Daniela Edburg

{{short description|Mexican American visual artist}}

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Daniela Edburg (born 1975) is a Mexican American visual artist who creates photo-based works in which she often incorporates textile elements.

Edburg's work has been exhibited at the Carrillo Gil Museum, Mexico City; Guangdong Museum of Art, China; Museum of Fine Arts Boston, US;{{Cite web |title=The brain - Daniela Edburg - 2012 |url=https://collections.mfa.org/objects/563946/the-brain;jsessionid=37743D4F43D11FAD195AC3BA7E44A0F4 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240627-005307/https://collections.mfa.org/objects/563946/the-brain;jsessionid=37743D4F43D11FAD195AC3BA7E44A0F4 |archive-date=27 June 2024 |access-date=3 October 2020 |website=Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |language=en}} Museum of the Americas, Madrid, Spain; Itaú Cultural, Brazil;{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2007 |title=Sutil Violento (2007 : São Paulo, SP) |url=http://enciclopedia.itaucultural.org.br/evento473870/sutil-violento-2007-sao-paulo-sp |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240627-005518/https://enciclopedia.itaucultural.org.br/evento473870/sutil-violento |archive-date=27 June 2024 |access-date=3 October 2020 |website=Enciclopédia Itaú Cultural |language=pt-br}} Centro Cultural Recoleta in Buenos Aires, Argentina; Museum of Fine Arts of Santiago, Chile; National Centre of Contemporary Arts, Moscow, Russia;{{Cite news |last=Duch |first=Juan Pablo |date=8 June 2007 |title=Recibe Moscú una exposición con fotografías de seis mexicanas |trans-title=Moscow receives an exhibition with photographs of six Mexican women |url=https://www.jornada.com.mx/2007/06/08/index.php?section=cultura&article=a05n1cul |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180720115107/https://www.jornada.com.mx/2007/06/08/index.php?section=cultura&article=a05n1cul |archive-date=20 July 2018 |access-date=27 June 2024 |work=La Jornada |language=es}} Centre d'Art Santa Mònica, Barcelona, Spain; Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego;{{Cite web |date=28 September 2017 |title=Contemporary Mexican Photography |url=https://mopa.org/2017/09/28/contemporary-mexican-photography/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604105916/https://mopa.org/2017/09/28/contemporary-mexican-photography/ |archive-date=4 June 2023 |access-date=4 October 2020 |website=San Diego Museum of Art |language=en, es}} Moscow International Biennale for Young Art, Moscow;{{Cite news |date=29 July 2010 |title=Artistas mexicanos triunfan en Rusia |trans-title=Mexican artists triumph in Russia |url=https://www.informador.mx/Cultura/Artistas-mexicanos-triunfan-en-Rusia-20100729-0070.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201009004001/https://www.informador.mx/Cultura/Artistas-mexicanos-triunfan-en-Rusia-20100729-0070.html |archive-date=9 October 2020 |access-date=26 June 2024 |work=El Informador |language=es}} Blue Star Contemporary, San Antonio, Texas;{{Cite web |date=2016 |title=Reclaimed by Nature |url=https://contemporarysa.org/exhibition/reclaimed-by-nature/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240627-010950/https://contemporarysa.org/exhibition/reclaimed-by-nature/ |archive-date=27 June 2024 |access-date=4 October 2020 |website=Blue Star Contemporary}} and the Denver Art Museum.{{Cite news |last=Weathers |first=Chelsea |date=24 April 2017 |title=Mi Tierra: Contemporary Artists Explore Place |url=https://www.artforum.com/events/mi-tierra-contemporary-artists-explore-place-230056/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240422233459/https://www.artforum.com/events/mi-tierra-contemporary-artists-explore-place-230056/ |archive-date=22 April 2024 |access-date=26 June 2024 |work=Artforum}}{{Cite news |last=Levere |first=James L. |date=16 March 2017 |title=Of Borders, Climate and Freedoms |work=The New York Times |pages=F.18 |id={{ProQuest|1877704636}}}}

Edburg has created several series, including Drop Dead Gorgeous (2001-2006),{{Cite book|last=Arozqueta|first=Claudia|title=100 Jahre/years VBKÖ - Festschrift|publisher=VBKÖ|year=2011|location=Viena, Austria|chapter=As Death Goes By: Women and Art in Mexico}} a series of photographs in which women find death by consuming products in which they find pleasure, such as sweets or beauty products.{{Cite news |last=Pasulka |first=Nicole |date=28 December 2006 |title=Drop Dead Gorgeous: Daniela Edburg |url=http://www.themorningnews.org/gallery/drop-dead-gorgeous |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240221213750/http://www.themorningnews.org/gallery/drop-dead-gorgeous |archive-date=21 February 2024 |access-date=27 June 2024 |work=The Morning News}}

