About Mercedes Dorame
Born 1980. Mercedes Dorame is an American photographer.
Works She works in structural installation, with her works Orion’s Belt—Paahe’ Sheshiiyot—a map for moving between worlds (2018) and Our Land and Sky Waking Up - ‘Eyoo’ooxon koy Tokuupar Chorii’aa (2021) incorporating cog stones found on a site being commercially developed in the north Orange County, California area that are approximately 75,000 years old. Her piece "Portal for Tovaangar" was virtually installed on the LACMA campus. Between June 20, 2023 through June 16, 2024, Dorame's work Woshaa’axre Yaang’aro (Looking Back) was featured in the main hall of the Getty Center.
Awards and honors Dorame was named a Harpo Foundation fellow in 2011 and En Foco's New Works Photography fellow in 2012. In 2026, she was named a United States Artists (USA) Fellow.
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