This is a self portrait serie, made when I lived in São Paulo, Brazil. I showed my day to
day universe between nature and the overcrowded city.
Karina Sechi is a spanish and venezuelan lawyer and photographer. She grew up in Venezuela, travelled extensively and lived in Spain, France, Mexico and Brazil. During these years, she practiced surfing, rock-climbing, hiking and mountain biking.
An amateur photographer since childhood, she studied at the Panamericana Arts School in São Paulo, majoring in Photography and participating in many photography workshops with Spanish and Brazilian specialists.
Since 2012, she has participated in several international shows and art festivals in Venice, Turin, Padova, Cittadella, Milano, Spezia, New York, San Francisco, Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Miami, Salvador de Bahía, Camaçari, São Paulo, Vilnius, London, and Barcelona. Her pictures have been recognized with more than 20 international awards. Karina is one of the 50 best emerging photographers for 2015, as voted by the eight-member international jury for the LensCulture Emerging Talent Awards.
She loves outdoors and nature Photography, sports, travels and people. She speaks Spanish, Portuguese, French and a bit of English. Karina is now developing her website.
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Solo exhibitions:
• Parallel to the 55 Venice biennale Art circuit, 25 pictures at the Palace Ca'Zanardi for the Gallery "Ad-Art", in the International exhibition of contemporary art “Clouds” 2013, Venice, Italy.
• Multi-installation Rosa Valente (Brave rose), selection of videos and 46 pictures was exposed of the "Mirate" (look at yourself Project), which intended to employ art to fight breast cáncer. Photos of more than 500 persons who invited the booth were taken. Breast Cancer Awareness Month 2013, Sesc Bom Retiro, São Paulo/Brazil.
Awards • She was elected as one of the 50 best emerging photographers for 2015, as voted by the eight-member international jury for the LensCulture Emerging Talent Awards, USA, 2015.
• Runner-up in the 8th Pollux Award in Portraits category, UK, 2015.
• Finalist in the 8th Julia Margaret Cameron Award, in 2 categories: People and Landscapes, UK, 2015.
• Selected for the “Paraty em Foco 2015”, most important photography festival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
• Finalist in the New Photovision, in 2 categories: Geometry: Circle, Squares,Triangles, Lines... and "Green, how I want you green..." (F.G. Lorca), Serbia, 2015.
• Winner in Self Portrait Category Non Professional, in the 7th Pollux Award 2015 in UK and finalist in four other categories: Fine Art, Landscapes and Seascapes, Animals and Wildlife and Digital manipulation.
• Finalist in the 7th Julia Margaret Cameron Award for Women Photographers 2015 in UK, in 6 categories: Still Life and Abstractions, Invisible Woman, Landscapes and Seascapes, Nude and Figure, Portraits and Self Portrait.
• Honorable mention winner in the annual contest PX3 - Paris Photography Prize 2015." Category Press/Other_PJ.
• Honorable mention winner in the WHITE contest PX3 - Paris Photography Prize 2015.
• Mention with Honours in the contest "Singular and plural Feminine Universe 2015", City Council Camaçari, Bahía, Brasil.
• Seven awards in the annual contest PX3 - Paris Photography Prize 2014. 5 recognized series, 6 medals in several categories (1 gold, 3 silver, 2 bronze) and 1 Mention with Honours.
• Mention with Honours in the contest "Singular and plural Feminine Universe 2014", City Council Camaçari, Bahía, Brasil.
• Winner in the "single image contest 2014" of californinan BLACK & WHITE magazine, USA.
• Mention with Honours in the "Italy of the knowledges and of the flavours" contest, in the Italian Institute of Culture of São Paulo, Brazil, 2013.
• Awarded 1º place in the American Aperture Awards AX3, category "Nudes - Student winners", California, USA, 2013.
• Juror Selection in a"Rural Impressions" contest, in a NYC4PA (Soho Gallery for Digital Art) in Manhattan, New York City, 2013.
• Gold and silver medals for two photographs of "Gallery Photographica" in San Francisco, California, USA, 2013.
