Monica Gisel is a multidisciplinary artist originally from Mexico City. Deeply influenced by her Zapotec heritage, her artwork reflects the mysticism and cultural richness of this Indigenous culture.
Her artistic contributions have earned her best of show and honorable mentions from the Phoenix Center for the Arts (2004), the West Valley Arts Council (2018), and Ground Floor Artists (2023). She also represented Arizona at the Second and Third Binational Artist Conferences in Mexico City (2021) and Tijuana, Baja California (2022).
In 2025, she received the Artist at Work grant from the City of Phoenix, and the Artist Opportunity Grant Award from the Arizona Commission for the Arts.
