Marianna Dellekamp (Mexico, 1968) lives and works in Mexico City. She develops her work from different social phenomena, which are her source of inspiration.
She studied photography in Mexico and New York and has received several scholarships and awards. Among them, the prize at the X Biennale Monterrey FEMSA (2012); the scholarship of the “Sistema Nacional de Creadores”, FONCA, on two occasions (2009-2011, 2013-2015); the prize at the 3rd International Salon of Guadalajara, 1998; the scholarship “Jóvenes Creadores”, FONCA, also on two occasions (1998-99, 1995-96), and the 1996 National Young Artist Award of Aguascalientes.
Her work has been exhibited in Mexico and abroad. Some notable examples of her latest solo shows are: Earth library at Museo de Arte de Zapopan, Jalisco (2018); To collect / To think at Galería Patricia Conde Gallery in Mexico City, (2015), National Accord (Acuerdo Nacional) at Casa Rafael Galván of the Universidad Metropolitana in Mexico City, (2014), and Open Processes (Procesos abiertos) at Museo de Arte Moderno in Mexico City, (2013). She has also had solo shows at the Alonso Garcés Gallery, in Bogotá, Colombia; Instituto de México en Madrid, Spain; Centro de la Imagen in Mexico City; Galería Acceso A of the Museo Universitario de Ciencias y Artes (MUCA); Centro Multimedia (CNA); Galería Manuel Felguérez (Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana) in Mexico City and at Galería Emma Molina in the city of Monterrey. Her work also forms part of public and private collections in Mexico and the United States.
