Marta Djourina (born in Sofia) studied at the UDK Berlin, Humboldt University, the Technical University in Berlin and Glasgow School of Art. Her works have been shown in numerous international exhibitions, most recently at Goethe Institute Bulgaria, the Berlinische Galerie, Sofia Arsenal – Museum of contemporary Art, FeldbuschWiesnerRudolph and ICA-Sofia. She has received the BAZA Award for Contemporary Art (2021), the Eberhard-Roters grant (Preussische Seehandlung Foundation, awarded at the Berlinische Galerie, 2020), the AArtist in residence at the Federal Foreign Office (2022), Marianne Brand Prize for Photography (2022) etc. In 2024 Djourina published her first extensive monograph with DISTANZ Berlin.