Desia Ava
b. 1991 Smolyan (BG)
Lives and works between Stockholm (SE) and Paris (FR)
For enquires: desia.ava@gmail.com
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
AWARDS AND GRANTS
2024 Scholarship, The Gram Ounce, Food & Art Alternative M.A. (2024)
2023 Finalist Design Parade Hyères Villa Noailles
2022 Selected artist for Lazio region for Una Boccata d'arte 2022; Fondazione Elpis / Galleria Continua
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
RESIDENCIES