Mariano Porras, was born on May 18, 1976 in Bahia Blanca, Buenos Aires, Argentina. With only 2 years emigrated to Europe, and lives a year in Gent, Belgium. During that year travels throughout France, Italy, Spain and especially Northern Europe, Belgium, Germany and Holland. At that young age already know the Louvre, the Prado, the museum Pompidou and many other arts and cultural spaces. At age 4 first walked the boards of the Municipal Theatre in his hometown in an act of kindergarten. It is in that institution where he recalls, he began to have fun with the arts. During the years of elementary school attend art workshops and is on the end where two key events occur: first, in an act of last year to year, make a trio and plays guitar for the first time on stage. The second event, in the 7th grade trip remembers "took its first roll of film." After that no more dropped the camera and began to perfect the artistic side. With only 15 he made his debut in music in the auditorium of the University of the South. From there he began playing in rock bands and throughout adolescence plays all Bahia Blanca and the region, especially with the rock group in my blood. It is with this band that plays in more than 200 concerts and shared stages and dressing rooms with the Lice, Mice Parade and Viejas Locas among others. Before finishing high school is key to obtaining a special award given by the Organization of American States (OAS) for a musical, poetic and pictorial delivered at the book fair in Buenos Aires. On the end of 2001 during the crisis Argentina and after graduating from BA in Economics, returns to Europe, more precisely to the city of Barcelona. Live there two months and is where rejuvenating affair with the arts. Get more than 500 photographs and one called "Pastel boat" taken in Burano, Venice, is selected to participate in the 2006 MAC Regional Biennial Bahía Blanca. From this fact begins to paint and is an activity that makes up today. Participate in various group and solo exhibitions of photographs and paintings. In 2006 he returned to Europe, this time to Rome, then sweeps Florence, Greece, Amsterdam, Lille, Paris and back to Gent. In the 2007 National Biennial is selected your photo "Pscyclo" taken in Amsterdam.
In recent years he has recorded discs "ILINAREISHON" and "Wake Up Your Soul" with the English punk group "TRAMPILI" on guitar and vocals, and this year the album "POPPERO" with the pop duo "branch", playing all the voices of the disc. He has also played with the group Tukuwaka, which was a mobile studio album live.
About a decade ago working as a teacher and researcher at the Southwest Provincial University and the Universidad Nacional del Sur.
Mariano lives, works and creates in Bahia Blanca.
Argentina
