Creatures

I am Aneta Atsova, born in Bulgaria. Around thirteen years ago, following the passing of both my parents, I decided to leave my home country in search of new and better opportunities. At that time, I could not yet imagine identifying myself as an artist. My life was shaped by pragmatic pursuits, reflected in a broad and varied professional experience across different fields.

Yet, creating has always been essential to my existence. Since childhood, artistic expression has been my most natural form of communication. I began writing poetry at the age of seven and have always regarded art as the most profound and beautiful way to convey the human experience—capturing fleeting emotions and moments of awareness within tangible form.

I draw inspiration from hardship and courage, as well as from generosity and forgiveness. Conversely, hypocrisy and hatred leave me disheartened. Over time, however, experience transforms into reflection, and reflection into inspiration. When fully processed, my impressions give rise to new creative energy.

My artistic practice is motivated by a dual need: to populate and substitute, but also to hold and materialize. A two-dimensional work feels insufficient to satisfy my urge to touch, to sense the presence of form. Yet within this impulse lies an awareness that matter inevitably outlives us. Many of my pieces evoke the image of a mummified human body or a gravestone—symbols of preservation and memory.