Biography

Inspired by the most immediate experiences and activities of daily life, I create images from the relationship I establish with my living and working spaces to explore issues related to how we build identity with regard to others. My work addresses the dichotomy of you/me, exploring implications of place, individual and social identity. Although the methods and materials may vary from one project to the next they are linked together by subject matter. Each project consists of series of images, some in a range of different media, depending on the space I am examining. Maria Providencia was born in Barcelona, Spain. She received her BFA in printmaking as a major from the School of Fine Arts, Barcelona University, and obtained an MFA in Photography from Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY. She has participated in exhibitions in Barcelona, Madrid, New York, Chicago, Vermont and Munich. Awarded residencies include The MacDowell Colony, NH, Frans Masereel Centrum, Belgium, VCCA, Virginia, and Ebenbockhaus,Munich. She was awarded a New York Foundation for the Arts NYFA fellowship in photography. She lives and works in New York City.