Margareta Ruysschaert (b. 2000, Luxembourg) is a photographer, curator and zine-maker. She holds a BA in Political Science and Geography from Trinity College Dublin and a continuing education degree in Photography and Digital Imaging from the National College of Art and Design in Ireland, where she was awarded the Photography and Digital Imaging Award. Margareta received her MA in Art and Public Policy from NYU in 2024.
Her work revolves around diaspora, the formation of identity in relation to place, and the performance of gender. Collaboration always lies at the core of Margareta’s practice. She has exhibited at Baxter Street Camera Club (NYC, 2024), the Copperhouse Gallery (Dublin, 2019, 2022, 2023), Unit 44 (Dublin, 2022) and the Fumbally Stables (Dublin, 2021). Her photography has been published in the Douglas Hyde Gallery magazine, SOURCE magazine, and Moving – a Trinity Publications associated magazine.
education
May 2024; MA, Art & Public Policy, New York University
July 2023; Continuing Education in Art and Design Certificate, Photography + Digital Imaging, National College of Art and Design
October 2022; BA, Political Science and Geography, Trinity College Dublin
exhibitions and publications
May 2024; Baxter Street Camera Club, Correspondence: circulation, collaboration, and community
January 2024; Mosaic, Issue 4 of the Douglas Hyde Gallery Magazine: https://thedouglashyde.ie/mosaic-2/
July 2023; National College of Art and Design Graduate Exhibition
*awarded the Photography & Digital Imaging Prize
May 2023; NCAD Works, feature of ‘Amulets’: https://ncad.works/graduates/margareta-ruysschaert
May 2023; SOURCE Magazine, feature of ‘Amulets’: https://www.source.ie/graduate/2023/naticollce/naticollce_student_16_41_30_10-05-23/naticollce_student_16_41_30_10-05-23.php
April 2023; Copperhouse Gallery, End of Year Exhibition, Dublin University Photography Association
November 2022; Unit 44, Dublin Modular x Kirkos Ensemble Visual Art Exhibition
April 2022; Copperhouse Gallery, End of Year Exhibition, Dublin University Photography Association
November 2019; moving, a Trinity Publications associated magazine
April 2019; Copperhouse Gallery, End of Year Exhibition, Dublin University Photography Association
curatorial work
April 2022; Copperhouse Gallery, End of Year Exhibition, Dublin University Photography Association
February 2022; Trinity College Dublin, ‘Notes to Self,’ as part of Trinity Arts Festival, Dublin University Photography Association & Trinity Arts Festival collaborative exhibition,
December 2021; The Fumbally Stables cultural centre, ‘After Sundown,’ Dublin University Photography Association
*featured in The University Times: https://universitytimes.ie/2021/12/dupas-christmas-exhibition-brings-light-to-dark-december/
October 2021; Trinity College Dublin, The Divine, the Ethereal, and the Sublime, Dublin University Photography Association
