Caro Garofalo (she/they) is an artist, model, actor, butoh dancer and former art therapist who draws upon her Japanese, Chinese and Italian-American cultural identities and family histories in her work. Caro is from New York and currently resides in so-called “Vancouver.” She previously had an art therapy business, with her area of focus being in mental healthcare within the Asian Diaspora. Her work draws upon themes of cultural belonging and its struggles, family archives, gender identity, diaspora, and the grief that connects these phenomenons. Fashion, styling, and collaboration with other artists is a large component of her work, as her lived experience has shown her that most beautiful things require other humans, whether as audience or co-creators.
