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Venezuelan medical doctor and photographer. She has studied photography at Roberto Mata Taller de Fotografía, the Nelson Garrido Organization, at the CIEF (Center of Photographic Studies), in Caracas, Venezuela, at the International Center of Photography in New York City, at La Luz Workshops and at La Máquina Escuela de Fotografía based in Madrid, Spain. Her research-focused work deals with narratives documenting the collective. She has worked on different series that address both the landscape and the human figure, through the construction of images of nature, towns and their inhabitants, representing their identities and affections.

In 2016, she was awarded First Prize, category: Series, in the II National Photography Awards organized by the European Union Delegation in Venezuela (Woman, Man: Gender Equality). In 2017, she won the Second Prize, category: Series, in the III National Photography Awards organized by the European Union Delegation in Venezuela (Social Inclusion). In 2020, her series This is the esplanade we stroll was selected for the Artist/Mother Podcast Juried Group Exhibition: You are not wonderful just because you are a mother. In 2022, she won First Prize, in the category: Documental Portrait in The Woman I will become award organized by Alternos and Photouno. Photolucida Critical Mass 2022 Finalist. 

Her photographic series Las Cuidadoras de Caracas (Caracas Caregivers), which shows insight into the lives of individuals who care for people with disabilities, now belongs to the private collection of the Urban Photography Archive Institution, a foundation dedicated to the preservation, registration, research and diffusion of the Venezuelan visual memory. In her work, she looks to show how caregivers are often invisible in our society and lack the recognition they deserve. A selection of this series is part of the exhibition “Towards a History of the Gaze: The Portrait in the Urban Photography Archive Collection”.

Cofounder of DuplaOnce, a collaborative pinhole photography project committed to the investigation and visual memory of the city of Caracas.

Mariana currently lives and works in Caracas, Venezuela.

@marianamendozam
@duplaonce
www.duplaonce.com

Solo Exhibitions

Las cuidadoras de Caracas (Caracas Caregivers), II European Union National Photography Awards. First Prize, category: Series. Roberto Mata Taller de Fotografía, sala de exposiciones (Caracas, Venezuela) 2016

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Group Exhibitions

Estudios Independientes, Vienal 2024. Biblioteca de Santiago, (Santiago de Chile, Chile) 2024

Una=Todas, Artistas Contemporáneas Venezolanas. Duplaonce, Proyecto Colaborativo, Caracas: Verdad y Ficción. Galería de Arte Nacional.(Caracas, Venezuela) 2023

In this house I don’t see the sky, group exhibition The Woman I will Become. Blue Gallery, New York, NY 2022

En esta casa no miro el cielo (In this house I don’t see the sky), group exhibition La mujer en la que me convertiré (The Woman I will Become). La Caja, Centro Cultural Chacao (Caracas, Venezuela) 2022

This is the esplanade we stroll, Artist/Mother Podcast Juried Group Exhibition: You are not wonderful just because you are a mother (virtual) 2020

Inside, the core of the essence, group exhibition Tiempos de Espera, iluminaciones contra la marea. GBG Arts (Caracas, Venezuela) 2020

Las cuidadoras de Caracas (Caracas Caregivers), group exhibition Towards a History of the Gaze: The portrait in the Urban Photography Archive Collection. Sala Mendoza, Universidad Metropolitana (Caracas, Venezuela) 2019

One out of three, III European Union National Photography Awards. Group exhibition Social Inclusion. Roberto Mata Taller de Fotografía, Hacienda La Trinidad Parque Cultural (Caracas, Venezuela) 2017

Circumstances, group exhibition Hatillo 0,1mm. Roberto Mata Taller de Fotografía, Hacienda La Trinidad Parque Cultural (Caracas, Venezuela) 2017

One out of three, III European Union National Photography Awards. Group exhibition Social Inclusion. Trasnocho Cultural, Patio de Los Espejos (Caracas, Venezuela) 2017

 Las cuidadoras de Caracas (Caracas Caregivers). II European Union National Photography Awards. Group exhibition Woman, Man: Gender Equality. Trasnocho Cultural, Patio de Los Espejos (Caracas, Venezuela) 2016