Mariana Paniagua Cortés has a degree in Visual Arts from the Faculty of Arts and Design at UNAM, where she is currently studying for a master’s degree.

Several of her works tend to emphasize the process of painting on canvas: how the superposition of layers creates surfaces, sediments and residues to create an object that returns a rarefied look. This is perhaps why the concepts of trial and error have such resonance in her work: the products of creative activity change with the evolution of their configurations. She resides in Mexico City.