Artist Statement
My work is a response to the invisible emotional and architectural structures that shape our perception of space, memory, and the self. Growing up in a family of painters in Bulgaria, I was surrounded by an intuitive visual language from an early age. I spent much of my childhood participating in plein air gatherings, where I developed a sensitivity to place, texture, and impermanence. Trained in scenography at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Reggio Calabria in Italy, I approach painting and mixed media with a sense of constructed atmosphere—where composition becomes a stage for emotional and material exploration. I’m drawn to raw surfaces, fragmented forms, and the quiet poetry of decay. Through layering, deconstruction, and intuitive mark-making, I aim to create spaces that feel at once intimate and unfamiliar, where structure and abstraction coexist. For me, making art is an ongoing process of navigating the tension between control and surrender, between what we build and what time eventually takes away.

Biography
Bella Antonova is an emerging Bulgarian artist working in acrlylic & oil painting, mixed media, and installation. Raised in a family of painters, she has been engaged in art gatherings since childhood. She studied scenography at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Reggio Calabria, Italy, where she developed a strong sense of spatial storytelling and atmosphere. Her work explores themes of memory, structure, and emotional landscapes, often characterized by textured surfaces and architectural abstraction. Bella lives and works between Bulgaria and Italy.