CV
Education
2018 University of the Arts London, LCF, MA Fashion Photography
2015 Universidad de Palermo, Buenos Aires, BA Audiovisual Communication
Awards & Honours
2022 Getxophoto Open Call, winner
2021 PHmuseum Photography Grant New Generation Prize, winner
2021 Bird in Flight Prize ‘21, shortlisted artist
2021 Lucie Scholarship Program: Photo Made, honourable mention
2021 PHmuseum Women Photographers Grant, shortlisted artist
2021 OD Photo Prize, shortlisted artist
2021 Firecracker Grant, highly commended artist
2021 Andy Rochelli Grant, Cesura, shortlisted artist
2020 FOLIO International Photobook Masterclass, PHmuseum & Witty Books, scholarship 2020 Michael Reichmann Project Grant, Photolucida, winner
Selected Interviews & Features
2021 Vist Projects, ‘Sigue muy viva esa opresión’, Julia Muriel Dominzain 2021 Vist Projects, live interview with Luciana Demichelis
2021 Paper Journal, Marisol Mendez: MADRE, online
2021 ClickMagazine, Marisol Mendez: MADRE, Issue 79
2021 PHmuseum, ‘The Fiery Fortitude of Bolivian Women’, Lucia De Stefani
2021 Velvet Eyes Magazine, MADRE, online interview, Illias Lois
2021 BJP, ‘Introducing 1854’s FastTrack winners: Otto Masters, Marisol Mendez and Irina Shkoda’, Joanna Cresswell
2021 BJP, ‘Mendez & Kaplan’s exploration of the Colombian water crisis’, Alice Finney
2020 BJP, ‘Portraits of Bolivian women celebrate resilience in the face of ongoing patriarchal stigmas’, Izabela Radwanska Zhang
2020 Loupe Magazine, MADRE, online interview, Leia Morrison
2020 The Photographic Journal, Sinécdoque, online
2020 PHROOM, Marisol Mendez: MADRE, online
2020 PHmuseum, ‘The Influence of Race and Religion on the Representation of Bolivian Women’, Verónica Sanchis
2020 Der Greif, Guestroom online, Holly Hay, Olivia Hazeldine & Sophie Gladstone
2019 Shutter Hub, Close Up: Marisol Mendez - MADRE, online
Publications (print)
2022 2021 Women Photograph Annual
2021 The British Journal of Photography, cover of ‘Then & Now’, February Issue
2021 FotoFilmic, cover of JRNL 7, Winter Issue
2021 Inside, PHmuseum 2nd Photobook on Mobile Photography, published by PHmuseum 2020 GUP Magazine, Issue 67 ‘Performance’
2020 Balam, Issue 06 ‘Mestizx’
2019 Mulieris, Issue 00 ‘Shapes’
2018 The Portrait of Britain Book, published by Hoxton Mini Press
Exhibitions
2022 BJP Portrait of Humanity 2022, PHOTO 2022 ‘Being Human’, Melbourne, Australia 2022 Open Doors Gallery: Ones to Watch, 2022 (online exhibition), Artsy
2022 undisclosed resource: Horror Show, (online exhibition) by Efrem Zelony-Mindell 2022 BJP & Wateraid: Look Climate Lab 2022, Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool, UK
2022 PHROOM, On Possibilities of Frictions, A4 Sounds, Dublin, Ireland
2022 Bird in Flight Prize ‘21, Klaipėda Culture Communication Center, Klaipėda, Lithuania 2021 OD Photo Prize, Open Doors Gallery (online exhibition)
2021 PHmuseum Days, Binario Centrale, DumBO, Bologna, Italy
2021 Verzasca Foto Festival, Castello Marcacci, Brione (Verzasca), Switzerland
2021 Format Festival, Control, Derby, UK
2021 BJP IPA Awards, Seen Fifteen Gallery, London, UK
2021 Sinécdoque, Kiosko Galería (online exhibition)
2021 Humble Arts Foundation, La Frontera: A New Latinx Lexicon (online exhibition)
2020 Feria INFO de Buenos Aires (online exhibition)
2020 Fotofestival Schiedam, The Netherlands
2020 Mujeres Siglo XXI, Sótano Arte, Cochabamba, Bolivia
2020 Terra Incognita: Nueva Fotografía Boliviana, Kiosko Galería, Santa Cruz, Bolivia 2019 Now, for the Future, Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool, UK
2019 Time to Think, Festival Pil’Ours, Saint Gilles Croix de Vie, France
2018 The Anti Art Fair, Creative Debuts, Unit 8, London, UK