Nikola Grozdanov

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Biography

Nikola Grozdanov was born in 1988. He lives and works in Sofia. He studied Fine Arts at Glyndwr University, Wales, and in 2014 he completed a master’s degree at the Department of Mural Painting at the National Academy of Art in Sofia. From 2017 to 2021, he lived and worked on the island of Murano, Venice as a glass casting technologist and consultant at a glass art studio specialising in the production of artistic glass sculptures and creating a link between traditional Venetian technologies and contemporary art.

Archive records · BUNA vol.3 / 2025

PUNTA Gallery and Spiaggia Libera group presentation, 2025 Individual work details not supplied

Galleries & Collectives

Gallery / Collective: PUNTA Gallery and Spiaggia Libera (FR)
Curator / Team: Curators: Sacha Guedj Cohen (FR), Camille Velluet (FR), Boyana Dzhikova

The seven Bulgarian artists approach the figure of the siren through the cultural, historical, and geopolitical context of the Black Sea region. Their works examine female identity, bodily autonomy, sexuality, and the possibility of reclaiming control over one’s own narrative. At the same time, they consider how maritime folklore, national identity, and collective memory are shaped by political tensions and by the fabrication, rewriting, or selective interpretation of history. Together, the works reveal both parallels and differences between the Mediterranean and Black Sea perspectives.