Artist Talk: Diana Guerra

Welcome to the Artist Talk with Diana Guerra! Join us on Thu October 30 2025 at 6:00 PM for an evening filled with creativity and inspiration. This event will take place at Shine Portrait Studio @Express Newark, where you'll have the chance to hear directly from the talented artist herself. Don't miss out on this unique opportunity to gain insight into Diana's artistic process and vision. See you there!

This Artist Talk is part of the Visting Artist series hosted by Rutgers University-Newark's Fine Art Program, Department of Arts, Culture and Media, (ACM) and SHINE Portrait Studio @ Express Newark. The Visiting Artist series connects students, staff, faculty, and the greater Newark community in the spirit of co-learning and co-creation, with insight into contemporary art practices, the creative process, and the evolving art landscape.

Diana Guerra is a Peruvian American lens-based artist and educator currently based in New York. Her work revolves around themes of memory, belonging, and identity (re)construction, from the perspective of a woman of color within the Latine diaspora in New York City. Guerra holds an MFA in Digital and Interdisciplinary Art Practice from the City College of New York and a bachelor’s degree in Sociology from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. Guerra’s early training in photography was at Parsons School of Design as part of the MFA Photography program. Guerra is a 2024 AIM Bronx Museum Fellow, SPCUNY Faculty Fellow, and 2022 En Foco Photography Fellow. Her work has been featured at The Museum of the City of New York, Photoville, Mana Contemporary, The School of Visual Arts, among others. She is currently an Adjunct Professor at The City College of New York.

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