Daniela captures mood-driven photos that transform meaningful moments into striking visual memories.
Her work combines artistic intuition with refined craftsmanship.
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Biography
Daniela Rivera Antara (b. 1996, Lima) is a Peruvian-Australian artist, writer and photographer. Her zone of genius is in natural light photography, with a unique ability to make images look like paintings.
Rivera graduated from Tisch School of the Arts at New York University and continued her studies at the Royal College of Art in London. Rivera holds a degree in photography from the International Centre of Photography in New York.
In 2023, Rivera had her first solo exhibitions with the UNHCR in Lima, Peru held at the Museum Lugar de la Memoria and with the Ombudsman of Peru. Rivera has participated in several collective international exhibitions since 2016. These include "The Human Blueprint", Rotterdam Photo Festival, The Netherlands; Festival International de Fotografía, Chile; Photo IS:RAEL, Meitar Award for Excellence in Photography, Tel Aviv, Israel; Buenos Aires Photo with Galeria Imaginário; Photo Vogue Festival, Milan, Italy; The Foreign Correspondents Club, Tokyo, Japan; Head On Photography Festival, Sydney, Australia; Draw A Line, A Safe Space Gallery with UN Women UK among others.
Rivera’s photographic work has been featured in prominent publications such as National Geographic, The Washington Post, The Guardian, Bloomberg, The Wallstreet Journal, Der Spiegel, Foto Feminas, the Harvard Review of Latin America and most recently with Sekka Magazine, shown onboard Etihad Airways. Rivera won the Lucie Foundation Emerging Photographer grant and has been a finalist and shortlisted with Photo IS:RAEL, PhMuseum, Photo Lúcida Foundation, International Photography Grant and the International Women's Photography Association.
Rivera is a member of the Overseas Press Club of America, Women Photograph, Diversify Photo and Authority Collective.
artist statement
I create poetic, intuitive imagery that captures the unseen mood of every moment. My work transforms feelings into visual stories—evoking emotion, depth, and a sense of timeless beauty. My visual voice comes from influences in Spanish architecture, baroque paintings and classical mythology. My work is layered in environment, politics, emotions and the singularity of experiences that can speak to what exists at the complexity of human identity. I work with organic spaces and prexisting environmental conditions to create dreamy, emotional worlds and moods that exist around the individual I photograph.
As an artist, movement and change is important for me, as well as leaving the confinements of the identity I was given at birth. Through art, I have allowed myself to connect across cultures which keeps on giving me richness of life and the opportunity to share a strong connection to stories similar yet outside of my own.
International exhibitions since 2016
