Argentinian artist Ingrid Weyland was inspired to study graphic design given her exposure to architecture and sculpture, as well as her passion for manipulating form and composition. Following her studies at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA), she set up her own practice, BW Design. Photography and image creation captured her imagination, and by 2011 she dedicated herself to perfecting her craft through workshops with Ana Sánchez Zinny, Angela Copello, Fabiana Barreda, Julieta Escardó, Juan Brath, Proyecto Imaginario, and Verónica Fieiras, among others. Her practice evolved from portraiture to an immersive exploration of pristine landscapes across several continents. Merging her early interest in physical form with landscape photography, Weyland developed a distinct sculptural practice that pushes beyond the traditional flat image. In her studio, she manually twists, folds, and crumples printed landscapes before rephotographing them, treating the paper itself as a three-dimensional medium.
Since dedicating her artistic process to photography, Weyland has received widespread global recognition. Notably, a 2025 nomination for the prestigious Prix Pictet for her series Topographies of Fragility; a body of work where these physical, paper-crumpling gestures serve as a powerful metaphor for the permanent scars humanity inflicts on nature. Her work has also been shortlisted for the Aesthetica Art Prize, named to Photolucida’s Critical Mass Top 50, and recognized as the Americas winner of the Saatchi Art for Change Prize.