Idalia Vasquez-Achury is a Colombian-born, Philadelphia-based lens-based media artist. Delving into performance, installation, and photography, her practice explores the state of permanent transition or perpetual becoming, as well as the ambiguity and fluidity inherent in contemporary diasporic experiences. Her multidisciplinary work encompasses photography, artist books, and large-scale photographic installations. Currently, Idalia teaches photography at the Tyler School of Art and Architecture at Temple University and at Arcadia University, and she has previously taught at the Pennsylvania College of Art and Design in Lancaster, PA.

In 2023, Vasquez-Achury was the winner of the 97th Annual at The Print Center, Philadelphia, where she was awarded a solo exhibition. That same year, she received the Blake Bradford Fitler Club Artist in Residence Award. Her work has been featured in solo and group exhibitions at The Print Center, Fleisher Art Memorial, and Woodmere Art Museum in Philadelphia, PA; Scarab Club Gallery, Detroit, MI; 555 Gallery, Dearborn, MI; Photo Place Gallery, Middlebury, VT; and Casa Sin Fin, Bogotá, Colombia. Her works are part of the collections of The Forman Initiative and the Charles Library at Temple University, and have also been featured in Lenscratch and Don’t Take Pictures, among other publications.

Idalia earned an MFA in Photography from the Tyler School of Art and Architecture, Temple University, and a BA from the College for Creative Studies in Detroit, Michigan, after transitioning from a career in graphic design.