Diana Guerra
Finalist
Diana Guerra (born 1989, Lima, Peru; lives New York, NY) has a BA in Sociology from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, Lima, and an MFA in Digital and Interdisciplinary Art Practice from the City College of New York, NY. Guerra’s early training in photography was at Parsons School of Design, New York, as part of the MFA Photography program. Her work has been exhibited at Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ; Bronx Kreate Hub, Clemente Cultural & Educational Center, Museum of the City of New York, Penumbra Foundation and Photoville, all New York, NY as well as Espacio Cavallero, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Der Greif, Berlin, Germany; and PH21 Gallery, Budapest, Hungary, among others. Guerra’s work has been featured in Nueva Luz, the photo book Imitation of Life (2017), Kris Graves Projects’ book series On Death (2019) and the monograph Fleeting Under Light (2024). Guerra received the Bronx Museum AIM Fellowship and SPCUNY Faculty Fellowship in 2024; and the En Foco Photography Fellowship in 2022. She has been an artist-in-residence at Hangar, Center of Artistic Research and Wassaic Project. Guerra is an adjunct professor at The City College of New York.
Statement from the Artist:
My work explores notions of homelands, memory and identity (re)construction as part of the immigrant experience. I am interested in determining whether immigrants’ identities and notions of home evolve in a linear or non-linear manner; and whether it is possible to speak about the death and rebirth of these notions as two steps in a process that can potentially interweave across time and space.