
Desia Ava
Born: 1991
Hometown: Smolyan
Based in: Stockholm, Sweden
Born: 1991
Hometown: Smolyan
Based in: Stockholm, Sweden
Born 1991 in Smolyan, Bulgaria
Lives and works in Stockholm, Sweden
desia.ava@gmail.com
Desia • Ava (b.1991) is a Bulgarian-born visual artist based in Stockholm. Desia works with diverse artistic mediums-sculpture, installation, digital art, collectible design. Her material palette includes raw materials (wood, metal, stone), invisible and unsolid materials (water, sound, mist, scent), edibles (sugar, jelly, salt). Desia’s artistic research is focused on creating sensory, meditative and mindful experiences. Her work explores the element of scale, of the micro worlds and the way they are connected to the universal.
Education
Royal Institute of Art
Sweden, 2023
KONSTFACK University of Art, Craft and Design
Sweden, 2020
Awards
Finalist Design Parade Hyères
2023
Selected artist Una Boccata d'arte
2022
Creative Grant National Culture Fund
2022
Exhibitions
ID:I Galleri
Sweden, 2023
Stockholm Art Week, På Segels Torg
Sweden, 2023
Stockholm Art Week Spökparken, Lusthuset
Sweden, 2023
Chealsea NYC, Galerie Philia.
United States of America, 2022
NTANGIBLE - Una boccata d’arte / Galleria Continua. Fumone, Italy
Italy, 2022
Transhumances, Chateau de Barjac, Galerie Philia, France.
France, 2020
Young designers: Collectible Bruxelles,
Belgium, 2019