I am a multidisciplinary artist based in Rome, originally from Bulgaria. My artistic identity has been shaped by the cultural transitions of Eastern Europe and by over two decades of international experience—traveling extensively due to my husband’s work with the United Nations. This dual perspective—global and deeply local—infuses my practice with both conceptual awareness and an enduring connection to tradition.

Rooted in a small rural community of weavers and livestock breeders, I developed an early, tactile relationship with materials and form. Without formal training, I learned to work directly, intuitively, and collaboratively—absorbing a sensitivity to organic rhythms, empirical color relationships, and the quiet strength of collective making. These foundations continue to inform my process-led, hands-on approach.

My work spans found-object installations, drawing, photography, and collaborative experiments in color and rhythm. Projects such as Random Walks of Happiness reflect my commitment to material transformation and emotional immediacy: using humble, altered objects to evoke questions of memory, celebration, and human connection. Other works involve open, participatory structures—inviting spontaneous mark-making and shared visual dialogue through simple, direct means. I explore how aesthetic principles—color theory, balance, repetition—can be understood not through instruction, but through experience.

These interactive practices give rise to emotionally charged, often childlike drawings that bypass self-censorship and preconception. They are gestures of freedom, inclusion, and presence. Across all media, I seek to create spaces where form and feeling meet, where tradition and experimentation coexist, and where art becomes a shared, unspoken language.