Valeria Arendar

Photographer

Bio

Argentinian-Mexican visual artist with an MFA in Art Studies. She explores fiction as a critical tool. Her work has shown internationally and earned Leica and WPP nominations.

Nationality

Mexican

Website Instagram
The dice was loaded from the start

The Dice Was Loaded From The Start

At the height of the Cold War, an invisible army kept Mexico’s surveillance machine running. Information moved through hotel desks, telephone lines, cars, homes and ordinary conversations, transforming everyday life into a field of suspicion.

Project by Valeria Arendar
Another Earth, the same

Another Earth, The Same

A project that imagines the migration of defeated guerrillas from one planet to another, exploring how fiction and image open other possibilities beyond historical truth.

Project by Valeria Arendar
Two Times Mary

Two Times Mary

Driven by her mother’s recollections and collective memories, the project portrays the distress of fearing for one’s life and safety.

Gallery Curated by PhMuseum
Two Times Mary

Two Times Mary

The starting point is July 21st of 1976, the night the armed forces broke into my maternal grandparents house in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Project by Valeria Arendar