ABOUT | chromosapiens

SARA
CHRISTOVA

Sara Christova (b.1994, Sofia, Bulgaria) is a London-based interdisciplinary artist working across painting, installation, photography and audiovisual media.

Drawing from contemporary notions of existentialism and metaphysical discourse, she plays with notions of materiality, affect, and phenomenology. Her practice is experimental in nature, looking for ways to enmesh traditional and innovative methods of artmaking whilst engaging with concepts rooted in the digital realm and the intersections between art and technology. Through her work she examines scientific and mythological narratives alike, focusing on alternative modes of perception and the possibilities of posthuman futures.

2019 BA (HONS) ILLUSTRATION, Cardiff School of Art & Design

2023 GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN FINE ART, Royal College of Art

2024 MA CONTEMPORARY ART PRACTICE, Royal College of Art

EXHIBITIONS

2024 Beyond, and Within the Void - Fitzrovia Gallery, London, UK

OUT OF REACH: The Enigma of Consciousness - Art in the Docks, London, UK

NEXA Art Market - Indra Studios, London, UK

CAP CINEMA - Genesis Cinema, London, UK

AH~AH? - Royal College of Art, London, UK

DA-i: Slay or Nay? - Royal College of Art, London, UK

Everything Must Go! -Cookhouse Gallery, London, UK

2023 CAPBARET - Royal College of Art, London, UK

Prophecy of Future Extinctions - Royal College of Art, London, UK

Mirror Mirror on the Wall - IKLECTIK, London, UK

Sampler 87 - ArtBar, Royal College of Art, London UK

QUINTESENTI - W1Curates Studios, London, UK

2021 Winter - M.A.D.E., Cardiff, UK

Pallet - Bosch Lounge, Capitol Centre, Cardiff, UK

Spring Awakening - London Paint Club, Online Viewing Room

2020 Unfinished - Capitol Centre, Cardiff, UK

2019 Under The Counter Culture - The Vicarage, Cardiff, UK

Museum Lates: SPACE - National Museum Cardiff, Cardiff, UK
ALTERED EGO - Insole Court, Cardiff, UK

Shakshuka - Gentileza, Cardiff, UK
Under The Counter Culture - Tokyo & Kyoto, Japan
Viridis - M.A.D.E., Cardiff, UK

2018 D2O - Bristol, UK

Rogue Venus - West Wharf Gallery, Cardiff, UK

Open Thread - Jacob’s Market, Cardiff, UK

2017 Off Track - Jacob's Market, Cardiff, UK

Millenium - National Palace of Culture, Sofia, BG
Winter Wall - M.A.D.E., Cardiff, UK
Loophole presents: The Secret Exhibition - Cardiff, UK

2016 Encounter - Cardiff School of Art and Design, Cardiff, UK

Within/Without - Paper Arts, Bristol, UK

2015 Artist of the month, CSAD, Howard Gardens, Cardiff, UK

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2021 Simulacrum - Gin House, Sofia, BG

Bits of Personality Left Alive - Derrida Centre, Sofia, BG

2021 Stillness in Motion - Blue Honey Night Café, Cardiff, UK

CURATION

2023 DA-i: Slay or Nay? - Royal College of Art, London, UK

QUINTESENTI - W1Curates Studios, London, UK

Sampler 87 - ArtBar, Royal College of Art, London UK

2021 Simulacrum - Gin House, Sofia, Bulgaria

Bits of Personality Left Alive - Derida Centre, Sofia, BG

2019 Stillness In Motion - Blue Honey Night Café, Cardiff, UK

‘Animal Magic’, Truefest - Baskerville Hall, Hay-On-Wye, UK

2018 Rogue Venus - West Wharf Gallery, Cardiff, UK

Open Thread (co-curated with Teddy Hunter) - Jacob's Market, Cardiff, UK

2017 Off Track - Jacob's Market, Cardiff, UK

RESIDENCIES

2022 CURAD, Cardiff, UK

2021 CURAD (online, Instagram)

2019 ALTERED EGO, Cardiff, UK

tactileBOSCH, Cardiff, UK

Shift, (short) Cardiff, UK

ART DIRECTION, DESIGN & PUBLISHING

2024 social media manager, (instagram: @rca_contemporaryartpractice), London, UK

writer, director, editor, DA-i: Slay or Nay?, Royal College of Art, UK

2023 editor in chief, Sampler 87 (publication), Royal College of Art, UK

social media manager (instagram: @rcagraddip), London, UK

2022 illustrator, Разходки из невидимия свят, Vera Petrova (book) Kibea Publishing, BG

scenic artist, Cardiff Theatrical Services, Welsh National Opera, UK

2021. art director, mural artist, Denis Diderot School, ProCredit Group, BG

art director, LIVADI (organic produce shop), Sofia, BG

cover artist, 'Coffee In Cuckoo Land' Jamie McDonald & The Number Nein (album) BG

2020. writer, illustrator, Огромна Лилава Ябълка (limited edition, self-published) UK/BG

guest workshop lead, (online workshop series); WCVA, Cardiff, UK
cover artist, AMPHIBIOS MIX001, Rhodri Price, Monoke (online dj series) UK
cover artist, identity designer; Saccharyn (EP, website) UK

graphics & identity designer, Truefest (festival) UK

2019 art director & chief specialist, sculpture commission for LittleBig Art, MOMA Wales, UK

art director, graphics & identity designer, Truefest (festival) UK

stage designer, SWN Fest (festival) University of South Wales, Cardiff, UK

artist/designer/maker/photographer, Daisy's Dressing Up Box, UK.

2018. illustrator, writer, Hazy Tale (self-published, limited edition zine) Cardiff, UK

cover artist, The Lotus Tribe (EP) Cardiff, UK
cover artist, Excellent Skeleton (EP) Cardiff UK
cover artist, 'Fresh Bits', Sock (album, vinyl) Bubblewrap Collective, Cardiff, UK

cover artist, 'bored', Sock (single) Bubblewrap Collective, Cardiff, UK

cover artist, 'wot2do', Sock (single) Bubblewrap Collective, Cardiff, UK

2017 illustrator, 'Basil', poem by Ellie Riddy in Are You Lost Yet? (online publication) UK

cover artist, Magi Mojaxx (EP), Cardiff, UK

2016 illustrator, Завихряне, Vera Petrova; Colibri, Sofia, BG

cover artist, 'Lullaby For A Dying Star', Lecu (EP), Cardiff, UK

2011 illustrator, Вместо Книга, Vera Petrova; Gourmet Publishing, Sofia, BG

MEDIA & FEATURES

2023 Feature: THE DODO (publication) Royal College of Art; London, UK

Feature: ACROSS & OVER (online publication) RCA Grad Dip x HSBC; London, UK

Feature: SAMPLER 87 (publication) Royal College of Art; London, UK

Feature: @rcagraddip (Instagram)