About & Contact

Contact:  marina.velez@open.net 

Studio: Wysing Arts Centre, Fox Road, Cambridge, CB23 2TX

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Marina Velez's works are concerned with multiculturalism, family bonds and the photographic image. At a fundamental level, her work tries to explore the relationship between truth, identity and the perception and reception of photography.

Velez is interested in the fact that there is a lack of gesture in the very nature of the photographic image. Her works, printed on paper, projected onto screens or displayed on plasma/LCD screens, hope to investigate how this affects how people engage with them.

Education

Currently studying Master in Fine Art at Cambridge School of Art

Fine Art, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge (First Class Honours)
Contemporary Asian Art, Sotheby's, London
Higher Education, Cambridge University, Cambridge
Espanol LE, Universidad Antonio Nebrija, Madrid
CELTA, British Language Training Centre, Amsterdam
Private Art student of painter Jorge Torres, Cordoba

Exhibitions

Chance Encounters, The Parlour Gallery, London

Linen, OUTSIDE:11, Colchester

Niche, 90-92 Regent Street, Cambridge

Wallpaper, Ruskin Gallery, Cambridge

Normal, Artspicture House, Cambridge

Changing Spaces, Moving Image Project, Cambridge
Changing Spaces, Zavvi, Cambridge
Clare Hall, Cambridge
Gems, Trumpington Park and Ride, Cambridge
Instituto Cervantes, Utrecht
Bij Den Dom, Art and Design Gallery, Utrecht
Pau D'arara, Art Gallery, Sitges
Leiden Art Gallery, Leiden
Romancero Gitano, I. Cervantes, Utrecht
Philips Reaserch Lab, Eindhoven
El Escorial, Exposicion Colectiva, El Escorial
Puerta de Toledo, Madrid

Prizes and Awards

Supanee Gazeley Prize, 2010

MAMSIE Digital Media Competition, 2010

Collection

Clare Hall Permanent Collection, Cambridge University