Mafe García
Bio
She graduated with a degree in Communication Sciences from the University of Lima, after which he went on to study photography at the Grisart School in Barcelona.
To date, he has held over 10 solo exhibitions and participated in notable group shows in Peru, Mexico, the USA, France and Colombia. He has also exhibited at specialist photography fairs in Lima, Buenos Aires, Basel, Berlin and London.
His work has recently been recognised by institutions such as the Center for Fine Art Photography in Colorado, USA, and the Repsol Prize in Lima, Peru. She won the Acquisition Prize at the Proyecto S.A. competition organised by the Museum of Contemporary Art in Bogotá, Colombia, and first place in the portrait category of the Grand Prix de la Découverte in Paris, France. Her work is held in several private collections, and she has received numerous awards throughout her photographic career.
Alongside developing her own work, she spent over 10 years teaching photography.
In addition to her photographic work, she has also ventured into creating installations and multimedia projects, using different media to expand her artistic expression.
Statement
In abstract photography, the creative process becomes a poetic gesture that transcends literal representation in order to explore the invisible and the implied. Rather than documenting, images seek to evoke and invite interpretation. Capturing an image becomes a dance between reality and imagination, between what is visible and what is sensed. It is a pause that reminds us of the details we fail to see in reflections, shadows and lines that do not tell a story, but immerse us in a state of pure contemplation. MUSEO is an exercise in resistance. In the post-photography era and turbulent times in which we live, stopping and pausing is an act of resistance; a refusal to move forward without reflection. It is a way to slow down and look again at our surroundings, ourselves and our artistic practice. Captured in various high-traffic museum spaces, the images are the result of waiting, patience and observation to find silence, order and harmony. Pure in their photographic essence, they are intended to provide a moment of rest and reflection.
