Militsa is an artist, designer and maker based in Glasgow. She creates jewellery and objects as a means of communicating her thoughts and feelings and draws inspiration mainly from her surroundings and personal experiences. In her practice she explores various concepts that intrigue her, while triggering her creativity by experimenting with different materials. Through the use of pre - existing ordinary objects, she challenges the notion of value and poses the question of what is considered precious and why.
Portrait: Ellis Bairstow
Education, Residencies & Courses
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2024-2025
- Artist in Residence, The Glasgow School of Art
-GEMZ Talent Accelerator Programme by Current Obsession
-SHIFT into the future programme
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2023
Artist in Residence, Plattform Schmuckkunst
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2021-2024
Silversmithing & Jewellery, Glasgow School of Art, UK
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2018-2021
Jewellery Design, City of Glasgow College, UK
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2013-2017
Interior Architecture, Decoration & Product Design, UoWA, Greece
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Awards & achievements
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2024
-Winner of the Outstanding Student Award, Incorporation of Goldsmiths of the City of Edinburgh
-The Bram Stoker award
-New Designers Selects Spotted
-AGC Italy Selects
-The Longstrider award
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2022
-Winner of the Contemporary Cutlery Design Competition, The Cutler's Company
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2021
-Sustainable Practices Award, Precious Metals Workshop
-Innovators Challenge, Bridge to Business
-National finalist in fine jewellery making at worldskills competition
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Exhibitions
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2024
-Silber Triennale, Deutsches Goldschmiedehaus, Hanau, Germany
-A Wearable Poem, Gallery JINJING, Shanghai, China
-AGCpunto24 Contemporary Stories, Archivio Negroni, Milano, Italy
-AGCpunto24 Contemporary Stories, Galeria Personal, Tarragona, Spain
-Break the Silence to End the Violence, The Starving Artist & Young European Movement, Online
-Sorry, Can You Say That Again?, GSA Gallery Society, New Glasgow Society, Glasgow, Scotland
-Pulpit, The Glasgow School of Art Library, Glasgow, Scotland
-Graduate Jewellery Designers, Diana Porter, Bristol, England
-Portal, Llantarnam Grange, Cwmbran, Wales
-New Designers, Business Design Center, London, England
-Graduate Degree Show, Glasgow Schoot of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
-Slovenian Jewellery Week, Ljubljana, Slovenia
-Salon Des Inclusions, GSA Gallery Society, The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
-Human Imprint, Wasps Studios, Glasgow, Scotland
-Cultivating Crafts - Live Performace, Wasps Studios, Glasgow, Scotland
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2023
-Fluxus, GSA Gallery Society, New Glasgow Society, Glasgow, Scotland
-Enya 2.0, Flos Collective, The Alchemy Experiment, Glasgow, Scotland
-Work in Progress, S&J, The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
-Remnants of a future unknown, Solo show, Atelier Schmuckes, Graz, Austria
-This jewellery is 100RMB, Vonmo Gallery, Beijing, China
-Re: Action, Budapest Jewellery week, Budapest, Hungary
-Treasures of Gold and Silver Wire, Worshipful Company of Gold and Silver Wyre Drawers, London
- The body remembers, The Starving Artist, Online
-Momentum, GSA Gallery Society at The Alchemy Experiment, Glasgow, Scotland
-Family Jewels, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
-Revolution: Visions of women life freedom, Snag Metalsmith, online
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2022
-Intern exhibition, Vanilla Ink, Glasgow, Scotland
-Touch, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
-Radical Jewellery Makeover Scotland, Glasgow, Scotland
-Student Medal Project, British Art Medal Society, New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham, England
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2020
-Istanbul Jewellery Week, online
-Romanian Jewellery Week, Assamblage National Jewellery Association, Bucharest, Romania
-Student Medal Project, British Art Medal Society, New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham, England
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2019
-*miscellaneous, Six Foot Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland
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Memberships
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2024
-Contemporary British Silversmiths
-Crafts Council Directory
-Find a Maker Directory
-AGC Italy
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2020
-Precious Collective
2019
-Business Collective Scotland
-Ethical Metalsmiths Students​
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Articles
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