I come from a family of Doctors of Dental Medicine, who eagerly and wholeheartedly support my artistic endeavors from my very early years, when I participated in different children artistic programs.

I have completed my secondary education with full distinction from National high school of stage and film design in Plovdiv, Bulgaria (majoring in Makeup and Wigs). I won full scholarship from the “Stramna” Gallery; my works have been acquired at charity auctions by the Open Society Fund and local chapters of the Rotary Club.

I earned top honors with my BA and MA degrees in Costume and Stage Designs for Music and Stage Performances from the Academy of Music, Dance, and Fine Arts in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
There I was a recipient of a merit scholarship by the Round Table Club, and took part in many joint student exhibitions, including the Academy’s participation in the 10^th (2003) and 11^th (2007) Prague Quadrennials of Scenography and Theater Architecture in the Czech Republic. I worked on the stage and costume design for Aristophanes’s “Lysistrata”, Stravinsky’s “The Firebird”, Mozart’s “The Abduction from the Seraglio” and “The Magic Flute”, Bogdan Chaly’s children’s fairy tale “How the Small Camas Became a Hero”, Tennessee Williams’s “The Glass Menagerie”, Prokofiev’s “The Love for Three Oranges”, and Bellini’s “Norma”.

I have worked as an applied image designer for infant and toddler clothing for “Vis Vitalis” – a Plovdiv, Bulgaria company.

I have been a freelance artist in New York, USA, where I presented two exhibitions and participated in numerous joint exhibitions.

I have become a member of The Union of Plovdiv Artists /UPA/ in 2010 and since 2013 I have been its Vice Chairperson.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2023 - "Two Worlds" - joint exhibition with the sculptor Dimitar Chonov - "Marina Franzetti" Gallery

2022 - "Spring Consonances" - Business Hotel Plovdiv

2019 - "Chiaroscuro" - "Plovdiv" Gallery, Plovdiv

2016 - "Cherished Moments" - "Signa" Gallery, Plovdiv

2016 - "Whisper of Wings" - "Zagreb" Gallery, Plovdiv

2013 - "Unfinished Dreams" - "Plovdiv" Gallery, Plovdiv

2010 - "The Garden of Dreams", New York, USA

2009 - "The Magic of Woman", New York, USA

1998 - First solo exhibition - in honor the Day for Heroes of National and Cultural Advancement, Plovdiv

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024

"Ladies Invite" - "Plodiv" Gallery

"The Drawing" - exhibition hall of the Тhe Union of Plovdiv Artists

"Colors" - exhibition hall "2019"

"The Image As An Experience" - exhibition hall of the Тhe Union of Plovdiv Artists

"Annual Exhibition of the Union of Plovdiv Artists" - exhibition hall "2019"

"Santa Claus and Friends" - City Art Gallery - Mexican Graphics House

"Small Format" - exhibition hall of the Тhe Union of Plovdiv Artists

2023

"Ladies Invite" - "Plodiv" Gallery

"Colors" - exhibition hall "2019"

Тhe Union of Plovdiv Artists visits Asenovgrad as a guest of the May cultural celebrations in the city

Тhe Union of Plovdiv Artists visits Pazardzhik

"Together" - joint exhibition of Тhe Union of Plovdiv Artists and Representation of artists from Pazardzhik city - art gallery "Prof. V. Staykov" - city of Peshtera

Youth Curatorial Exhibition "IN/formal" - exhibition hall of the Тhe Union of Plovdiv Artists

"Christmas exhibition" - exhibition hall of the Тhe Union of Plovdiv Artists

"Santa Claus and Friends" - City Art Gallery - Mexican Graphics House

"Miracles Happen at Christmas" - Business Hotel Plovdiv

2022

"Ladies Invite" - "Plodiv" Gallery

"Colors"- exhibition hall "2019"

"Parallel Worlds" - "Marina Franzetti" Gallery

"Collective Summer Exhibition" - Business Hotel Plovdiv

"Annual Exhibition of the Union of Plovdiv Artists" - exhibition hall "2019"

"Collective Christmas exhibition of Union of Plovdiv Artists" - exhibition hall "Okoliyska kashta" - Dupnitsa

"The Miracles of Christmas" - Business Hotel Plovdiv

"Santa Claus and Friends" - City Art Gallery - Mexican Graphics House

2021

"Ladies Invite" - "Plodiv" Gallery

"Colors"- exhibition hall "2019"

"The Power of Illusion" - curatorial exhibition - exhibition hall "2019"

"Jubilee Exhibition of a National High School Of Stage And Film Design With The Participation Of Artists-Alumni Of The School" - 45 Years Since Its Establishment - City Art Gallery

"25 years Anniversary Exhibition of a Costume and Stage Designs for Music and Stage Performances in the Academy of Music, Dance, and Fine Arts" - "Kapana" Gallery

