b. 1994, Haskovo, Bulgaria
EDUCATION
Cornell University, MFA candidate in Creative Visual Arts, Ithaca, NY, 2027
Hunter College, BFA in Studio Arts, New York City, NY, 2025
Whitney Museum of American Art, Advancement Intern Foundations & Government Division, New York City, NY, 2024
St. Cyril and St. Methodius Faculty of Fine Arts, AA in Studio Arts, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria, 2015
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2025 | Return Weight | Olive Tjaden Gallery & Experimental Gallery, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
2025 | Новото Ценно, Contemporary Bulgarian Craft | Etar Museum, Gabrovo, Bulgaria
2025 | Coda | Leubsdorf Gallery, New York City, NY
2025 | Duae Lingua | Romanian Cultural Institute, New York City, NY
2025 | Pattern, Prayer, Pattern | Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York City, NY
2024 | Sofia Art Fair | Sofia Tech Park, Sofia, Bulgaria
2024 | Ritual/ Reverence |Immaterial Projects , Brooklyn, NY
2023 | The Immigrant Artist Biennial [TIAB] | Alchemy Gallery, New York City, NY
2022 | Did you too see it, Drifting, All night, on the Black River | Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT
2022 | Terrarium | Ice Cream Social, Port Chester, NY
2021 | Invoking the Amphibian | ZXY Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2021 | Fragments | Milcon Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2021 | Markings | Isadora & Dunn. Brooklyn, NY
2020 | If You Like This, You’ll Love That | Collar Works, Troy, NY
2019 | No Voice Hush’d | Womxn Art and Punk Festival, Brooklyn, NY
AWARDS
2020 | The Artists + Activist Grant, The Soze Foundation
2019 | Define American Immigrant Artist Fellowship, Define American, Los Angeles, CA
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2024 | IATRUS | Artist in Residence, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria
2023 | Winslow House | Artist in Residence, Vallejo, CA
2022 | Noce Fresca | Artist in Residence, Sardinia, Italy
2022 | Walkaway House | Artist in Residence, North Adams, MA
REVIEWS/ PRESS
2024 | Виж! Magazine Bulgaria | Лилиан Щерева за нишките и хората
2023 | The Immigrant Artist Biennial, In Dialogue: Thread and Fiber, Art Spiel, New York, NY
2021 | Bri Bruce Productions | Humana Obscura, Spring/ Summer 2021
2020 | Bri Bruce Productions | Humana Obscura, Fall/ Winter 2020
2019 | Artist Workshop w/ Antonio Murado | Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ, Video reportag