About Valeria Arendar

Argentine-Mexican photographer (b.1994).

Photography studies at the Escuela Activa de Fotografía (2013-2015) and a major degree in Social Communication by the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (2014-2018). Specialized studies in Photographic Production (Centro de la Imagen, Mexico, 2019-2020).

Her work crosses the boundaries of fiction and collective memory. Through personal and autobiographical narratives she seeks to materialize the intangible. Her work is an exploration based on disruptive staging to expose the boundaries of hegemonic narratives.

In 2021 she was selected winner of the first edition of Intersection, a collaborative program between PhMuseum and Fonderia 20.9. She was a finalist in the Photographic Museum of Humanity 2020 Woman Photographers Grant, where she received an honourable mention in the New Generation Prize category. She was also a finalist in PoyLatam 2021, where she received an Honorable Mention in the Nuestra Mirada category. That same year, she was selected for Descubrimiento Photo España 2021, Judges Pick by Steve MacLedo for the OD Photo Prize 2021 and was a finalist in Bird in Flight 21 '.

Valeria Arendar's Projects on LensCulture