Maria Gabriela Leon Paez Garcia is a Mexican commercial and art photographer based in Melbourne, Australia. She holds a BA in commercial photography from Photography Studies College. Maria is interested in visual storytelling revolving around the ideas of people, place and circumstance.
For all enquiries regarding projects, collaborations, commissioned work and media, please email: marialeonpaezgarcia@gmail.com .
Prints available upon request. Please email: marialeonpaezgarcia@gmail.com .
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Images may not be copied, printed or otherwise used without the written permission of Maria Gabriela Leon Paez Garcia.
Education & Workshops
- Photography Studies College, Melbourne, Australia — Bachelor in Commercial Photography, 2017– 2020 .
- California Institute of the Arts, California, United States – Certificate in Graphic Design, 2020-2021.
- Workshop with Kristoffer Paulsen, Melbourne, Australia — 2019.
- Workshop with Paul Newman, Melbourne, Australia — 2019.
- Workshop with Wawi Navarroza, Obscura Festival of Photography, Penang, Malaysia — 2018.
- Workshop with Joe McNally, Mexico City, Mexico — 2016 .
Exhibitions & Publications
EXHIBITIONS
- Hillvale Photo Trophy, Group Exhibition – Hillvale Gallery, Melbourne, Australia 2023
- As I Gaze, Group Exhibition – Centre for Contemporary, Melbourne, Australia 2019
- Change, Group Exhibition – Southgate Centre Gallery, Melbourne, Australia, 2019
- Exhibitionism, Group Exhibition – Library at The Dock, Melbourne, Australia, 2019
- Vessel, Group Exhibition — Hillvale Gallery, Melbourne, Australia, 2018
- Faces of Melbourne/Faces of Osaka, Group Exhibition — Southgate Centre Gallery, Melbourne, Australia, 2018
- Faces of Melbourne/Faces of Osaka, Group Exhibition — Library at The Dock, Melbourne, Australia, 2018
- Reverie, Group Exhibition – Queen Victoria Women’s Centre, Melbourne, Australia, 2018
PUBLICATIONS & AWARDS
- Australian Financial Review, photographs - Online article 2023
- Broadsheet Melbourne, photographs – Online article 2022
- Marquis Fashion Magazine — Front cover & editorial publication, 2019
- AIPP & APPA VIC Silver Award — Portraiture Open & Portraiture Single Capture, 2019
- PDN Emerging Photographer — Winner Photo District News Emerging Photographer of the year, 2018
- PDN Emerging Photographer Magazine — Front cover & publication, 2018
- Capture Magazine – Highly Commended, 2018