Bissera Videnova

Bissera Videnova is a Bulgarian-born New York-based poet, writer, editor, and translator in her native tongue.
Her documentary photography focuses on the consequences of the communist regime, the people's emotional wounds, and pain empathy.

She participated in group shows in Sofia, Venice, Tampa, New York, Trieste; Bissera won Silver/book 2022 PX3; Winner Bronze for photobook The Speed of My Life (BIFA 2020); Honorable mention for Strive for Freedom (BIFA 2020); finalist at Siena Photo Awards (2020,2021); shortlisted BECA 2021; in the Official Selection of TIFA 2021 for Strive for Freedom; published photographs in Fatal Flaw Literary Magazine and Visura.

As a poet, she has published a poetry book in her country (2017) and many translated and published lyrics in English, French, Italian, Korean, and Romanian. Holds a prize for prose from the competition in France (2012); participated in poetry readings at the Poetry House in New York and the Yale Royal Poetry Club in Manhattan (2014-2019). She has published poetry in American Writers Review 2021-2022.

2022-2023 - Magnum Mentee
2020, 2021 ICP - Documentary Class
2015 - 2018 Contemporary Photography at School Photoconcept, Sofia Bulgaria

2022 Trieste Italy, Paris France
2021 New York Tampa Fl;
2020 Florida Museum of Photographic Arts September-November, Anual Member's Show
2019 Florida Museum of Photo Art - Anual Member's Show
2018 Venice Contemporary Itsliquid
2017 Annual Exhibition of Section 13 for Unconventional Art, Union of Bulgarian Artists, Sofia, Bulgaria 
2016 Bridge to Christo, Vivacom Art Hall, Sofia, Bulgaria
2016   Photography and Music, Gallery 2.0, Sofia, Bulgaria