Málaga, 1989

Virginia Rota has a bachelor’s degree in Psychology and an MA in Experimental Film and Art Documentary. Her photography work has been exhibited in Madrid, Barcelona, Thessaloniki, Rio de Janeiro, Italy, Senegal, Santiago de Chile, Málaga, Seville, Logroño and Galicia, among other places.

In 2016 she won Nexofoto with her first project, Saudade. Her second project, El mundo al principio, recently garnered her the 2018 Galicia Prize for Contemporary Photography. Other distinctions include the Madrid Young Artists Prize (first), Málagacrea (first), the Contemporarte Prize, Fundación Ankaria-La Palabra Pintada Prize (second), and the Obra Abierta Prize (finalist).

She is also interested in the performing arts and currently works with the Laphármaco dance company.