About

María del Mar Hernández Gil de Lamadrid is a visual artist and photographer from Puerto Rico in New York City. Her work explores how the body interacts within a space and place, using photography as a creative and conceptual process, approaching issues of identity in a political and philosophical context. Hernández Gil de Lamadrid completed a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, and is a Master of Fine Arts candidate at the Photography program, from Parsons School of Design, The New School, NYC. She has exhibited nationally and internationally, including Governing Bodies, Arnold and Sheila Aronson Galleries, New York, Apparatus of Discomfort, Photoville, Brooklyn, Unfixed, Pingyao International Photography Festival, Pingyao, China, and Yokosuka Peace Art Exhibition & International Biennial of Prints, Japan. Currently, she divides her time between Puerto Rico and New York City.