Mariela Sancari was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1976. She lives and works in Mexico City since 1997.
Her work revolves around identity and memory and the way both are mingled and affected by each other, time and space. She examines personal relations related to memory and the thin and elusive line dividing memories and fiction.
She has received numerous awards for her work: she was named one of the Discoveries of the Meeting Place of FotoFest 2014 Biennal. Winner of the VI Bienal Nacional de Artes Visuales Yucatan 2014 in Mexico and PHotoEspaña Descubrimientos Prize 2014 with her series Moisés, her work has been selected for the XVI Bienal de Fotografía from Centro de la Imagen and XI Bienal Monterrey FEMSA, both in Mexico aswell. Recently named one of PDN's 30: New and Emerging Photographers to Watch, she received an Honorable Mention in the Official Selection Artemergente National Monterrey Bienal 2012 with her series The two headed horse. She was also a finalist for the scholarship Roberto Villagraz 2012 and 2013 for the Master of Photography EFTI, Madrid, Spain, and winner of the 3rd. National Photography Competition La Membrana.
She was a finalist for the 2012 and 2013 APA Scholarship awarded by Lucie Foundation in Los Angeles, California. She received an Honorable Mention in the contest for Contemporary Photography in Mexico of the Mexican Foundation for Film and Arts of Coahuila and in the 32nd. Photography Contest Photographer's Forum.
Recipient of the Artist in Residency Program FONCA-CONACYT for a project in Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA in 2013.
In 2011 she has been selected to participate in Contemporary Photography Seminar at Centro de la Imagen in Mexico City.
She has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions in Mexico City, Madrid, Barcelona, Buenos Aires, Guatemala City, New York, Sao Paulo, Caracas, Fort Collins, Houston and Cork, Ireland.
She is planning her next solo show in Centro de las Artes de Alcobendas, Madrid, Spain in July 2015.
Her work is part of the Instituto de Cultura de Yucatán Collection and the Joaquim Paiva Collection in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
She is represented in Mexico by Patricia Conde Galeria.
