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Svetla Mandeva

PhD Porcelain and Glass – National Academy of Art 2025

MA Porcelain and Glass – National Academy of Art
2021 – 2023 | Sofia, Bulgaria
● Academic Excellence Award
● Masters Project entitled “The Key of Love”
BA Ceramics – National Academy of Art
2017 – 2020 | Sofia, Bulgaria
● Erasmus+ exchange in University of Hertfordshire (UK), Ceramics.
● Relevant modules include Porcelain and Glass Design, Ceramics, Drawing,
Sculpture, Ceramics Techniques and Technology, Art History

Art defines my family – with painter parents and daughter, a potter grandfather, and a sculptor uncle, I grew up surrounded by canvases, paints, and brushes. In my youth, I chose to rebel against this artistic lineage and pursued a degree in Economics and Finance.

Throughout my professional career, economics and accounting equipped me with valuable knowledge, practical skills, and a deep understanding of balance – a philosophy essential to every aspect of life.

In the last decade, however, I felt both the desire and the need to return to the world of art and to rediscover the artist within me.

Today, I am a passionate artist who expresses my inner world with calm and sincerity through porcelain and clay. In addition to working with ceramics, I also create on canvas using oil paints, exploring two distinct directions – abstraction and landscape.


I actively participate in exhibitions and contests, where I share my artistic vision and connect with diverse audiences through my work.

2025

  • “Arte Venezia” Contemporary Art Exhibition, Venice, Italy
  • “New Horizon” International Art Exhibition, Barcelona, Spain

  • “Art Evolution” International Exhibition, Rome, Italy

2024

  • 63rd Castellamonte Ceramics Exhibition – “Ceramics in Love – Marco Polo”, Italy

2023

  • Stanislav Libenský Award – Nominee and participant in the official exhibition, Prague Castle, Czechia

  • Peyo Yavorov Regional Library, Burgas, Bulgaria

  • Bankya Art Gallery, Bankya, Bulgaria

2021

  • Shipka 6 Art Gallery, Union of Bulgarian Artists, Sofia, Bulgaria

  • Gabrovo City Gallery, Gabrovo, Bulgaria