Rosie Eisor
Rosie Eisor is an interdisciplinary artist, co-founder of the art collective Blood Becomes Water (BBW), active between Sofia and Brussels. The collective works in the fields of contemporary art and illustration, graphic design and independent print publications, organizing art and music events.
Rosie graduated with a BA in set design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence (2009), she completed an MFA in Visual Arts and Curatorial Studies at NABA in Milan. She specialized in typography at La Cambre in Brussels. In 2011 she worked for the interdisciplinary spatial context for artistic and cultural research, debates, knowledge production and distribution Archive Kabinett in Berlin, where she did research on independent publishing and printing practices. Since 2012 she has been living and working in Sofia. She is interested in various printing techniques, limited editions and punk culture.
CLIENTS AND COLLABORATIONS:
Blood Becomes Water, Slovenly Recordings, Les Animaux Sauvages, Swimming Pool Gallery, FLUCA – Austrian Cultural Pavilion
PROJECTS:
WHERE THERE IS POWER, THERE IS NO LOVE (2022), part of the project WITH YOU in collaboration with Stefan Ivanov. The works were presented within the first edition of the Center for Social Vision – CONSENT, at the Swimming Pool Gallery in Sofia
VIAGRA BOYS (2022), FAN-ART project in development
I WANT TO BE HOME AND IN YOU (2021), collaboration with Stefan Ivanov. The work is part of the project in development Poetry Will Save Your Soul
ALL YOU NEED IS LESS (2021), MAKE EVERY DAY A FUN DAY (2021) – series of rugs
AWARDS, PARTICIPATIONS, EXHIBITIONS:
2022
MIMESIS – a project exhibition with BBW for the Pages section, curated by Ginevra Bria, part of the 17th edition of ArtVerona Art Fair, Italy
BBW Pop-Up Show at Wild Im West, Vienna
WITH YOU – group exhibition, part of the Center for Social Vision programme at Swimming Pool Gallery, Sofia
Review of Bulgarian Design 2021. The Value of Design – group exhibition curated by Studio Komplekt at the Bulgarian Cultural Institute in Prague
2021
BULGARIAN DESIGN REVIEW. THE VALUE OF DESIGN – group exhibition curated by Studio Komplekt, part of the MELBA Festival at CO-OP Gallery, Sofia
2020
BBW DECADE DANCE – group exhibition curated by Blood Becomes Water at INTRO Gallery, Sofia
2018, 2015
Libros Mutantes – a fair for independent press and art books at La Casa Ensendida, Madrid
2017, 2015, 2014, 2013
SPRINT: Independent Publishers and Artists’ Books Fair curated by Daphne Baudgeri at Spazio O’, Milan
2016
Artist’s Book Exhibition, Tbilisi Book Days – a fair for independent printed and artist’s books curated by Otar Karalashvili in Tbilisi
FanzineIST Festival – a fair for independent print publications on various locations in Istanbul
Salon Central VaPeur – a fair for independent print publications, Strasbourg
2015
WIELS Art Book Fair – a fair for independent press and art books at WIELS Contemporary Art Centre, Brussels
Crystal Ruth Bell – China Residencies, Red Gate Gallery, Beijing
2014
BBW Italian mini-tour with participation in Gelati Fanzine Festival, Genoa; Boss Gallery, La Spezia; Crack Fumetti Dirompenti X, Rome
2013
BBW: The Revival – group exhibition at Hectoliter Gallery, Brussels
2012
Zine Pages Fest – a fair for independent printed and art books, Seoul