Education
•National Academy of Arts, Department Ceramics, Sofia, Bulgaria 1993-1998 , M.A. Ceramics
•Vocational High School for Fine Arts "Academic Petrov", Sofia, Bulgaria 1988-1993
Work Experience
•Adjunct Professor , Department of Visual Arts-Ceramics, California State University, Northridge, CA, Fall 2007
•Adjunct Professor, Department of Visual Arts-Ceramics, Glendale Community College, CA, 2007 - present
•Art Consultant , “Insatiable” TV Pilot with actress Andie Mac Dowell, Blind Decker Production, Inc, 2006
•Instructor, Xiem Clay Center, Pasadena, CA, 2003 - present
Workshops
•Digital Photography for the Studio Potter, American Ceramic Society – Design Chapter, LA, 2005
•Surface Decoration and Development of Sculpture, Burbank Creative Art Center, Burbank, CA, 2004
Exhibitions
•Sextuplets at Couturier Gallery, Curated Show, LA, CA, 2007
•Extreme Clay at AMOCA, American Ceramic Society – Design Chapter, SCS, 2007
•Kilnopening.edu at AMOCA Southern California College and University Ceramic Instructors Exhibition, 2007
•The Beatrice Wood Ceramic Annual 2007 at Beatrice Wood Center, curatedexhibition, Ojai, CA, 2007
•Contemporary California Clay at Beatrice Wood Center for the Arts, curated exhibition , Ojai, CA, 2006
•Featured Artist at Del Mano Gallery , LA, CA, February - March 2006
•ACS-DC President’s Show 2005 at Clay Gallery, Venice, CA, June - July 2005
•Feats of Clay at Lincoln Arts, Juried National Exhibition, Lincoln, CA, April-May 2005
•Featured Artist at Del Mano Gallery , LA, CA, February - March 2005
•Faculty Exhibition at Xiem Clay Center & Gallery , Pasadena, CA, October - November 2004
•Joined Exhibition at the Burbank Municipal Gallery & Creative Center , Burbank, CA, October 2004
•ACS-DS President’s Show at Burbank Municipal Gallery, Burbank, CA, September 2004
•“Hot Tea” Invitational Annual Exhibition at Del Mano Gallery, LA, CA, April-May, 2004
•“Gigantic” Ceramic Figurines, Juried by Patti Warashina, Kirkland Arts Center, WA, 2004
•Craft Forms 2003 at the Wayne Art Center, Juried, Wayne, PA, December 2003
•Clearly Black & White at the Tierra Solida Clay Art Gallery, October 2003
•Clay & Glass at the Burbank Municipal Gallery & Creative Center, CA, September 2003
•GLOBALArtLook 2003 International Exhibition at Metrix Arts Space, CA, September 2003
•Faculty Exhibition at Xiem Clay Center & Gallery , Pasadena, CA, October - November 2003
•ACS-DS President's Show at Milard Sheets Gallery, Pomona, 2002
•ACS-DS President's Show, Ground Zero, Marina del Rey, CA, 2001
•St. Spiridon - at Dosev Gallery, Traditional Exhibition of Ceramics, Sofia, Bulgaria, 1998
•Site Dezar Exhibition-competition of the studio, Sofia, Bulgaria, 1998
•The Ladder Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria, October 1998
•Scarlet Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria, June 1998
•St. Spiridon Traditional Exhibition of Ceramics - Dosev Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria, 1997
•Student Show - exhibition of Ceramics, Sofia, Bulgaria, 1996
•St. Spiridon - at Dosev Gallery, Traditional Exhibition of Ceramics, Sofia, Bulgaria, 1996
•7 th International Print Biennale, Varna, Bulgaria, 1993
•St. Kiril and Metody Library Print Exhibition, Sofia, Bulgaria, 1992
Awards
•First Place, American Ceramic Society, , “Extreme Clay”, President's Show at AMOCA, CA, 2007
•Two Merit Awards , Lincoln Arts “Feats of Clay”, juried , Lincoln , CA, 2006
•Third Place, American Ceramic Society, President’s Show, Burbank, CA, 2004
•Third Place, GLOBALArtLook 2003 International Exhibition at Metrix Arts Space, CA, September 2003
•Second Place and Honorable Mention, American Ceramic Society, President's Show, 2002
•First Place, American Ceramic Society, President's Show, 2001
•Award for Entire Presentation in the Traditional Exhibition of Ceramics "St. Spiridon", from The Union of
Bulgarian Artists, Fund "Suporting the Art in Bulgaria", 1998
•Prize "Atanas V. Patzev", State-Public Org., Fund "13 Centuries of Bulgaria", 1992
Member of
•American Ceramic Society - Design Chapter, Southern California Section - www.acs-dc.org
•Association of Clay and Glass Artist of California - www.acga.net
•National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts - www.nceca.net
Selected Bibliography
•Robin Hopper “MAKING MARKS: Discovering the Ceramic Surface” by Krause Publications Inc, 200
Other Experience
•Co-founder and administrator, K&P Studio, Brentwood, CA, 2000-present
•President of the American Ceramic Society - Design Chapter, Southern California Section, 2004-2005
•Newsletter Editor of the American Ceramic Society - Design Chapter, Southern California Section, 2004-2005
•Treasurer of the American Ceramic Society - Design Chapter, Southern California Section, 2002-2004
Interests
•I actively support the Arts by donating work to fundraisers for the Long Beach Museum of Arts, the Laguna
Beach Museum, the Museum of Contemporary Art and the American Ceramic Society - Design Chapter,
Southern California Section.
•I enjoy spending time with my family in our community garden, camping, drawing, graphic design,
photography, yoga, and playing with my kids.
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