Rocío Bueno Royo

A visual artist, photographer, and economist whose practice explores the contemporary construction of women’s imagery, as well as themes related to heritage, memory, and the barely perceptible, often working with photographic archives. She approaches photography as a tool for communication and open dialogue, drawn to its anachronistic and polysemic nature and its capacity for projection and identification, and connects it with other visual disciplines such as drawing, collage, sculpture, painting, and poetry. Her project Renascence received honourable mentions at ArtPhoto Barcelona and PHotoESPAÑA in 2022, while Hilo was awarded an Honourable Mention at Encontros da Imagem in Braga and the First Prize at the Barakaldo Baffest Festival in 2021, as well as an honourable mention at the Luminic Festival in 2023. Her work has been exhibited in Spain, France, Chile, and Portugal, including at Matadero Madrid, the Huete Photography Museum, the Archaeology Museum of Braga, Les Rencontres d’Arles, ArtsLibris at ARCOmadrid, and the International Photography Festival of Valparaíso. She has self-published three photobooks: Hilo (2019), held in the MoMA Library collection in New York, Renascence (2021), and Ancestras (2025).