Boryana Rossa

Boryana Rossa (born 1972) is a Bulgarian interdisciplinary artist and curator making performance art, video and photographic work.[2][3]

Boryana Rossa
BornBoryana Dragoeva
OccupationArtist, Filmmaker, Educator
NationalityBulgarian
Alma materRensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Ph.D), National Center for the Arts in Sofia, Bulgaria (M.A.)[1]
GenrePerformance Art, BioArt, Video Art
Website
boryanarossa.com

Life and work

Her artwork has been exhibited at the National Gallery of Fine Arts in Sofia,[4] Goethe Institute,[5] the Moscow Biennial,[4] the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art at the Brooklyn Museum,[6] Exit Art,[4] Biennial for Electronic Art in Perth,[4] and Foundation for Art and Creative Technologies in Liverpool.[4]

Rossa frequently collaborates with artist and filmmaker Oleg Mavromati, often under the title Ultrafuturo—an art collective started in 2004.[7]

She has been awarded the Gaudenz B. Ruf Award for New Bulgarian Art,[8] the Essential Reading for Art Writers Award from the Institute of Contemporary Art in Sofia,[9] and a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in 2014[10] in Digital/Electronic Arts.

She is currently an Assistant Professor of Transmedia at Syracuse University.[8]

Rossa identifies herself as a heterosexual woman with a queer identity.[11]

She supports LGBT and queer rights.[12]

References
  1. "Boryana Dragoeva (Rossa)". Syracuse University: Faculty & Staff. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  2. "FACT Artist: Boryana Rossa". FACT UK. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  3. "Exhibitions: Global Feminisms". Brooklyn Museum. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  4. Kosmala, Katarzyna (2014). Sexing the Border: Gender, Art and New Media in Central and Eastern Europe. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 257. ISBN 978-1-4438-6785-6.
  5. "Boryana Rossa & Oleg Mavromatti". Goethe Institute. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
  6. "Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art: Feminist Art Base: Boryana D Rossa". Brooklyn Museum Feminist Art Base. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  7. Galperina, Marina (10 September 2012). "Artist's Notebook: Ultrafuturo". Animal NY. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  8. "Amazon Armour". Gaudenz B-Ruf Award. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  9. "Art Writers Award for 2012". Institute for Contemporary Art Sofia. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  10. "NYFA Proudly Announces the 2014 Artists' Fellowships Awardees". New York Foundation for the Arts. 23 January 2015. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  11. Boryana Rossa and Oleg Mavromati: Woman President, www.hma.org
  12. www.hma.org.il


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