Simona Rota (1979, Romania) studied Political Sciences in Bucharest and Barcelona and photography in Madrid. During her studies, she writes for and collaborates with reviews of political sciences. After her studies, she moved to Tenerife where, for 5 years, working as an Office Manager at Fernando Menis’s Studio of Architecture while freelancing for cultural production projects such as exhibitions and workshops. Later she moved to Madrid and started to freelance as a communication consultant for Menis Arquitectos, Miralles - Tagliabue Arquitectos for 5 years, she works as the Office Manager of Fernando Menis’s architecture studio, Miguel Oriola fotografía, Office for Strategic Spaces.
As a professional photographer, her most substantial work has been a mission of documentation for the Museum of Architecture in Vienna, developed between 2010 and 2012, in the former Soviet republics. Her projects “Big Exit”, “Instant Village” “Placelessness” and "Ostalgia", have been distinguished in national and international contests such as PHotoEspaña Descubrimientos, the Photography Award Purificación García (2012), the International Festival of Photography Emergent Pati de la Llotja, Fotonoviembre Biennial (2011), the IVth Prize for Plastic Arts of the Foundation María José Jove, the award Emergent of the Foundation Sorigué (2010), the Photography Award of the Museum of Architecture in Vienna (2009).
Her works have been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art of Medellín in Colombia, the Museum of Architecture in Vienna, the C d C - Museo del Traje from Madrid, the galleries, Valid Foto and the Private Space in Barcelona etc. Romanian-born, Simona Rota lives and works in Madrid and has published in magazines such as Camera Austria, 91º, Hintergrund, Icon, C3, Arquitectura Viva, WAI, Journal Spéciale Z, Volume etc. Her project “Ostalgia” is one of the artist books of Volume II “TPS Loves Emergent Artists”, published in 2012.
