BIO
Nina Menconi is a California-born photographer and visual artist who splits her time between San Francisco and Seville, Spain. Her work explores the intricate, often hidden layers of human experience, drawing on themes of the universal feminine, ancestral inheritance, personal psychology, and grief. Through an interplay of light, shadow, and experimental techniques, Menconi creates imagery that speaks to the complexity of identity and the subconscious.
Menconi received her BA in Photojournalism from San Francisco State University, and has been working in the commercial photography space for over 15 years. In 2018 she began her fine art practice which she has used as a personal journey of self-discovery, finding a visual language of her own to express what words cannot. Her work has been exhibited at the Los Angeles Center for Photography, the Griffin Museum, and Les Recontres d’Arles, among others.
EDUCATION
2025-2026 Node Center International Curatorial Program - Curatorial Studies, Berlin/Remote
2018-2023 Master Class with Diana Lui - Conceptual Photography, Paris, France
2007-2010 San Francisco State University - BA in Photojournalism, San Francisco, Ca.
2005-2007 Université Paris 8 Saint Denis - Photography + Art History, Paris, France
EXHIBITIONS
2025 Thresholds 2025: The Bold Edition - Honorable Mention, LACP Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2025 Diptych - Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2024 Winter Solstice 2024 - Griffin Museum, Winchester, MA
2024 In Between Moments - Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2024 Off the Clock 2024 - APA LA, Los Angeles, CA
2024 Into the Light: Analog Photography Now - 2nd place winner, LACP Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2023 Dispatches from the Present - LACP Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2022 Lost + Found - The Woods Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2019 Saturday Moon Fever - Atelier de Diana Lui, Paris, France
2018 Arles, the Time of an Immersion - Les Recontresl d’Arles, Arles, France
2014 International Juried Travel Photography - Rayko Photo Center, San Francisco, CA
2007 La France: Noir sur Blanc - solo show, Bryant Circle Gallery, Ojai, CA
EXPERIENCE
2006-current Photographer + Photo Editor - Nina Menconi Photography, Los Angeles + San Francisco, CA
2015-2016 Youth Arts Mentor - Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2014-2015 Photography Curator - Flickr, San Francisco, CA
2013-2014 Photography Manager - The Passion Company, San Francisco, CA
2011-2014 Youth Photography Program Director + Teacher - Fundación MangoMundo, Nicaragua
2010-2011 Editorial + Events Assistant - LensCulture, Paris, France
2009-2010 Photographer + Multimedia Editor - El Tecolote Community Newspaper, San Francisco, CA
AWARDS
2010 Digital Diversity Fund Grantee (Center for the Integration + Improvement of Journalism, San Francisco State University): Multimedia project (photo, video, audio) documenting the cultural changes occurring on 24th street in the Mission District community of San Francisco.