Photo by Denise Van Gerven
Mariana Vidal-Escabi (b. 1977, San Juan, Puerto Rico) is an artist, designer, and educator from New York City, originally from Colombia and Puerto Rico, specializing in non-traditional printmaking. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally at institutions such as the Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Printed Matter's New York Art Book Fair at MoMA PS1, De Bouwput Gallery, and the Hunterdon Art Museum. She was a finalist for the NEW VOICES 2026: DESIGN exhibition and cohort at Print Center New York.
Her work is part of the MoMA and SFMoMA Library collections.
Mariana holds an MFA with honors from Academy of Art University, with a double major in fashion design and textile print design. Before entering academia full-time in 2018, Vidal Escabi worked in the fashion industry for over thirteen years. She currently serves as an Assistant Professor of Fashion Design and was previously the Associate Director of the BFA Fashion Design program at Parsons School of Design.
Lives and works in New York City.