Desia Ava

b. 1991 Smolyan (BG)

Lives and works between Stockholm (SE) and Paris (FR)

For enquires: desia.ava@gmail.com

Artist Manifesto Download

Curriculum Vitae Download

EXHIBITIONS (selected)

Solo shows

2022 INTANGIBLE - Una boccata d’arte / Galleria Continua. Fumone, Italy

2020 New Rituals - Konstfack degree project. Stockholm, Sweden

2020 New Rituals - Online exhibition "Don’t Try This at Home", Antilia Gallery

EDUCATION

2023 Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm, Post-master in Fine Art

2020 Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts and Design, Sweden, Master of Fine Arts in Spatial design

2016 London Metropolitan University Sir John CASS Faculty of Art, Architecture and Design

Master of Arts in Product Design

2014 Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio, Università della Svizzera Italiana / ARCHIP

Bachelor in Architecture

PUBLICATIONS

"Don't Get a Job…Make a Job New Edition: Inventive career models for next-gen creatives", Gem Barton, 2023-Laurence King Publishing; Sept. 2023

"Materialities; energies", 2023-Royal Institute of Art.

“Una Boccata d’arte 2022”, 2022-Fondazione Elpis/Galleria Continua

"Don’t Try This At Home” 2021, Antilia Gallery

“Landscapes of Consumption”, 2019, Konstfack University press

Group Shows

2024 Liljevalchs Vårsalongen 2024. Spring Salon 9 Feb-21 April 2024

2023 ID:I Galleri, Materialities, Stockholm.

2023 Stockholm Art Week, På Segels Torg

2023 Stockholm Art Week Spökparken, Lusthuset

2022 Chealsea NYC, Galerie Philia.

2021 Transhumances, Chateau de Barjac, Galerie Philia, France.

2020 Atelier Sophie Cauvin, Galerie Philia, Bruxelles, Belgium.

2019 Young designers: Collectible Bruxelles, Belgium

2018 Walking on sugar: Performance, Konstfack Research Week, Stockholm, Sweden.

2017 Design Monat Graz: Selected, Creative Industries Styria, Museum of Natural History, Graz

2013 Triennale di Milano; Casabella: Atelier Blumer