Mariana Ponce De Leon

I was born in Montevideo, Uruguay, in 1979. I lived there until 2013, when I moved to Rio de Janeiro. After a couple of years living in Brazil and Cuba I returned to Uruguay.
At the present I live in La Pedrera, a small town located in the east coast of the country.
Here I have settled down my atelier and work sorrounded by trees and ocean.
The subject matter of my actual work has to do with the human being and its relationship with the space he lives in.
In my work I use and mix different techniques such as photography, painting and digital work, in order to explore a discover the results of this fusion.
My inspiration comes from the urban life, from contemporary society scenes, which I photograph and process afterwards. Some of the subjetcs I work are related to the concepts of crowd, urban agglomeration and isolation.
I feel stimulated by colours and use them as way of capture the attention of the audience at once.

I started my professional education in the Social Communication area. I had my degree at the Universidad de la República (2003) and work several years in visual communications issues. By that time I start studying Fine Arts, at the National Fine Art School (Universidad de la República). Since then, I have been dedicated to my own free creation.

2018 / Lúdico, collective exhibition, Club La Pedrera, Rocha, Uruguay
2017 / Sin Censuras, collective exhibition, Nacasa, Florianópolis, Brazil
2017 / Introspección, individual exhibition, Club Social La Pedrera, Rocha, Uruguay
2015 / Comunidade, collective exhibition, Galería Camayoc Huasi, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2013 / Humano-Animal, individual exhibition, Casa da Cultura, Lavalleja, Uruguay
2013 / Transferencias, individual exhibition, Museo Del Azulejo, Montevideo, Uruguay
2012 / Proyecto Antártida, collective exhibition, Museo de las Migraciones, Montevideo, Uruguay. Project integrated to the Bienal of Montevidéu, El gran Sur.
2011/ Cuatro Mujeres, collective exhibition, Espacio Kalima, Montevideo, Uruguay
2010 / Transindividual, collective exhibition,, Espacio de Arte Contemporáneo, Montevideo, Uruguay
2009 / Taller Musso, collective exhibition, Ministerio de Turismo, Montevideo, Uruguay