Hello and thank you for visiting my website.

My name is Issy and I am a visual artist from Manila, Philippines based in New Haven, Connecticut. I am a junior in college double majoring in Graphic Design and Economics. My current work is sometimes illustrative and sometimes exact, using art as a means to connect, collaborate, communicate and reflect. I enjoy exploring what feels magical and I love to experiment with new mediums. I feel rooted in type design for the time being. 

I illustrate, serve, and sometimes cook for  Y Pop-Up, my university’s fine-dining culinary club. I also coordinate workshops and speaker events with designers from all over the tri-state area for Design at Yale. In my free time, I browse book stores (1, 2, 3), practice Shavasana, and watch movies at the North Haven Cinemark.

Yale School of Art, Thresholds: Fall 2024 Undergraduate Show, October 16 – November 4, 2024
Yale College Arts, Yeju Choi’s “Introduction to Graphic Design” Retrospective, August 2024 - 2025
Yale Visual Artists Spring Exhibition, Echoes, April-May 2024
Creative and Performing Arts Exhibit with Martin Vakoç, Art of Spring, Ezra Stiles Art Gallery, May 2024
Creative and Performing Arts Solo Exhibit, Summer to Fall, Ezra Stiles Art Gallery December 2023

I would love to work with you. Please reach out: issy.po@yale.edu @issymakesart.

© January 2025Therese Maia