"Only Plovdivers" - curatorial exhibition at "Kapana" Gallery

"Annual Exhibition of the Union of Plovdiv Artists" - exhibition hall "2019"

"The Мagic of Christmas" - Business Hotel Plovdiv

2020

"Ladies Invite" - "Plodiv" Gallery

"Colors"- exhibition hall "2019"

"Only Plovdivers" - curatorial exhibition at "Petko Churchuliev" Gallery in Dimitrovgrad

"Annual Exhibition of the Union of Plovdiv Artists" - exhibition hall "2019"

2019

"2019" - marking the beginning of the new European Capital of Culture - Plovdiv, Bulgaria

"Graphic exhibition" - "Plodiv" Gallery

"Ladies Invite" - "Plodiv" Gallery

"Colors" - "Plodiv" Gallery

"Erotic in Burgas" - the exhibition hall of the Society of Burgas Artists, Burgas

"Plovdiv 2019" - Bulgarian Cultural Institute in Berlin, Germany

International painting plein air in Plovdiv, Bulgaria

Seventh International Biennial "The Art of Miniature" - "...by the memory of the past..." - Rousse

Еxhibition for the Fourth birthday of "Signa" Gallery and its new exhibition hall

"100x100 Plovdivers" - curatorial exhibition at hall "2019"

"Annual Exhibition of the Union of Plovdiv Artists" - "Kapana" Gallery

"Santa Claus and Friends" - City Art Gallery - Mexican Graphics House

2018

"Scent of a Woman" - "Plodiv" Gallery

"Colors" - exhibition hall of the UPA

Curator's Exhibition "15х5" - House of Culture "Boris Hristov"

"9th Biennial of Small Forms in Art" - Pleven

"Annual Exhibition of the Union of Plovdiv Artists" - exhibition hall of the UPA

"Santa Claus and Friends" - City Art Gallery - Mexican Graphics House

2017

"Scent of a Woman" - "Plodiv" Gallery

"Colors" - exhibition hall of the UPA

IX National Art Collage Exhibition - exhibition hall of the UPA

Sixth International Biennial "The Art of Miniature" - "Nothing Scares More As The Touch With The Unknown" - Rousse

"Annual Exhibition of the Union of Plovdiv Artists" - exhibition hall of the UPA

"Santa Claus and Friends" - City Art Gallery - Mexican Graphics House

2016

"With the Scent of a Woman and Fascinated by Her" - "Plodiv" Gallery

"Water" - "Romfeia" Gallery

"Colors" - exhibition hall of the UPA

"Youth Curatorial Exhibition "Temptation" - exhibition hall of the UPA

"Joint Summer Exhibition" - "Zagreb" Gallery

"Summer Prominences" - exhibition hall of the UPA

"Let It Be Summer" - "Signa" Gallery

"Annual Exhibition of the Union of Plovdiv Artists" - exhibition hall of the UPA

"Christmas Exhibition" - "Zagreb" Gallery

2015

"Scent of a Woman" - "Plovdiv" Gallery

"Colors" - exhibition hall of the UPA

Youth Curatorial Exhibition "Ritual" - exhibition hall of the UPA

"Youth Planer - Plovdiv 2015-2019" - exhibition hall of the UPA

Fifth International Biennial "Art of Miniature" - "Theme: Pentimento. The Ability to Correct Yourself" - Ruse

"Christmas Exhibition" - "Zagreb" Gallery

"Annual Exhibition of the Union of Plovdiv Artists" - exhibition hall of the UPA

2014

"Toast to Love" - Asenovgrad Town

"Toast to Love" - Hisarya Town

"Ladies Invite" - "Plovdiv" Gallery

"Colors" - exhibition hall of the UPA

"Nedko and Friends" - exhibition hall of Radio Plovdiv

"7th Biennial of Small Forms in Art" - Pleven

"Mini Art" - small exhibition hall of the UPA

"Annual Exhibition of the Union of Plovdiv Artists" - exhibition hall of the UPA

2013

"Colors" - exhibition hall of the UPA

Curator's Exhibition "15x5" - exhibition hall of the UPA

"Annual Exhibition of the Union of Plovdiv Artists" - exhibition hall of the UPA

2012

"100th Anniversary of the Union of South Bulgarian Artists" - exhibition hall of the UPA

"Annual Exhibition of the Union of Plovdiv Artists" - exhibition hall of the UPA

2011

"Ladies Invite" - exhibition hall in Mall Galeria, Plovdiv

"Colors" - exhibition hall of the UPA

"Annual Exhibition of the Union of Plovdiv Artists" - exhibition hall of the UPA

2010

"Annual Exhibition of the Union of Plovdiv Artists" - exhibition hall of the UPA

2003 - 2009

2009 - Harrison Council for Arts First Prize, New York, USA

2007 - Participation in the Eleventh Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space

2003 - Participation in the Tenth Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space

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