Edburg's work is part of important collections such as the Museum of Fine Arts Boston; Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo, Norway; Musee du quai Branly, Paris, France;{{Cite web |title=Birch {{!}} Type d'objet : Photographie {{!}} Photographe : Daniela Edburg |trans-title=Birch {{!}} Type of object: Photography {{!}} Photographer: Daniela Edburg |url=http://www.quaibranly.fr/fr/explorer-les-collections/base/Work/action/show/notice/973558-birch/page/1/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201009165314/http://www.quaibranly.fr/fr/explorer-les-collections/base/Work/action/show/notice/973558-birch/page/1/ |archive-date=9 October 2020 |access-date=4 October 2020 |website=Musée du Quai Branly – Jacques Chirac |language=fr}} Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, US; Denver Art Museum, US;{{Cite web |title=Daniela Edburg - Uprooted (Vanessa and the Tornado) - 2016 |url=https://www.denverartmuseum.org/en/search/collections?search_api_fulltext=daniela%20edburg#search-results |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240627-012218/https://www.denverartmuseum.org/en/search/collections?search_api_fulltext=daniela%20edburg%23search-results |archive-date=27 June 2024 |access-date=26 June 2024 |website=Denver Art Museum}} Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, California, US;{{Cite web |title=Death by Tupperware / Muerte por Tupperware, 2005 - Daniela Edburg |url=https://molaa.org/en-vision-daniela-edburg?rq=daniela%20edburg |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201006230951/https://molaa.org/en-vision-daniela-edburg?rq=daniela%20edburg |archive-date=6 October 2020 |access-date=4 October 2020 |website=Museum of Latin American Art}} Art Museum of the Americas, Washington, US.{{Cite news |last=Jenkins |first=Mark |date=26 January 2022 |title=At the Art Museum of the Americas, a wide-reaching showcase of Mexican women |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/01/26/women-in-all-their-diversity-art-review/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240702-234220/https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/01/26/women-in-all-their-diversity-art-review/ |archive-date=2 July 2024 |access-date=2 July 2024 |work=The Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286 |id={{ProQuest|2622865008}}}}

Edburg has received awards from the National Fund for Arts and Culture, Mexico; Best Foreign Artist, Photography, Arte Laguna Prize, Venice, Italy;{{Cite web |title=Arte Laguna Prize 2009 |url=https://www.artelagunaprize.com/50-arte-laguna-prize-2009/arte-laguna-prize-2009?start=5 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201007202028/https://www.artelagunaprize.com/50-arte-laguna-prize-2009/arte-laguna-prize-2009?start=5 |archive-date=7 October 2020 |access-date=4 October 2020 |website=Arte Laguna Prize}} and a residency at the Musee du quai Branly, Paris.{{Cite web |title=Fotografía en el museo - Daniela Edburg |trans-title=Photography in the museum - Daniela Edburg |url=https://www.quaibranly.fr/es/colecciones/todas-las-colecciones/fotografia-en-el-museo/precio-de-la-fotografia/daniela-edburg/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231201204520/https://www.quaibranly.fr/es/colecciones/todas-las-colecciones/fotografia-en-el-museo/precio-de-la-fotografia/daniela-edburg/ |archive-date=1 December 2023 |access-date=4 October 2020 |website=Musée du Quai Branly – Jacques Chirac |language=es}}

Since 2017, she is a member of National System of Art Creators, of National Fund for Arts and Culture (FONCA), Mexico.{{Cite web |title=Sistema Nacional de Creadores de Arte del Fonca Emisión 2017 |trans-title=Fonca National System of Art Creators Emission 2017 |url=https://fonca.cultura.gob.mx/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/listado_SNCA_2019_CA-1.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226170120/https://fonca.cultura.gob.mx/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/listado_SNCA_2019_CA-1.pdf |archive-date=26 February 2023 |access-date=4 October 2020 |website=FONCA |language=es}}

She lives and works in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico.{{Cite web |title=Daniela Edburg Bio |url=http://www.danielaedburg.com/portfolio/bio/ |url-status=deviated |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211024071328/http://www.danielaedburg.com/portfolio/bio/ |archive-date=24 October 2021 |access-date=4 October 2020 |website=danielaedburg.com}}