María Daniela Quirós Arapé (1983)
I was born and raised in Maracaibo, Venezuela. In 2007 I got an BA in graphic design. Few months after, fleeing an authoritarian regime, I left for Europe to look for new opportunities. Once there I earned an MA in art direction in Paris, studied photography on scholarship in Barcelona and
co-founded an event photography business. In 2015 I moved to the Bay Area and started my journey with florals. Since then I have been working with floral studios in California and Texas.
Because of my history and nomadic life,
my work centers on identity and a strong need for belonging.
Contact: info@mariadanielaquiros.com
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CV
SCHOLARSHIPS / INTERNSHIPS.
2015 Studio Intern at Jim Goldberg Studio.
2010 Scholarship in Fine Art Photography at IDEP / Barcelona, Spain.
EDUCATION.
2013-2014 Slightly Less Than Perfect Isn’t Good Enough. PHEED.EU / Barcelona, Spain.
2010-2012 Fine Art Photography. IDEP / Barcelona, Spain.
2009-2010 Photography.IDEP / Barcelona, Spain.
2007-2008 Master’s Degree: Concepteur en Communication Visuelle. ECV / Paris, France.
2002-2007 Bachelor’s Degree: Graphic Design. Universidad del Zulia / Maracaibo, Venezuela.
GROUP SHOWS.
2015 HEAT SF Camerawork Annual Juried Exhibition (Jul-Aug 2015) SF CAMERAWORK / San Francisco, US.
2014 Others’ Still Lifes Photozine currently traveling with ZINES OF THE ZONE / Europe.
2014 Others’ Still Lifes Photozine in DOCField Dummy Awards Exhibition (Jul-Sep 2014) THE FOLIO CLUB / BCN, Spain.
2014 Au Naturel Photobook in All-Selfpublishing Exhibition (May-Jun 2013) THE PRIVATE SPACE / Barcelona, Spain.
AWARDS.
2015 HEAT SF Camerawork Annual Juried Exhibition in collaboration with LensCulture / San Francisco, US.
2014 Others’ Still Lifes Photozine selected as finalist project at DOCField Dummy Awards / Barcelona, Spain.
2013 Au Naturel Photobook selected project at All-Selfpublishing / Barcelona, Spain.
ONLINE PUBLICATIONS / INTERVIEWS.
2016 Maria Daniela Quirós: Nostalgia, Humor and the Everyday in The Postcard Collective.2014 Others’ Still Lifes Photozine listed in The Independent Photobook.
2014 Others’ Still Lifes Photozine featured at Tener Cultura.
2013 South Florida published in Napoli Monitor.
2013 Au Naturel featured at Oh! Parasite.
2013 Featured at Zzzzoom.
2013 Postcard: Summer 2013 exchange featured at The Postcard Collective.
2013 Postcards: Spring 2013 + Spring 2012 exchange featured at Tener Cultura.
COMMISSIONED WORK / COLLABORATIONS.
2012-2016 Flytographer– www.flytographer.com / Barcelona, Spain – San Francisco, US.2011-2015 Comitè Fotogràfic– www.comitefotografic.com / Barcelona, Spain.
2013-2015CayenaBlanca –www.cayenablanca.com/ Madrid and Barcelona, Spain.
2013 AER Studio & The Clorofilas ‘The Hanging Gaerden’ – www.theclorofilas.net / Barcelona, Spain.
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