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Daniela Edburg (Houston, Texas, 1975) is a Mexican American visual artist that creates photography-based works.

Edburg's work has been widely exhibited internationally, including the Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico City; Guangdong Museum of Art, China; Museum of Fine Arts of Boston, USA; Museum of America, Madrid, Spain;  Itaú Cultural, Brazil; Centro Cultural Recoleta in Buenos Aires, Argentina;  Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales of Montevideo, Uruguay; Museum of Fine Arts of Santiago de Chile; National Centre of Contemporary Arts, Moscow, Russia;  Centro de Arte Santa Mónica, Barcelona, Spain; Museo de América in Madrid; San Diego Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego; II Moscow International Biennale for Young Art, Moscow; and the Denver Art Museum.

Her photographic fictions are the result of collaboration with friends and acquaintances, in recent years her practice has extended to the integration of textile elements. Her work often refers to films, novels or the work of other artists. The main focus of her work is the human connection with the natural through the artificial.

Daniela Edburg has created several fictional scenarios, including her renown "Drop Death Gorgeous" (2001-2006), a photographic series in which women find death by consuming products in which they find pleasure, such as sweets or beauty products.

Her work is part of important public and private collections such as the Museum of Fine Arts Boston; Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo, Norway; Museum of Quai Branly, Paris, France; Museum of Photographic Arts San Diego, USA; Denver Art Museum, USA; Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, California, USA; Art Museum of the Americas, Washington, USA; etc.

Daniela Edburg has received numerous awards from the National Fund for Arts and Culture, Mexico; Best Foreign Artist, Photography, Premio Arte Laguna, Venezia, Italy; and a residency at the Musee du Quai Branly, Paris.

Since 2017, she is a member of National System of Creators, of the National Fund for Arts and Culture, Mexico.

Edburg lives and works in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico.