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
2025-26 Metal Art, Freestanding course, University of Gothenburg, Steneby Campus
2021-24 BA (Hons) Silversmithing & Jewellery, Glasgow School of Art, UK​
2018-21 HND Jewellery Design, City of Glasgow College, UK​
2013- 17 BA Interior Architecture, Decoration & Product Design, UoWA, Athens, Greece
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Experience
2025 Gallery Invigilator, Window on Heritage, The Glasgow School of Art
2022-25 Founding Member, Gallery Society Committee, The Glasgow School of Art
2022 Bench Jeweller, TC Jewellers, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
2019 Assistant Gallery Curator, Six Foot Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
2018 Founding Member, GoMA Youth Group, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
2017/18 Apprentice Jeweller, Odd Studio Contemporary Jewellery, Athens, Greece
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Residencies
2025-26 Artist in Residence, The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
2024-25 Artist in Residence, The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
2023 Artist in Residence, Plattform Schmuckkunst, Graz, Austria
Curatorial Experience
2025 Co- curator, Above & Beyond, Stenebyskolan, Dals Långed, Sweden
2025 Co- curator, SEVEN, Artist in Residence Exhibition, New Glasgow Society, Scoltand
2025 Co- curator, Exchange: A Dialogue in Jewellery, Window on Heritage, Glasgow, Scotland
2024 Co- curator, Sorry, Can You Say That Again?, New Glasgow Society, Glasgow, Scotland
2024 Co- curator, Salon Des Inclusions, Annex Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland
2023 Curator, Remnants of a future unknown, Solo show, Atelier Schmuckes, Graz, Austria
2023 Co- curator, FLUXUS, The Alchemy Experiment, Glasgow, Scotland
2023 Co- curator, Family Jewels, The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
2023 Co- curator, Momentum, The Alchemy Experiment, Glasgow, Scotland
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Professional Development programmes​​​
2025 Getting Started in Business, The Goldsmiths Center
2024/25 GEMZ, Talent Accelerator Programme ,Current Obsession
2024 SHIFT, The Glasgow School of Art
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Workshops
2023 Jewellery From Found Objects, Atelier Schmuckes, Graz, Austria
2018 Make Your Own Pendant, Kids workshop, COAST, Arran, Scotland, UK
2018 Saturday Art Club Volunteer, GoMA, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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Awards & achievements​​​​​
2024
Nominee New Talents Award Klimt02
Special Mention Preziosa Young in association with LAO, Le Arti Orafe
Winner of Outstanding Student Award, Incorporation of Goldsmiths of the City of Edinburgh
The Bram Stoker Award
Spotted New Designers Selects
AGC Italy Selects
The Longstrider Award
Individual Silversmithing Award, The South Square Trust ​​​
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2022
Winner of Contemporary Cutlery Design Competition, The Cutler's Company​
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2021
Sustainable Practices Award, Precious Metals Workshop
Innovators Challenge Award, Bridge to Business
National finalist in Fine Jewellery Making, Worldskills Competition
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Exhibitions
2025​
JELO6 Project, Nicosia, Cyprus
Puyuan International Contemporary Jewellery Art and Design Biennale, Jiangnan, China
AGC Punto25, Archivio Negroni, Milano, Italy
Grief in a Box, GIBCA / Iron Notes, Sweden
Secondary Function, Alsolike Gallery, London Design Festival
Car Boot Sale, Gallery Slancha, London Design Festival
Presence / Absence, Universus Gallery, Athens
Seven, GSA Artists in Residence Showcase, New Glasgow Society
Silber Triennale, Deutsches Goldschmiedehaus, Hanau, Germany
Preziosa Young 2024/2025, MIDA, (Mostra Internazionale dell’Artigianato), Firenze, Italy
Lost in Migration, Munich Jewellery Week, Online
Next Time, Maybe - The Reject Edition, Not Only Decoration Magazine​
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2024
A Wearable Poem, Gallery JINJING, Shanghai, China
Amber Trip, Vilnius, Lithuania
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
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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Work in Private Collections
2025 Dolerite Goblets, Incorporation of Goldsmiths of the City of Edinburgh
2022 Slow Down Cutlery Set, The Cutler's Company, London, UK
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Memberships​​
Contemporary British Silversmiths
Craft Scotland Directory
Crafts Council Directory
Find a Maker Directory
AGC Italy
​Precious Collective
Business Collective Scotland
Ethical Metalsmiths ​
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