Courses & Workshops:
- Date Nights: Palimpsest Photography
Solange Adum Abdala (b. 1980, Peru, based in Vancouver) is a photography-based interdisciplinary artist. she holds a master of fine arts in visual arts (MFA) from the university of British Columbia and two undergraduate degrees in photography and visual project direction and photography (BFA) from centro de la imagen (Peru).
adum abdala has had five solo shows and has participated in group exhibitions, festivals, and art fairs across the Americas, Europe, and Asia. she won first place at the III ICPNA photography salon (Peru) and has received awards such as the Eugenio Courret competition (Peru), Huéspedes del Presente (Spain), and Nexofoto (Brazil). in 2023, she was selected for the publication Collage: Women of the Prix Pictet Since 2008. in Vancouver, she received the affiliated fellowships master’s program for researchers at the university of British Columbia (2024) and was selected for the city of Vancouver’s Launch Pad program (2025).
alongside her artistic practice, she has 20 years of teaching experience in undergraduate programs and over 10 years in academic management within the arts and culture sector. in 2020, she founded Galería Pública, a platform dedicated to promoting the diversity of photographic production in Peru.