Yana Yunakova

Yana Yunakova was born in 1975 in Sopot, Bulgaria. She graduated from the High School of Arts in Troyan, and later from the National Academy of Arts in Sofia with a MA in ceramics. In 2015, she obtained her Phd in Fine Arts.

Where do you live and what do you do at the moment?
Yana currently lives and works in Sofia. She works in the field of contemporary ceramics and design and teaches Ceramics at the National Academy of Arts. She is also interested in and explores art design, as a current in contemporary design and art.

COOPERATIONS:

Michelangelo Foundation – Homo Faber Guide, Tesla Gallery, Sariev Galery, Studio Komplekt, ID Lab

PROJECTS:

The 7 Dwarfs (a limited series of 7 small porcelain vases), 2022, XV International biennial of ceramics of Manises, Spain
5/5 Water, 2019, for My style II, TESTA Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria, porcelain
Imitation product, 2019, for ID LAB, porcelain and sugar objects
Absolut Apis (a limited edition cocktail set for cold ABSOLUT drinks), 2016, Festival Absolut creative space, Sofia, Bulgaria, paper and beeswax
Cuts, 2015, porcelain and ceramics objects, TESTA Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
tochka & tochka studio for design and art objects, 2007 – 2010
Free geometry, 2006, Sariev Gallery, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, porcelain and ceramics objects
Feeling for unnoticed and evident, 2003, III International ceramics biennale, Kapfenberg, Austria, ceramics pots
Seeds, 2001, TESTA Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria, ceramics objects

THE DESIGN: Smart and ethical art