Mariano Zuzunaga Biography

1953, Lima, Peru.

Since 1975 he has made his residence in Barcelona, Spain, where he works as an artist and photography teacher. In 1980 he gained wider recognition with a solo show at the Joan Miro Foundation.

Parts of his work can be found in the following museums and public collections:

Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York. - The Museum of Fine Arts-Houston (Allan Chasanoff Collection) - Ansel Adams Archives. (Center for Creative Photography-Tucson) - Aaron Siskind Archives.(Center for Creative Photography-Tucson) - Bibliotheque Nationale de Paris - FRAC Rhone-Alpes - France. - Fundacio Joan Miro - Barcelona. - Museo Arqueologico de Tarragona. - Museo de la Nacion - Lima, Peru. - Museo de Arte de Lima. - Fundacio Antoni Tapies - Barcelona. - Colleccio Theler - Basel. Switzerland. - Fons d'Art de la Generalitat de Catalunya.

Exhibitions (selection):

2000 - Museo Nacional de Arte de Catalunya, MNAC, Barcelona

1999 - Casa de America, PhotoEspaña, Madrid - El ojo Ajeno, Centro de Fotografia, Lima

1998 - Photomuseum, Zarautz, Basque Country

1997 - Museo de Arte de Lima, Peru - Catalan Photography, Montreal, Canada - "Le Corps Figure II", Fondation N. de la Photographie, Lyon - "Tarraco - Imatge i Objecte", Fundacio Joan Miro. Barcelona,

1987 - Latin American Photographers, No Name Gallery. Basel

1980 - Fundacio Joan Miro, Barcelona