Présentation de l'artiste

Karla Guerrero

Photographer and curator whose work explores the materiality of memory as a process of trace and transformation, articulated in visual and conceptual narratives shaped by the fusion of collage, archive, and instant film.

She holds a Master’s degree in Social Development in Artistic Culture from the University of Málaga (2019 - 2020) and has honed her photography skills through specialized programs including the Seminario de Producción Fotográfica at Centro de la Imagen (2022) and a Fine Art diploma from Fundación Pedro Meyer (2016). Since 2017, she has been actively involved in the international contemporary photography scene, contributing as a juror, editor, and portfolio reviewer.

Her work has been exhibited across Europe, the US, the UK, Mexico, and Uruguay. Notably, Karla has received numerous prestigious awards and recognitions, including the Young Creators Grant by the National Fund for Culture and the Arts (FONCA 2023 - 2024), the Sony World Photography Award (2018), being a two-time finalist at Photo Made grant by The Lucie Foundation (2018 and 2021), and consecutive honors in the IPA Awards (2019 and 2020), among others. As of 2020, she is an integral part of the photography directory of the Contemporary Image Platform (PICS) at Centro de la Imagen.

In her curatorial practice, she has curated both in-person and online exhibitions at venues such as the Centro Nacional de las Artes (CENART), The Curated Fridge, and Blurring the Lines. In 2019 she founded femgrafía an online gallery for women photographers in Latin America and Spain.

Instagram: @karlaguerrerophoto website: karlaguerrerophoto.com

Artist statement

My photographic practice investigates the materiality of memory, fleeting human experiences, and perceptual constructions of the environment. I employ photography as a medium to develop visual and conceptual narratives through the interplay of collage, archival material, and instant film.

I am interested in how our perceptions of time, space, and identity are formed, fragmented, and transformed. Memory, in this sense, can manifest in objects, spaces, traces, gestures, or landscapes, with photography functioning as both approach and record.

Through my creative process, I explore the complexities of perception and representation, integrating digital and analog formats to create compositions that encourage attentive, sensory, and contemplative engagement. I seek to generate subtle dialogues between diverse elements and aesthetics, inviting the viewer to slow down and inhabit the visual experience.

My work proposes a symbolic exploration of the image, encouraging viewers to reflect on their own act of looking, to engage with the everyday, and to encounter a poetics of transformation embedded in the photographic medium.