Melba Arellano

Melba Arellano has studies in Economics and Photography in México and England. She has participated in numerous exhibitions in Belgium, Brazil, France, Guatemala, Holland, Italy, México, Spain and USA

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Melba Arellano was born in Mexico City, México in 1977. She lives and works in Mexico City since 2008. She has studies in Economics and Photography at the University of Arts in London in England and at the Active School of Photography and the Image Center in Mexico.

Recipient of the Tierney Fellowship in 2012. Selected to participate in the festivals Knokke Heist, Photoquai, Paraty em Foco and Fotofest Brazil held in Belgium, France and Brazil.

Her first book Carretera Nacional (Los Sumergidos) was shortlisted in Paris Photo Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Award in 2021.

She has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions in Belgium, Brazil, Spain, France, Guatemala, the Netherlands, Italy, the United States, and Mexico. Her work has been published in American Photo Magazine, Aperture Magazine, Balam, Cuartoscuro, GUP, Vice México, Vice Spain, Vice UK and appears in several books.

Fellow of Sistema Nacional de Creadores de Arte FONCA, 2015-2018 and 2020-2023, works as a freelance photographer.

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