Maíra C. Gamarra’s Curriculum Vitae

2025

Curator of the solo exhibition FORMENTERA through the Lens of Irina Zadek, CREARTE Gallery / Kunstverein CREARTE, Wolfsburg Schloss, Wolfsburg, Germany.

2024

Curator of the Fortresses Project, Sol para Mulheres collective, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil.

Curator of the group exhibition Everything That Has Been Is the Beginning of What Is to Come, QXAS Festival, Quixadá, CE, Brazil.

2023

Curator of the exhibition Non-Reactive, by Priscilla Buhr, Museu Murilo La Greca, Recife, PE, Brazil.

Curator of the central exhibition The Territory from Within, 4th San José International Photography Festival, San José, Uruguay.

2022

Curator of the exhibition Salt the Skin, Find What You Are Looking For, Mira Latina Residency, São Miguel dos Milagres, AL, Brazil (urban intervention).

2021

Co-curator of the exhibition Ajayu, The Art of Healing, by Wara Vargas, National Museum of Art, La Paz, Bolivia.

Co-curator of Weaving Networks Amid the Abyss, Latin American group exhibition, I FFALA, online.

2018

Curator of To Fly Beyond the Wing, Latin American group exhibition, FestFoto Bolivia, Brazil-Bolivia Cultural Center, La Paz, Bolivia.

2016

Curator of From Home to the Street, group exhibition, Casa da Rua, Recife, PE, Brazil.

Curator of Chromosome X, by the Chilean collective Las Niñas, Casa da Rua, Recife, PE, Brazil, within the scope of Mesa7.

2025

Curator of the International Projections of Maré Foto Festival, Natal, RN, Brazil.

2024

Curator of the Portfolio Review Exhibition of the 13th Tiradentes Photography Festival, Foto em Pauta, MG, Brazil.

Curator of the 2nd Women Light Festival, photobook category.

2023

Curator of the 4th San José International Photography Festival, San José, Uruguay.

2022

General director, coordinator, and curator of the Mira Latina Residency, São Miguel dos Milagres, AL, Brazil.

Curator and selector of the Portfolio Review Exhibition of the 11th Tiradentes Photography Festival, Foto em Pauta, MG, Brazil.

Selector of collectives for the 4th ECO, Collectives Meeting.

2021

Curator and programmer of I FFALA, Latin American Women Photographers Festival.

Curator and selector for the Book Space of the 7th Small Photography Meeting, Recife, PE, Brazil.

2020

Curator and programmer of the 10th Tiradentes Photography Festival, Foto em Pauta, MG, Brazil.

2011–2015

Curator of collective multimedia projections at Mesa7, Recife, PE, Brazil.

Curator and programmer of Confluence, Meeting of Gazes, Petrolina, PE, Brazil.

Curator of the special projection by the 7Fotografia collective at the 12th edition of Tocayo, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.

2026

Workshop Imaginaries in Dispute: Photography, Visual Narratives, and Countervisuality in the Global South, educational activity linked to the World Press Photo 2025 exhibition, CAIXA Cultural Salvador, BA, Brazil.

2025

Workshop Editing for Visual Narratives, World Press Photo program, Les Rencontres d’Arles, Arles, France.

Workshop Imaginaries in Dispute: Photography, Visual Narratives, and Countervisuality in the Global South, educational activity linked to the World Press Photo 2024 exhibition, CAIXA Cultural Recife, PE, Brazil.

Collective portfolio reviews and mediation of conversation circles, Photography Festivities 3, Campo Arte, Teresina, PI, Brazil.

2024–2025

Founder and teacher of FABRICO, an authorial educational program dedicated to the development of photographic projects, carried out within the scope of Mira Latina, online.

2023

Lecturer for the course Cultural Project Development, Postgraduate Program in Photography and Art, Senac/SP, Brazil.

2021–2024

Lecturer in the MBA in Visual Culture, Photography, and Latin American Art, Universidade Católica de Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brazil.

