Born in 1985, lives and works in Paris.

Artist and curator, Mariana Kostandini practices minimalist, sensitive photography. Born in Albania in 1985, she studied art history at L’École du Louvre and Panthéon-Sorbonne University, where she specialized in social documentary photography. Individual and collective memories are at the heart of her work, which has shown in France and Albania. Her book 13e Ciel (2023) explores the metamorphoses of the city as a shared experience and space. Her recent project, The Ones We Lost (2024), draws on family archive images to explore the concepts of trace and fiction. She cofounded the art association Projektor with the aim of promoting young artists.

As a curator, her projects include From Their Hands for the Museum On/Off exhibit at the Centre Pompidou (2016, curated by Alicia Knock), and she contributed to the European project Archive of Voices for dissident artist Maks Velo. Mariana Kostandini is a member of the women artists’ Saloon Network.

www.marianakostandini.fr
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