| Valeria Zalaquett | |
| Birth Name: | Valeria Francisca Zalaquett Fuentealba |
| Birth Date: | 27 November 1971 |
| Birth Place: | Santiago, Chile |
| Occupation: | Photographer |
| Awards: | Award (1997) |
| Alma Mater: | Pompeu Fabra University |
Valeria Francisca Zalaquett Fuentealba (born 27 November 1971) is a Chilean photographer and portraitist who has worked mainly in contemporary and digital art.[1] [2] [3]
Valeria Zalaquett has a degree in philosophy from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, an institution where she also took courses in photography and filmmaking. In addition, she complemented her training with a master's degree in Digital Arts at the Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona.[1]
In her work, a fusion between photography and visual arts can be seen through photomontage[4] and the use of black and white photography "through compositions that interlace different strata of shapes and textures, picking up the new technological resources to translate a language of their own."[1] According to art critic Waldemar Sommer, Zalaquett "uses photography as painting."[5] In particular, it has been observed that her signature "has been the mixture of images, reaching a point where these seem more like paintings. Her photos intervene digitally, as if they were layers of paintings."[3]
Zalaquett has participated in group exhibitions at the ArteBA in Buenos Aires (2008),[6] Digital Media Festival in Toronto (2011), in Water at the Amsterdam Photography Biennale (2004), Paisaje, Figura Humana, Bodegón: Una revisión a la Fotografía Chilena Contemporánea at the Chilean National Museum of Fine Arts (2006), and Video "8 tries, Parrilla at the Centro Cultural Matucana 100 (2005).[1] [7]
In 1997 she received the Award for her work in lighting design for Sexo, Drogas y Rock & Roll.[1]