Margarita Rousso is a visual artist and photographer whose work moves between the intimate and the universal, exploring the body, memory, identity and the often invisible forces that shape human experience. Her work is rooted in long-term projects, often developed over years, where personal experience, observation and instinct intersect.
She is the author of two published photobooks: Faraway Songs (Ciela Publishing, 2014) and Context (Orfeo Press, 2019), the latter created in collaboration with writer Raymondo.
Among her other long-term bodies of work are Gravity Co. (French Institute, Sofia, 2008), Andalucía: Passion for Life (Instituto Cervantes, 2019), Tomorrow’s Memories (IPA Recognition, 2020), and Reach for Change (2022).
Margarita Rousso’s work has been exhibited internationally in solo exhibitions throughout Bulgaria, as well as in Paris, London, Bern and Chicago, and is held in private collections across Europe and the United States.
Selected Awards & Grants
2014 — Book of the Year Award, Bulgarian Book Association, for Faraway Songs (Ciela Publishing, 2014).
2014 — Special Grant, Ministry of Culture of Bulgaria, awarded to Faraway Songs in recognition of its significant contribution to preserving the cultural heritage of the Rhodope Mountains.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2022 — Crystal Garden Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2022 — Lovers’ Bridge Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2020 — Crystal Garden Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2019 — Lovers’ Bridge Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2019 — Cervantes Institute, Sofia, Bulgaria
2018 — Arosita Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2017 — Zimmerman Art Factory, Bern, Switzerland
2016 — Bulgarian Cultural Institute, London, UK
2015 — G-8 Cultural Space, Sofia, Bulgaria
2015 — Bulgarian Cultural Institute, Paris, France
2015 — Plovdiv City Art Gallery, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
2014 — Festival and Congress Centre, Varna, Bulgaria
2014 — Vivacom Art Hall, Sofia, Bulgaria
2008 — French Institute, Sofia, Bulgaria
