Galina Abadzhimarinova

Galina Abadzhimarinova is a Bulgarian painter and stage designer. She graduated in Scenography from the National Academy of Arts in Sofia and has spent more than twenty years working in theatre, creating over fifty stage productions for drama and puppet theatres across Bulgaria.

Her background in scenography shapes the way she thinks about space, composition, and visual tension. In painting, she moves away from narrative theatre and towards a more intuitive and internal language, where emotion is built through layers of color, form, and contrast.

After a long period focused primarily on theatre work, she returned to independent painting with renewed intensity. This return marks a shift from external storytelling to internal states — from stage space to psychological space.

Her work is rooted in abstract expression, where structure and intuition coexist. She is interested in contrasts such as presence and absence, stability and fragility, silence and tension, which she explores through organic, layered compositions.

Her solo exhibition “Sense” (2026) at Serdica Gallery in Sofia marks her return to the solo exhibition format after a long interval. She continues to develop a body of work that moves between memory, emotion, and spa...

1993–1998
Master of Arts (M.A.) in Scenography
National Academy of Arts, Sofia, Bulgaria

Solo Exhibitions

2026
– "Sense" — Serdica Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria

2000
- "In the Garden of My Joy" — Epsilon Art Gallery, Shumen, Bulgaria

- Abstract Painting — ArtTT Gallery, Popovo, Bulgaria



Group Exhibitions

2026
– National Exhibition - Spring Salon — Hristo Tsokev Art Gallery, Gabrovo, Bulgaria

2025 – "Collection of Small Drawings" — Labyrinth Gallery, Plovdiv, Bulgaria

– 3rd Autumn Group Exhibition, Association of Artists of Targovishte — Petar Stupov Regional Library, Targovishte, Bulgaria

– "FLUX" — 10th International Biennial "The Art of Miniature", Ruse, Bulgaria

– 1st National Still Life Biennial — Dechko Stoev City Art Gallery, Pomorie, Bulgaria

– Spring Group Exhibition, Association of Artists of Targovishte — Petar Stupov Regional Library, Targovishte, Bulgaria

– Spring Exhibition (Small Format) — AtelieR Art Gallery, Burgas, Bulgaria

– "In Love with Art" — Association of Artists of Targovishte, Petar Stupov Regional Library, Targovishte, Bulgaria

2024
– Traditional Christmas Exhibition — Nikola Marinov Art Gallery, Targovishte, Bulgaria

– National Triennial "Bridges" — Gabrovo, Bulgaria

– National Exhibition Sliven — Sliven, Bulgaria

– 12th International Biennial of Small Forms — Pleven,...