Social practice
Working with people
Since 1990 Rossella Matamoros has led long workshop processes with adolescents, teenage mothers, immigrants and communities, often with psychologists, sociologists and educators. The participants' works, texts and voices then enter the exhibitions beside her own: a polyphony rather than a single author.
Projects born from workshops
Workshops, 1990–2019
- 2019 · San José, Costa RicaHave You Heard It?Teenage mothers at social risk, in three areas of San José.

- 2014 · Queens, New YorkImmigrant Movement InternationalTrauma & Recovery, May to October 2014.

- 2014 · San Ramón, Costa RicaSan Ramón MuseumTrauma & Recovery.

- 2011 · San José, Costa RicaTeens from Santa AnaTrauma & Recovery.

- 2010 · Tegucigalpa, HondurasHogar AlianzaTrauma & Recovery, at the Museum for National Identity.

- 2010 · Osaka, JapanOutenein TempleTrauma & Recovery, with participants of different ages.

- 2009 · Zurquí Correctional Center, Costa RicaConfluencesTrauma & Recovery, with the Museum of Contemporary Art & Design.

- 1998 · San José, Costa RicaTeenagers of different social strataTrauma & Recovery.

- 1990–91 · Arlington, VirginiaArlington Public SchoolsWorkshops for immigrant children and teenagers.




