Angélica Arbulú

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I focus on people and on documenting everyday rituals that often go unnoticed. My choice of subjects is strongly influenced by my female experience and a conscious approach to everyday life.

Angélica’s work reflects on the formation and loss of identity through everyday rituals that often go unnoticed. Her choice of subjects is heavily influenced by her experiences as a woman and a perennial migrant. She uses mixed media to build on the underlying themes of the photograph. She is inspired by traditional and indigenous cultures’ to speak about modern themes, and the Latin-American tradition of using traditional women’s crafts to advocate for gender equality. Through the different mediums she is also representing her relationship to the subjects and her desire to accompany or protect them in addition to telling their stories.

A Spaniard, born in Mexico daughter of Peruvians, Angélica has lived on four continents and considers herself a cultural mix.

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Angélica Arbulú

Her work reflects on the formation and loss of identity through daily rituals that often go unnoticed. Her choice of subjects is strongly influenced by her experiences as a woman, mother, and feminist nomad. The result is landscapes that invite us to reflect and portraits that invite us to spend time in the other persons shoes.

Trained as a psychologist, Angélica has worked as an advisor on gender issues in humanitarian contexts for the last 20 years for the United Nations, NGOs and governments.

She began studying photography in 1990 at the Center for Visual Arts (CEV) in Madrid. She has conducted workshops with Chien-Chi Chang (Magnum), Ron Haviv (VII), Allison Morley (ICP) and Tito Herrera (STUDIO on Getty Images). She was fortunate to be mentored by the late Tim Hetherington (Magnum). Angelica holds an MA from PHotoEspaña.

She held her first individual exhibition in 1993 and has participated in different exhibitions and festivals in Europe, Latin America, Asia and the United States, including the International Center of Photography (NY), Estampa (Spain), the Photographers Gallery (London) and at the Metropolitan Pavillion Affordable Art Fair in NY. She has received honorable mentions and awards such as the Tokyo International Photogaphy Awards (TIFA 2023 Japan) and the Black and White Spider Awards (USA 2022). Her works are part of private collections and cultural centers such as the ICP (NY), the French Alliance of Panama and Quito. Angelica recently exhibited at the Centro de Arte de Alcobendas as part of the PHotoEspaña Festival.

Angélica currently resides in Brooklyn, New York where she has been selected to undertake further training with Alex and Rebecca Webb (Magnum) in September.

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