Summary
For Gallery33, it is a true pleasure to present the work of Monika Naydenova, who masterfully and with great inspiration works with a challenging yet highly impactful material – art glass.
Glass possesses the power to lead the viewer into a parallel reality, where the boundaries between reality and illusion blur, and light plays with our senses. The exhibition "Transparent Worlds" by Monika Naydenova invites you to discover the beauty and complexity of this material, which transmits, reflects, and refracts light, creating new dimensions and perspectives. The artist has carefully selected works to present to the audience in Varna from October 6 to November 7, 2025. The display includes pieces from recent years, as well as works created especially for the space of Gallery33. From delicate color nuances to intricate forms and textures, glass here becomes a medium for expressing ideas and emotions.
We warmly invite you to immerse yourself in "Transparent Worlds", where light and transparency tell stories waiting to be discovered.
BIO
Monika Naydenova was born in Sofia, Bulgaria. She earned her formal art education at the National Academy of Art, where she completed both her Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Metal. She later discovered glass as a medium of expression. This was followed by numerous training courses and creative specializations abroad, focused on perfecting her work with this material.
In 2009, she founded her own studio for art glass – Mohika Art Glass Studio, which continues to carry out private and public projects in various architectural environments to this day.
After gaining extensive hands-on experience, Monika returned to academia and, in 2018, defended her PhD at the Department of Porcelain and Glass Design at the National Academy of Art. Immediately after, she was invited to join the faculty of New Bulgarian University, where she currently leads the Art Glass Studio. She initiates various annual projects, workshops, and exhibitions with her students.
As an artist working in the field of contemporary glass, Monika has participated in numerous exhibitions, solo presentations, prestigious international forums, and has received awards. Among her recent accomplishments are: Commission to create the Golden Apple Award, presented by EVA Magazine (2025); Curator of the Bulgarian participation in the 8th International Glass Biennale, Turkey (2025); Organizer and curator of the glass art exhibition of faculty and students "Glass Furnace CI09" at the Sredets Gallery, Ministry of Culture (2024); Organizer and curator of the exhibition "The Beginning" at UniArt Gallery, showcasing students and faculty from the Art Glass Studio at NBU and the Glass Department at Anadolu University; Solo exhibition at Intro Gallery, Sofia (2022); Selected among the Top 100 notable glass artists for 2021 by the prestigious American publication New Glass Review; Selected to represent Bulgaria at European Glass Context 2021, Bornholm, Denmark; Winner of the Grand Prize of the Municipality of Pleven at the 9th International Biennale of Small Forms, Pleven (2018). Since 2012, Monika has been a member of the Union of Bulgarian Artists, Design section. She is also the project manager of the International Glass Biennale, the largest and most professionally oriented event in Bulgaria dedicated to glass art.
Photographer: Dilyana Florentin
Opening: October 6, 2025, at 6:00 PM
Exhibition period: October 6 – November 7, 2025
Location: Gallery33, 2A Gabrovo St., Varna
Free Admission
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