Mariana Matthews

Mariana Matthews
Mariana Matthews
Born	1946 (age 78–79); Santiago, Chile
Alma mater	American University
Occupation(s)	Photographer, curator
Notable work	Adoremos; Ojo de Agua;
Awards	Altazor Award (2000, 2003)

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 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

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

^ ^a ^b ^c "Mariana Matthews" (in Spanish). Chilean National Museum of Fine Arts. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
^ ^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.
^ Grisar Martínez, Angela (10 March 2001). "Imágenes de Identidad" [Images of Identity]. El Mercurio (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 November 2018.
^ "Mariana Matthews" (in Spanish). Portal del Arte. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
^ Sommer, Waldemar (5 May 2002). "Memoria fotográfica" [Photographic Memory]. El Mercurio (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 November 2018.
^ "Memoria Fotográfica" [Photographic Memory]. El Mercurio (in Spanish). 1 March 2001. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
^ Ortiz de Rozas, Marilú (9 February 2010). "Collage: 100% libertad". El Mercurio (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 November 2018.
^ 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.
^ "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.
^ "Mariana Matthews" (in Spanish). Altazor Award. Archived from the original on 5 August 2009. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
^ "Mariana Matthews" (in Spanish). Altazor Award. Archived from the original on 31 July 2013. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
^ Somarriva Q., Marcelo (14 August 2005). "Los fabulosos Valck: Tres generaciones tras la cámara". El Mercurio (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 November 2018.

[MNBA-1] "Mariana Matthews" (in Spanish). Chilean National Museum of Fine Arts. Retrieved 28 November 2018.

[Erotismo-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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