Mariana Matthews Explained

Mariana Matthews
Birth Place:Santiago, Chile
Occupation:Photographer, curator
Awards:Altazor Award (2000, 2003)
Alma Mater:American University

Mariana Matthews (born 1946) is a Chilean photographer, curator, and visual artist whose technique is mainly based on the use of documentary photography, contemporary art, and experimental art.[1] [2]

Biography

Mariana Matthews graduated with a Bachelor of Arts at American University, and earned a postgraduate degree in Photography at Ohio University.[1] She is considered one of the forerunners of so-called patrimonial photography,[2] [3] while the use of mixed techniques predominates in her work, mainly based on black and white photography and the inclusion of color as appropriate within such images.[2] [4]

Exhibitions and distinctions

Matthews has participated in several solo and group exhibitions during her career, including the exhibitions Chiloé: El Bordemar (1991) and Reunión (1994) at the, La Selva Fría at the, Retrospectiva (2002)[5] and Residencia en el Valle (2005) at the, Adoremos (1998), Intervenciones, Cruces y Desvíos (1998), Relatos Breves (2003), Fotografía Contemporánea (2006) and Exposición Centenario (2010) at the Chilean National Museum of Fine Arts, Des-Ahogo (2000) at the Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art and the Santiago Museum of Contemporary Art, Fragmentos de una Memoria (2001) at the Chilean National History Museum,[6] among other exhibitions in Chile, Latin America, the United States, and Europe.[1] [2] [7] [8] [9]

In 2000 and 2003 she received the Altazor Award for National Arts in the Photography category for Adoremos and Ojo de Agua respectively.[10] [11]

Publications

As editor

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mariana Matthews . . Spanish . 28 November 2018.
  2. News: Mariana Matthews: Erotismo y silencio . Mariana Matthews: Eroticism and Silence . Cecilia . Valdés Urrutia . . Spanish . 28 April 2002 . 28 November 2018.
  3. News: Imágenes de Identidad . Images of Identity . Angela . Grisar Martínez . . Spanish . 10 March 2001 . 28 November 2018.
  4. Web site: Mariana Matthews . Portal del Arte . Spanish . 28 November 2018.
  5. News: Memoria fotográfica . Photographic Memory . Waldemar . Sommer . . Spanish . 5 May 2002 . 28 November 2018.
  6. News: Memoria Fotográfica . Photographic Memory . . Spanish . 1 March 2001 . 28 November 2018.
  7. News: Collage: 100% libertad . Marilú . Ortiz de Rozas . . Spanish . 9 February 2010 . 28 November 2018.
  8. News: Galería de personajes ilustres y otros no tanto . Gallery of Illustrious People and Others Not So Much . Marilú . Ortiz de Rozas . . Spanish . 7 July 2010 . 28 November 2018.
  9. News: Con cine, música y danza celebran encuentro cultural en Valdivia . Cultural Meeting Celebrated with Film, Music, and Dance in Valdivia . . Santiago . Spanish . 6 February 2009 . 28 November 2018.
  10. Web site: Mariana Matthews . . Spanish . https://web.archive.org/web/20090805032102/http://www.premioaltazor.cl/mariana-mathews-adoremos/ . 5 August 2009 . dead . 28 November 2018.
  11. Web site: Mariana Matthews . . Spanish . https://archive.today/20130731085121/http://www.premioaltazor.cl/mariana-matthews-ojo-de-agua/ . 31 July 2013 . dead . 28 November 2018 .
  12. News: Los fabulosos Valck: Tres generaciones tras la cámara . Marcelo . Somarriva Q. . . Spanish . 14 August 2005 . 28 November 2018.

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