2020, 2021, 2023, 2024

Pedagogical coordinator of GIF, Images and Feminisms Study Group, including syllabus development, bibliographic curatorship, facilitation of meetings, and methodological organization.

2021

Photography workshop, Maré Foto Festival, Natal, RN, Brazil.

2025

Roundtable Reframing Narratives: The Rise of New Feminist Movements, Cómo ser Fotógrafa / ILUMINADAS, OFF Festival of Les Rencontres d’Arles, Arles, France.

Talk, Maré Foto Festival, Natal, RN, Brazil.

Moderation of conversation circles, Photography Festivities 3, Campo Arte, Teresina, PI, Brazil.

2022

Mediation of interviews with collectives and presentation at the Ideas Laboratory of the 4th ECO, Collectives Meeting, Mexico City, Mexico.

Participation in the panels Modes of Curating and Latin American Photography Networks, FotoFestival Solar, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil.

Talk Latin American Photography, the Construction of a Field, Cali Foto Fest, Colombia.

Talk on residencies and exchanges, 11th Tiradentes Photography Festival, Foto em Pauta, MG, Brazil.

2021

Talk and workshop, Maré Foto Festival, Natal, RN, Brazil.

Participation in a roundtable, FotoRio, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.

Participation in the forum Stefania Bril in the Plural, Instituto Moreira Salles, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.

Talk on photographic editing, MasterClass Festival, Bogotá, Colombia.

Participation in a panel on photobooks, Small Photography Meeting, Recife, PE, Brazil.

2020

Moderation of panels and interviews, Tiradentes Photography Festival, Foto em Pauta, MG, Brazil.

Participation in a panel on cultural production, Paranapiacaba Photography Festival, SP, Brazil.

Moderations at Ephemeral Festival, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil, and Women Light Festival, SP, Brazil.

2026

Ambassador, World Press Photo.

2024–2026

Nominator, Joop Swart Masterclass, World Press Photo Foundation.

2025

Regional juror for South America, World Press Photo Contest.

Juror, CatchLight Global Fellowship, CatchLight Foundation.

Moderator, Open Categories, POY Latam Contest.

Portfolio reviewer, Discoveries, PHotoESPAÑA, Madrid, Spain.

2023–present

Advisory Board member, POY Latam, Pictures of the Year Iberoamérica.

2023

Juror, 20th edition of Rumos Itaú Cultural.

Juror, New Photography program, MIS/SP, Brazil.

Juror, Portfolio Review Exhibition of the 12th Tiradentes Photography Festival, Foto em Pauta, MG, Brazil.

Juror and selector, International Open Call, San José Foto, Uruguay.

Juror and selector, Enfoque Conecta, Colombia.

Juror, special projections of FotoSururu.

Juror, Lovely Prize, Imaginária Festival, SP, Brazil.

2019–2025

Board and Administrative Council member of the Network of Cultural Producers of Photography in Brazil. She currently remains affiliated with the network as a member, without a board position.

2016–present

Founder, director, and curator of Mira Latina, an organization dedicated to research, education, exchange, mentorships, and the strengthening of networks around Latin American photography.

2019–2023

Invited content and platform coordinator of Redlafoto, Centro de Fotografía de Montevideo, Uruguay.

2024–2025

Founder of FABRICO, an authorial educational program developed within the scope of Mira Latina, with two online editions and a total workload of 80 hours.

2022

Director and general coordinator of the Mira Latina Residency, held in São Miguel dos Milagres, AL, Brazil, with developments including an urban intervention and a projection presented at the 10th Tiradentes Photography Festival, MG, Brazil.

2010–2019

Producer, editor, and co-author of 7Fotografia, working in cultural production, programming, exhibitions, workshops, portfolio reviews, projections, research, and debate in the field of photography.

2011–2015

Organizer and coordinator of Mesa7 Festival, Recife, PE, Brazil, with workshops, portfolio reviews, projections, and exhibitions.