(b. 1984)
Graduated in 2009 from the Faculty of Art and Design in Timișoara (specializing in painting) and from the École supérieure d’art de Lorraine, Metz, in 2011 (specializing in communication). Her various internships and residencies in France, enriching his artistic career, now allow her to collaborate with many international artists. With the help of her photographs and installations, Pusha Petrov tries to guide the viewer towards the identity hidden behind personal objects, which can be discerned when these singular elements, which populate daily life and intimate space, are perceived at the sensory level by increased attention.
For the silver Roma community, the code of belonging is translated by the possession of oversized homes. These “castle-houses” impose themselves in the public space as external signs of success of a rapidly expanding community. Considered sacred, their access is forbidden, their contents are kept secret. For the Roma, such a building testifies to the need to materialize their belonging and their culture, to take root in a territory. Images of power and success, these “palace-houses” are the mask chosen to testify to their presence, belonging and ambitions.