Emilia Milcheva

As a multidisciplinary artist, I work between painting and ceramics, exploring emotion through texture, movement, and form. My paintings are rooted in expressive realism, combining impasto technique with intuitive, emotional interpretations of nature and imagined environments. In ceramics, I am drawn to organic forms, raw finishes, and the wabi-sabi philosophy of imperfection and impermanence. Though different in medium, both practices are connected by a desire to create works that feel alive — layered with atmosphere, memory, and quiet emotional intensity.

1991 - Foreign Languages High School, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
1995 - Plovdiv University of Arts, Bulgaria

2010 Autumn Art Festival, Bulgaria
2012 Annual Gallery Exhibition, Bulgaria
2013 Art Gallery of Women Painters, Kazanlak
2014 Autumn Art Festival, Bulgaria
2015 Solo Exhibition
2016 Light, Space and Time, group exhibition, USA, Special merit
2016 Curated Autumn Art Hall, Bulgaria
2017 The feminine beginning, group exhibition
2018 Autumn Hall Competition Exhibition, First Prize
2019 Solo Exhibition
2020 Group exhibition, Rose Festival
2022 Group exhibition Woman's beginning
2023 Curated art festival, The colors of the Valley
2023 Autumn Hall Competition Exhibition, First Prize
2024 City Hall exhibition
2025 Solo Exhibition, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
2025 ArtDeco, Budapest, group exhibition, Talent Award


2025 Ludogorie, Razgrad, group exhibition
2025 ArtBIAS III, Budapest, group exhibition
2025 NATURA WIEN, Vienna, group exhibition
2025 Material process, Site:Brooklyn Gallery, USA
2025 Silent voices, Nxera Art Gallery, USA
2025 Biennale “Tenec” Montana, Nomination for 1st prize, Bulgaria
2025 Solo exhibition, Kazanlak, Bulgaria
2025 Group Exhibition The shape of memory, BankArtGallery, NY, USA
2025 Life, Death, Love, Art Collide Gallery, USA, Honorable mention
2025 Art Fair, Istanbul, Turkye
2026 Black & White, Site:Brooklyn Gallery, ...