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Oweena Camille Fogarty

Oweena Camille Fogarty began her formal studies in political science, but after exposure to the work of photographers Joan Fontcuberta and Louis Poirot in Europe, she turned her focus to photography. A circuitous path led her from street photography in her home state of California to an apprenticeship with photographer Don Manuel Alvarez Bravo in Mexico. This experience further molded her focus, now on the connections between art and spirituality.

"[The work from this period] is magic realism, taken from religious references in Mexico from 1980- 1996. In 1992, after working for almost 10 years with artistic groups in Mexico, I decided I needed to understand more about primary cultures, and both Mexico and Cuba preserve cultures of great traditions. I disappeared from the artistic scene from 1996-2002."

Fogarty continues to work creatively across multiple mediums, and has been a member of Mexico’s System for National Creators (FONCA) for 15 years.