Marina García Burgos
Bio
Marina García Burgos studied at the KODAK Center in Lima (1994), at the International Center of Photography in New York (2011) and at Central Saint Martins of the University of the Arts in London in England (2003).
She has collaborated as a photographer with magazines and newspapers such as Vogue Latin America, Wallpaper and The Sunday Telegraph (United Kingdom), Die Weltwoche (Germany), Rolling Stone and Gatopardo (Colombia), El País and Traveler (Spain), Celeste (Mexico) and We are and Things (Peru).
She has participated in individual and group fairs and exhibitions in Lima (Solo Amor, 2006; Lima 130K, 2013; Paisajes Reversibles, 2014; Lima Photo and El Repaje de Marcapata, 2018; Discourses of the Heart and Social Fragments, 2020), Chicago (ArtChicago , 2009), Miami (ArteAmericas, 2010), New York (Lima 130K, 2013), Milan (Universal Expo. Museum of Cultures, 2015), Dubai (I love you Peru, 2016) and Paris (Visions du paysage, 2019) .
Statement
García Burgos explores ways of presenting photography, experimenting with media other than the traditional ones for printing. He brings photography from two to three dimensions Therefore, the works of García Burgos are defined in a visual and cultural memory, a testimony of the change of the urban landscape. He proposes a reflection on how to deal with history and memory, on how to look at and experience the city and landscapes, especially under the pressure and fast pace that we live in today in all the big cities of the world.
