Julianna Garcia
Graphic Designer based in Los Angeles, California, and recent graduate from Virginia Commonwealth University with a BFA in Graphic Design.
Chinese Knot Friendship Charms
2026
Traditional Chinese knotting combined with friendship bracelet beads, personalized with each person’s name and an acrylic pendant hand-stamped with “Stella’s 4Ever.” A goodbye gift I made for my coworkers as a symbol of good luck, prosperity, and friendship.
Collected Memories
2026
A paired installation centered around family archives, memory, and grief.
The book is a family archive of photographs that were taken on my moms old film camera. Documenting my family’s life from California to Virginia. Preserving forgotten memories that sat untouched on a hard drive. Going through this collection, I noticed some common themes but also a pattern in how my family has dealt with grief. Hiding it and moving on, leaving their absences unspoken.
This project became a way for me to stop that generational pattern and honor the people and memories still living within these photographs. Treating grief as something that doesn’t have to stay hidden.
Paired with my risograph animation, Old Home Videos, a collection of videos recorded by my mom and sister while growing up in Richmond, Virginia.
Book scans coming soon...
Old Home Videos
Toy Ad Flyer Workshop
2026
I led a toy ad flyer workshop for sophomore and junior graphic design students, teaching risograph operation, printing techniques, and use of the Spectrolite program. The collection includes work by myself and fellow students.
Life Inside Life
2025
An envelope containing risograph-printed childhood photos, toy imagery, and my responses to questions about possessions, memory, and nostalgia. Inspired by a quote from On Longing by Susan Stewart.
Materialistic Comfort
2025
An 8.5x11 zine and poster set using found and taken images alongside words related to my work and interests. A tab system organizes the information, connecting the index and guide as a set.
My Italy Collection
2025
An 11x17 poster featuring objects from my Italy Collection, created during a month abroad in Italy. Documenting items that made me reflect on personal attachment to objects.
The Great Divorce: From a Nonbeliever
2025
Risograph-printed zine re-editing The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis, exploring personal religious views through self-reflection and satire. Paired with a video taken at The Cathedral of the Sacred Heart.