Mladenova Milena – Birds

Born in Byali, Bulgaria, in 1986. After attending the state school for applied arts and design from 2000 to 2005 under tutorship of academician D. Uzunov-Kazanlak, she graduated in sculpture from VTU „St. Cyril and Methodius” in Bulgaria. She specialised sculpture at Marmara University in Istanbul, Turkey, between 2011 and 2012. She has had two individual exhibition shows in her home country and participated in international biennials in Gabrovo and Pleven. She has also attended numerous sculpture symposia and colonies across Europe and has received three awards: Red Pony Gallery student award in Plovdiv, Small Format Biennial award and Lions Club award at the Biennial of humour and satire in Gabrovo. She lives and works in Bulgaria and Hungary. Birds as a symbol of the spiritual, the immaterial, the ethereal side of humans mark a constant theme ofher artistic explorations embodied in sculpture and painting.