Artist Biography / Artist Statement:

Born in Quito. Anamaria is driven by an insatiable curiosity born from her early explorations of the Andes, the Amazon, and the Galapagos Islands. Her work has led her to travel across seven continents, capturing the essence of the cultures and natural worlds she encounters. As the environmental crisis has grown, Anamaria's exaltation of the natural world has increasingly become a cry for awareness and change.

“Time is running out. We are living an environmental crisis with unprecedented changes. I aim my photography to be a reminder of the responsibility we all have in working together as a whole, to protect vulnerable wildlife from extinction, restore threatened ecosystems, and preserve communities with their unique and diverse traditions as a cultural legacy.”

Anamaria has published five books: GALÁPAGOS Life & Evolution, AFRICA, BLOOM, ETHOS, and ESCONDRIJO DEL TORO.

List of previous exhibitions:

Anamaria Chediak’s work has been exhibited in Ecuador, the United States, France, the United Kingdom, Mexico, Spain, and Italy. Some of the most important exhibitions include:

Venice Art Biennial 2024 “PERSONAL STRUCTURES Beyond Boundaries”, Palazzo Mora, Venice, Italy (April 20 – Nov 24, 2023)
ZONAMACO 2024, Mexico Arte Contemporaneo, Feb 2024, Mexico D.F.
Venice Architecture Biennial 2023 “TIME, SPACE, EXISTENCE”, Palazzo Mora, Venice, Italy (May 20 – Nov 26, 2023)
“Photography in the Visual Culture”, Centro Internazionale di Fotografia, Palermo, Italia (2023)
Espace Vision'Art, Art Gallery, Paris, France (Oct 2023 – Oct 2024)
“7th Biennal of Fine Art & Documentary Photography and the 3rd Barcelona Foto Biennale”, FOTONOSTRUM Gallery, Barcelona (2022)
“Memories through the Liquid Desert Waves”, N24 Galería, Quito (2022)
“Shapes of Living/Living Earth”, Art Site Fest 2021 Closeness Prossimitá, Torino, Italy (2021–2022)
“Sony World Photography Awards Exhibition 2019”, Somerset House, London, UK (2019)
Caminos de Hierro, traveling exhibition through 13 cities in Spain (Sep 2018 – Jan 2020)
“GALAPAGOS Life & Evolution”, solo exhibition with Video Mapping, Quito, Ecuador (2018)
“Une vision graphique féminine”, À l’Espace Culturel Pablo Romero, Nimes, France (2014)
“Africa”, Centro Cultural Metropolitano, Quito (2010)
“Cuento Ecuatoriano”, Canal de Isabel II, Madrid, Spain (2003)
“Desnudando el Alma”, Museo de la Ciudad in Quito and Guayaquil (2000)
“Woman’s Eye”, FLACSO, Quito (1996)