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GOGGA’S WORK IS DEFINED BY A BOLD, MINIMALIST PALETTE FEATURING GOLD, SILVER, RED, BLUE, WHITE, BLACK, AND GREY. HER LARGE-SCALE ABSTRACT PAINTINGS SHOWCASE METICULOUS ATTENTION TO DETAIL, WITH SHADOWS, SURFACE HIGHLIGHTS, AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL EFFECTS THAT TRANSCEND A SINGLE REALISTIC LIGHT SOURCE. WORKING WITH A RANGE OF TACTILE MIXED-MEDIA MATERIALS - ACRYLIC, CONCRETE, SHARDS OF GLASS, GOLD, SILVER, AND MIRRORS - GOGGA CREATES DYNAMIC, IMMERSIVE COMPOSITIONS THAT PLAY WITH TEXTURE, LIGHT, AND REFLECTION.
EACH PIECE IS A DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE RAW AND THE REFINED, WHERE METALLIC AND GLASS ELEMENTS REFLECT LIGHT AND INTEGRATE MOVEMENT. HER WORK EXPLORES THE FUSION OF INDUSTRIAL AND REFINED MATERIALS, BLURRING BOUNDARIES BETWEEN RAWNESS AND ELEGANCE. HER PRACTICE INVESTIGATES STRIKING CONTRASTS BETWEEN STRENGTH AND FRAGILITY, OPACITY AND TRANSPARENCY, RAWNESS AND GRACE.
GOGGA’S WORK IS INFLUENCED BY SCIENCE AND THE UNSEEN FORCES THAT SHAPE OUR EXISTENCE. SHE EXPLORES CONCEPTS OF TIME AND UNIVERSAL FORCES OF NATURE.
“AS A THIRD-GENERATION ARTIST, I WAS IMMERSED IN ART AND DESIGN THINKING FROM A VERY EARLY AGE. I SET OUT TO CAPTURE, TRANSFORM, AND BRING MY MOST EXTRAORDINARY VISIONS TO LIFE THROUGH ART AND DESIGN. WHEN I CREATE A SERIES OF WORKS, I AM OFTEN DRIVEN BY THE COMPLEX WONDERS OF SCIENCE - CONCEPTS INVOLVING ATOMS, NEURONS, AND THE VASTNESS OF THE UNIVERSE; THE INNER AND PARALLEL WORLDS WITHIN EACH OF US. WHEN WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF DEEP LIFE TRANSITIONS - IN THE LIMINAL STATE BETWEEN DEATH AND REBIRTH, UNBORN AND UNDYING - WE ENCOUNTER THE TRUE NATURE OF OUR EVER-EXPANDING BEING.”
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EDUCATION:
1995 - 2000 | INDUSTRIAL DESIGN | NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL OF PLASTIC ARTS AND DESIGN | KAZANLAK BULGARIA
2004 - 2009 | PLASTIC ARTS AND ARCHITECTURE-INTERIOR & SPATIAL DESIGN | BACHELOR DEGREE | NEW BULGARIAN UNIVERSITY | SOFIA BULGARIA
2004 - 2009 | FASHION | ADDITIONAL SPECIALIZATION | NEW BULGARIAN UNIVERSITY | SOFIA BULGARIA
CERTIFICATES:
2023 - 2024 PSYCHOLOGY | OIPP (ONLINE INSTITUTE OF PRACTICAL PSYCHOLOGY) | MOSCOW RUSSIA
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SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2025 O.S.D. 2 “SÂYE” SOFIA BULGARIA
2024 O.S.D. 1 “THE EXTRAORDINARY FEATURE OF ATOMS” SOFIA BULGARIA
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COLLECTIONS:
PRIVATE COLLECTION, SOFIA BULGARIA
PRIVATE COLLECTION, VIENNA AUSTRIA
PRIVATE COLLECTION, ZURICH SWITZERLAND
PRIVATE COLLECTION, PARIS FRANCE
PRIVATE COLLECTION, NICE FRANCE
PRIVATE COLLECTION, ISTANBUL TURKEY
PRIVATE COLLECTION, ANTALYA TURKEY
PRIVATE COLLECTION, ATHENS GREECE
PRIVATE COLLECTION, THESSALONIKI GREECE
PRIVATE COLLECTION, DÜSSELDORF GERMANY
PRIVATE COLLECTION, OBERHAUSEN GERMANY
PRIVATE COLLECTION, NEW YORK USA
G O G G A
GERGANA ZEFIROVA | BORN IN STARA ZAGORA, BULGARIA |
IS A CONTEMPORARY ABSTRACT ARTIST AND DESIGNER
BASED IN SOFIA, BULGARIA.
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