Gloria Marco Munuera was born in Spain in 1978. She holds a PhD in Fine Arts-Photography from RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia. She also graduated with an MFA from the Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain, an MA in Photography from the Libera Accademia of Art in Florence, Italy and a Bachelor’s degree in Classical Music by the Royal Conservatory of Classical Music of Albacete, Spain.
The artist, always very active over the years, has exhibited her works in museums and galleries in different parts of the world (Argentina, Australia, Austria, France, Greece, Italy, Japan, Russia, Spain and the United States), frequently participating in exhibitions and competitions which have earned her many awards and recognitions. Particularly known are the First Prize at the XIV National Photography Competition in Burgos (Spain), the Honorable Mention at the Culture 2008 International Competition in Madrid (Spain) and the Third Prize in the Fine Arts section in the Moscow International Foto Awards 2014 (Russia), but her activity, as mentioned, has never stopped and this has allowed her to constantly collect other recognitions, the most recent of which are: the First Photography Award in the Portrait category at Quijotes 2017 in Toledo (Spain) and the Fourth Photography Prize at the XII Florence Biennale 2019 in Florence (Italy). In 2020 she was awarded the First Prize for Experimental Photography at the Creative Photo Awards 2020 in Siena (Italy).
She currently alternates her artistic career with that of teaching photography at various universities in Florence (Italy).