Luis Manuel Diaz is a Mexican-born visual artist working with photography. Drawing from personal and communal histories, his practice examines the post-migration sensorium, investigating the construction of self, space, and history. He holds a BFA in Photography from Parsons School of Design (2019) and is currently pursuing an MFA in Photography at the Yale School of Art.
Diaz has exhibited at Blue Sky Gallery, Aperture Foundation, Bronx Art Space, and Arnold and Sheila Aronson Galleries, among others. His solo exhibition, El Césped del Otro Lado (2022), delves into themes of displacement, belonging, and care. He is a recipient of the NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship in Photography (2022) and the Alice Kimball English Travel Grant (2024). Diaz’s work has been commissioned by The Nation, The New Yorker, The California Sunday, and The Atlantic and published inVICE's 2024 Photography Issue,BOOOOOOOOM, i-D, Musée Magazine, Foam Magazine, and MATTE Magazine. Currently based in New Haven, Connecticut, Diaz continues to explore the complexity of migration, race, class, and sexuality and their relationship to photography.
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