Biography 

Mariana Muñoz Gomez (Mexico) 

Mariana Muñoz Gomez is a Mexican artist, writer, and curator based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Mariana holds a bachelor’s degree in fine arts with honours from the University of Manitoba School of Art (2016) and a master of arts in cultural studies: curatorial practices from the University of Winnipeg (2020). Since 2013 they have been part of the founding members of the Sappho Zine Collective, dedicated to empowering the community through collaborative art projects and independent literature. In 2018 they initiated Carnation, a self-submission and self-published digital platform dedicated to sharing creative writing and artwork. Their work has been featured in several publications based in Canada and Mexico. They have been the recipient of numerous awards including Explore and Create: Concept Realization for Carnation from the Canada Council for the Arts (2022), a project grant for arts organizations and collectives for Window Winnipeg at the Artspace, and the 2018 Platform Photography Award from Winnipeg’s Platform Centre. Mariana is also the co-curator of Window Winnipeg, a 24-hour art space for site-responsive presentations of contemporary art (with Noor Bhangu and Jennifer Smith). 

Mariana Muñoz Gomez’s studio work uses different mediums including artist books, writing, video, photography, and installation to reflect on the body in the diaspora, displacement, and identity. They have showcased in the solo exhibitions a volar entre rocas (To Fly Between Stones), exhibited at the Exchange District Biz in Winnipeg, Manitoba (2022), and Blinkers Art and Project Space (2021). Mariana’s work has also been part of the collective exhibitions Proof 28 (2022) at Gallery 44 in Toronto, Gives-on-and-with: Decolonial Moves of the Transcultural, curated by Noor Bhangu (2021) at Or Gallery in Winnipeg, and Cause to Become (2021), curated by Christina Hanjjar at the School of Art, University of Manitoba.

Recorrer, to wander Suite of four screen prints. 30 x 22 in

2019

Suite of four screen prints, 30 x 22 in

Image courtesy of the artist. Photograph credit: Karen Asher. Courtesy of School of Art Gallery, University of Manitoba.

Solo exhibitions

Mariana Muñoz Gomez solo exhibition a volar entre rocas (To Fly Between Stones), Exchange District BIZ, Winnipeg, Manitoba, article by Francesca Carella Arfinengo, Peripheral Review, 2022 

Mariana Muñoz Gomez solo exhibition volar entre rocas (To Fly Between Stones), Blinkers Art and Space Project, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Alberta, 2021  

Mariana Muñoz Gomez press release solo exhibition Recorrer, To Wander, Platform Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Alberta, 2019

Collective exhibitions

Mariana Muñoz Gomez collective exhibition Proof 28, Gallery 44, Toronto, 2022 

Mariana Muñoz Gomez collective exhibition Gives-on-and-with: Decolonial Moves of the Transcultural, curated by Noor Bhangu, Or Gallery, Vancouver, 2021 

Mariana Muñoz Gomez collective exhibition Cause to Become, curated by Christina Hanjjar, the School of Art, University of Manitoba, Alberta, 2021  

Mariana Muñoz Gomez collective exhibition Cause to Become profile, curated by Christina Hanjjar, the School of Art, University of Manitoba, Alberta, 2021   

Mariana Muñoz Gomez review by Steven Leyden Cochrane, collective exhibition bed of rosesFlux Gallery, Winnipeg Free Press, 2017

Interviews

Mariana Muñoz Gomez interviews Anna Costa e Silva, Terremoto, 2022 

Mariana Muñoz Gomez interview by Laura Lodoe, Blackflash, 2021  

Mariana Muñoz Gomez interview by University of Winnipeg Curatorial Practices Graduate Program, 2020 

Mariana Muñoz Gomez interview by Luther Konadu, Public Parking, 2016

Presentations

Mariana Muñoz Gomez with KC Adams, and Graham Young, video Virtual Panel Discussion, School of Art Gallery, University of Manitoba, Alberta, 2022

Mariana Muñoz Gomez video online Portfolio Review, Sur Gallery, Toronto, 2021  

Mariana Muñoz Gomez video artist book launch and reading, Mapping Elsewhere, University of Manitoba, Alberta, 2021 

Published work by Mariana Muñoz Gomez 

Mariana Muñoz Gomez interviews Anna Costa e Silva, Terremoto Magazine, 2022  

Mariana Muñoz Gomez  review collective exhibition [shooger-koht-ed] / ZiizibaakwadAgoke / Ésíwinikátéki, curated by Janell Henry, Urban Shaman Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Alberta, Canadian Art, 2019 

Mariana Muñoz Gomez interviews Patrick Cruz, Will Alballe Art Projects, 2017

Published work about Mariana Muñoz Gomez

Mariana Muñoz Gomez review by Raven Spiratos, "Carnation vol 2 (Pleasure), ed Christina Hajjar, Luther Konadu, Mariana Muñoz Gomez," C Magazine, 2022

Press release

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List of Grants, Awards and Projects

Mariana Muñoz Gomez video profile Broken Pencil Zine Awards 2022, Broken Pencil Magazine, 2022 

Mariana Muñoz Gomez curator collective exhibition Transmissions, Winnipeg Art Gallery Qaumajuq, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Alberta, 2022 

Mariana Muñoz Gomez  curator collective exhibition Casting the Line, Mentoring Artists for Women’s Art, Manitoba, Alberta, 2021 

Mariana Muñoz Gomez and Anne Redhead co-curators, press release, collective exhibition Un/spoken online video screening, Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Alberta, 2020  

Mariana Muñoz Gomez and Anne Redhead co-curators, video discussion, collective exhibition Un/spoken online video screening, 2020

Mariana Muñoz Gomez and Candida Rifkind co-curators, collective exhibition booklet Architecture + Comics: Canadian Cartoonists and the City,  and Candida Rifkind, Winnipeg Architecture Foundation, Manitoba, Alberta, 2019 

Mariana Muñoz Gomez press release recipient of Platform Photography Award, Galleries West, 2018

Documents courtesy of the artist 

Mariana Muñoz Gomez's CV and Artist Statement documents are available upon request to archives@surgallery.ca



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