Maca Miño (Santiago, Chile, 1990) is a photographer, graphic designer, and multidisciplinary artist whose practice explores Latin American identity through color, territory, and cultural relationships manifested in landscapes, open-air markets, and migrant communities. She grew up in the multicultural neighborhoods of Independencia and Quilicura, in Santiago, environments that have profoundly shaped her perspective and continue to inform her artistic research.
She holds a degree in Graphic Design from the Universidad de Chile and has also studied Industrial Design. In 2019, she was awarded the Fahrenheit Scholarship to pursue a Master’s Degree in Audiovisual Design and Creativity at ELISAVA Facultat de Disseny i Enginyeria de Barcelona. She lived in Barcelona for over five years, until late 2024, a period during which she developed an interdisciplinary practice spanning photography, art direction, visual arts, and dance. Alongside her visual practice, she has deepened her engagement with Afrosmodernos, a contemporary Afro-urban dance practice, exploring movement as a means of cultural inquiry and artistic expression.
With over 12 years of professional experience in branding and graphic design, Maca Miño has developed projects for clients and organizations across Chile and internationally, including Spain, Mexico, France, Canada, Switzerland, Italy, Ireland, Argentina, Peru, and Japan.
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She has collaborated with leading agencies, consultancies, artists, and cultural organizations, bringing together visual strategy, brand identity, and art direction. Her artistic work has been presented in Europe and Asia. In 2022, she exhibited her photographic series Endémicas at Soho House Barcelona. In 2025, she participated in The Holy Art Tokyo with Pacífico Colombiano. In 2026, she was selected for the 17th Dynamic Contemporary Artists Exhibition (TORAM), held at the Fukuoka Prefectural Museum of Art in Japan, where she presented Utaja, It Is Where I Am and received the Certificate of Commendation – International Art Prize.
She is currently developing PERI-FERIAS, a photographic and multidisciplinary project that explores the open-air markets of her territory as spaces of encounter, cultural exchange, and collective memory, bringing into dialogue the diverse cultural roots that converge within them.
Approaching her practice from a holistic, 360-degree perspective, Miño continues to investigate the intersections between her disciplines and lived experiences, exploring how territory, identity, and culture converge in the construction of a distinctive artistic language.