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Email: dani@danimiranda.co
Antüpewma Rülkelme Mella (Daniela Miranda) is a Chilean-American fine-art photographer, ceremonialist, and storyteller of Mapuche descent, based in New Jersey. She is Director of Narrative & Creativity at the Naku Foundation, supporting the Sapara Nation of the Ecuadorian Amazon and protecting over 900,000 acres of primary rainforest. Her work has been exhibited at the Morris Museum and her film Cacao + Climate Change has screened at NYU, Pratt Institute, FIT, Hartwick College, and Montclair University. She has delivered guest lectures at Pratt Institute, FIT, and Montclair University, and her project Real Beauty: Uncovered received the Healing Award in 2015 and recognition from the White House in 2016.
She is currently developing a book project with author and activist Juliet Diaz documenting indigenous communities worldwide.
Awards & Recognition
2026 — Guest Lecture, Pratt Institute, "Whispers of the Amazon: Creativity, Ancestral Economies & Social Entrepreneurship" 2026 — Guest Lecture, FIT, New York 2026 — Guest Lecture, Montclair University, New Jersey 2024 — Cacao + Climate Change, screening, NYU, New York 2024 — Cacao + Climate Change, screening, Pratt Institute, New York 2024 — Cacao + Climate Change, screening, FIT, New York 2024 — Cacao + Climate Change, screening, Hartwick College, New York 2024 — Cacao + Climate Change, screening, Montclair University, New Jersey 2016 — Real Beauty: Uncovered, White House recognition 2016 — Morris Arts Artists Development Workshop, panelist 2015 — Real Beauty: Uncovered, Healing Award
Exhibitions
2026 — Whispers of the Amazon, Pratt Institute, New York 2015 — Real Beauty: Uncovered, Morris Museum, New Jersey 2015 — Real Beauty: Uncovered, Montclair State University, Life Hall, College of the Arts, New Jersey 2015 — Real Beauty: Uncovered, The College of New Jersey, Sweigart Auditorium, NJ Women's & Gender Studies Consortium 2012–2016 — Real Beauty: Uncovered, touring exhibition — universities, high schools, and women's centers throughout New Jersey
Press & Media
2015 — News 12 New Jersey, Push Pause Edition 2015 — TAPinto Paterson
Features
Pratt Institute NYU FIT Montclair University News 12 New Jersey TAPinto