Hello, I’m Mariana but everyone calls me Maris.
I have been a creative spirit since I was 9 years old. After I got my first camera and my first computer, I started to dwell in photography and graphic design. I moved from Brazil 9 years ago, studied photography (and took a lot of graphic design classes) at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, and now I am back in Nashville. My passion for portraiture always walked side by side with my fine art work. I like to include conceptual ideas to my shoots, always allowing the model to create with me during our session. Every photoshoot for me is like meeting a new friend, where we can talk, hang out and create work together. Another passion of mine is music, I’ve been going to shows even before I was born (my mom was 7 months pregnant when we got to see the Beastie Boys). I’ve been doing music photography for years, shooting for online publications like Reflektor Magazine and Concert Updater. Every show is a new experience, and being able to see the crowd rocking out gives me a new kind of adrenaline I never felt before. My fine art work is based on my experience adapting to a new culture, an immigrant navigating through the discoveries of a new country.
I look forward to connecting with you and helping you eternalize your special moments!
Publications
“Mariana Souza: Been gone more days this year than I have been home”, Pupil Sphere, 2020
“Tr ansl ation less”, UReCA - Undergraduate Creative Works, 2019
“Missing Yesterday”, Sequoya Review, 2019
“Gaze”, Sequoya Review, 2018
“INDYKIDZ”, Dezine Magazine, 2017
Group Exhibitions
“Graduate Showcase 2020” Pupil Sphere, online exhibition, 2020
“Year of the Metal Rat” Contemporary Cress Gallery, Chattanooga, TN, 2020
“Nuestros/Nosso: Responses to hispanic/latin heritage + culture” Apothecary Gallery, Chattanooga, TN, 2019
“Letterpress Pinup Show” Apothecary Gallery, Chattanooga, TN 2019
“UTC Department of Art Juried Student Exhibition” Cress Gallery, Chattanooga, TN, 2019
“Fabric and the Human Experience” Apothecary Gallery, Chattanooga, TN, 2018
“Society for Photographic Education Student Pinup Exhibition” Gallery 229 (Louisiana State University), Baton Rouge, LA, 2018
“Light Sensitive” Apothecary Gallery, Chattanooga, TN, 2018
“UTC Department of Art Juried Student Exhibition” Cress Gallery, Chattanooga, TN, 2018
“Underground Takeover” Art Trap Collective, Chattanooga, TN, 2017
“#EastSideInstameet” Modern East Gallery, Nashville, TN, 2016
Curatorial
Curator/Gallery Assistant, Apothecary Gallery, Chattanooga TN, 2019-2020
Co-curator, Light Sensitive, Apothecary Gallery, Chattanooga TN, 2018
Selected Press
Ryan, Shawn – “Work by art students chosen for prestigious journal” 2019
Nashville, TN 37122
email: mariana@notfakemaris.com
© 2020 Mariana Souza all rights reserved