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]

Mariana Matthews
Born1946 (age 77–78)
Santiago, Chile
Alma materAmerican University
Occupation(s)Photographer, curator
Notable work
  • Adoremos
  • Ojo de Agua
AwardsAltazor Award (2000, 2003)

Biography

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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

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Matthews has participated in several solo and group exhibitions during her career, including the exhibitions Chiloé: El Bordemar (1991) and Reunión (1994) at the Regional Museum of Ancud [es], La Selva Fría at the Chiloé Museum of Modern Art [es], Retrospectiva (2002)[5] and Residencia en el Valle (2005) at the Santiago Museum of Visual Arts [es], 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

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  • Los testigos y sus huellas: fotógrafos del Sur de Chile, Valck, Provoste, Sandoval (Valdivia: Corporación Municipal Cultural Valdivia, 2008)
  • Casas del Sur de Chile (Valdivia: El Kultrún, 2002)
  • Fragmentos de una memoria 1858–2000: fotografía en la Región de Los Lagos (Valdivia: El Kultrún, 2001)
  • Valdivia en madera y metal (Valdivia: El Kultrún, 1993)

As editor

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  • Los fabulosos Valck (2005) together with Margarita Alvarado[12]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Mariana Matthews" (in Spanish). Chilean National Museum of Fine Arts. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d Valdés Urrutia, Cecilia (28 April 2002). "Mariana Matthews: Erotismo y silencio" [Mariana Matthews: Eroticism and Silence]. El Mercurio (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  3. ^ Grisar Martínez, Angela (10 March 2001). "Imágenes de Identidad" [Images of Identity]. El Mercurio (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  4. ^ "Mariana Matthews" (in Spanish). Portal del Arte. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  5. ^ Sommer, Waldemar (5 May 2002). "Memoria fotográfica" [Photographic Memory]. El Mercurio (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  6. ^ "Memoria Fotográfica" [Photographic Memory]. El Mercurio (in Spanish). 1 March 2001. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  7. ^ Ortiz de Rozas, Marilú (9 February 2010). "Collage: 100% libertad". El Mercurio (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  8. ^ Ortiz de Rozas, Marilú (7 July 2010). "Galería de personajes ilustres y otros no tanto" [Gallery of Illustrious People and Others Not So Much]. El Mercurio (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  9. ^ "Con cine, música y danza celebran encuentro cultural en Valdivia" [Cultural Meeting Celebrated with Film, Music, and Dance in Valdivia]. El Mercurio (in Spanish). Santiago. 6 February 2009. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  10. ^ "Mariana Matthews" (in Spanish). Altazor Award. Archived from the original on 5 August 2009. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  11. ^ "Mariana Matthews" (in Spanish). Altazor Award. Archived from the original on 31 July 2013. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  12. ^ Somarriva Q., Marcelo (14 August 2005). "Los fabulosos Valck: Tres generaciones tras la cámara". El Mercurio (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 November 2018.