Mariana Matthews

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 74–75)
Santiago, Chile
Alma materAmerican University
OccupationPhotographer, curator
Notable work
  • Adoremos
  • Ojo de Agua
AwardsAltazor Award (2000, 2003)

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 Regional Museum of Ancud, La Selva Fría at the Chiloé Museum of Modern Art, Retrospectiva (2002)[5] and Residencia en el Valle (2005) at the Santiago Museum of Visual Arts, 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
  • 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
  • Los fabulosos Valck (2005) together with Margarita Alvarado[12]

References
  1. "Mariana Matthews" (in Spanish). Chilean National Museum of Fine Arts. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  2. 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.
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