny Tiny Art Mart, Oceanside Museum of Art - Oceanside, CA

    2023
    Time’s Canvas: Past, Present, Future, Blue Gate Gallery - Oceanside, CA
    Visions Revealed, Kruglak Gallery - Oceanside, CA
    Teeny Tiny Art Mart, Oceanside Musuem of Art - Oceanside, CA

    2022
    The Portraits, Blue Gate Gallery - Oceanside, CA

  • 2025
    Tidepools 2025 - Tidepools Publishing, August 2025

    2024
    Ether Zine First Edition - Ether Zine, July 2024
    Tidepools 2024 - Tidepools Publishing, August 2024

    2023
    Girls - Flurry Magazine, May 2023
    Tidepools 2023 - Tidepools Publishing - May 2023

  • 2024

    Home, Kruglak Gallery, Oceanside, CA
    Printmakers at Work - Blue Gate Gallery, Oceanside CA
    STRUCK , Blue Gate Gallery- Oceanside, CA

    2023
    Time’s Canvas: Past, Present, Future, Blue Gate Gallery - Oceanside, CA