Slava George

Artist Name: Slava George
Residency Dates: February – March 2026
Born: 1995
Hometown: Burgas, Bulgaria
Lives & Works: Sofia, Bulgaria
URL: Instagram @theserpentcircle

Education:

2019 – Bachelor’s degree in Fashion at the National Academy of Arts in Sofia, Bulgaria
2014 – Industrial Design – National High School of Plastic Arts and Design in Kazanlak, Bulgaria

Bio/Statement:

Slava George is the recipient of the 2025 BAZA Award for young contemporary artists in Bulgaria.

Slava George is a multidisciplinary artist based in Sofia, Bulgaria. She works with various media – installation art, sculpture, performance, video, photography and conceptual fashion design. Her artistic position is deeply connected to the role of women and the feminine as a social construct. She deconstructs elements of reality to the point where the processes of social belief formation become the object of critical analysis. In her artistic research, she seeks the connections between social phenomena such as alchemy, myths and rituals, and specifically, how they are intertwined within the collective subconscious and the human condition. The link between millennia-long traditions and contemporary times is at the core of Slava’s work, analysed through psychology, anthropology, ethnography and more. Many of her projects are related to topics like human rights, war conflicts and current political issues.

Her solo exhibitions include: Let your hair down at +359 Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria (2024) and Woman, Life, Freedom at One+ Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria (2022). Slava George has participated in group shows such as Odyssea: Le chant des sirènes – a collaboration between Spiaggia Libera (Marseille) and PUNTA Gallery (Sofia), part of the contemporary art festival BUNA 2025, Varna, Bulgaria (2025); DARING TO DEFY THE STATUS QUO, double fold exhibition with 27 Bulgaria-based emerging artists, Æther Haga Denneweg 26, Den Haag / DOZA Gallery, Sofia (2023); Sofia Underground ?0?3 – Ascension, Sofia, Bulgaria (2023).