About Mariana Bahia
Mariana Bahia is a Brazilian artist and electronic musician with over twenty years of experience in audio, multimedia and mentorship. She holds an M.A. in Sound Studies (UDK Berlin/DE), a Bachelor’s degree in Music Production and Audio Engineering (UNESA Rio/BR), a postgraduate degree in Digital Design (INFNET/BR), and a professional music degree from Escola Villa-Lobos (RJ/BR). Mariana also studied composition, harmony, voice, and electric guitar. Now based in the Netherlands, Mariana still has strong roots both in Berlin and Rio de Janeiro.
Her work is based on voice and speech, electronic processing, spatial audio, and custom-built “sounding things”. Through installations, performances, and her project Sifonics, she explores how sound relates to personal experience, physical presence, and (reimagined) sonic environments, often drawing from her background as a Latin American woman and engaging with questions of gender, identity, and decolonizing perspectives in sound. Her practice often includes vocal-based experimentation, storytelling, sampling, and collaborations with dancers, visual artists, and musicians.
Mariana has presented work in galleries, theaters, festivals, and independent art spaces in Europe and Latin America, creating projects that range from immersive audio installations to live electronic sets.
Alongside her artistic work, she has extensive experience across sound design and music composition, research, university-level teaching, multimedia production, and technical work. She has collaborated with universities, cultural institutions, creative studios, and technology companies. She is currently working as a Technical Specialist at Ableton, focusing on technical investigation, feature and bug testing, internal technical documentation, Knowledge Base articles, and workflow improvements.
