Michelle Bardino Vela (b. 1995) is a Peruvian-American interdisciplinary artist and photographer. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts with a focus in photography and sculpture from Florida International University in Miami, FL. Her work explores themes about the cycles within the natural world and the changes that occur in memories over time. She explores these concepts through materials such as fibers, clay, photographic processes, and papermaking.
Her work has been exhibited in the United States and internationally, including the Soho Photo Gallery in NYC, the Maryland Federation for the Arts, and Mellipiani Exhibition Space in Rome. She was an artist in residence at the Sitka Center for Art and Ecology in Otis, OR during the spring of 2022.