Yoanna Laskova

Yoanna Laskova’s practice is rooted in a deep exploration of memory, heritage, and the shifting notion of home. Working primarily with glass, photography, and drawing, she seeks to create visual spaces where personal and collective histories can surface and resonate. Each material she chooses speaks differently—glass with its fragility and transparency, photography with its ability to freeze time, and drawing with its immediacy and intimacy.

“I am drawn to the quiet moments that reveal something deeper: a remembered gesture, a family object, a landscape that no longer exists. Through my work, I attempt to trace these intangible elements, often blurring the line between what is remembered and what is imagined. These gestures are not only personal but are part of broader, intergenerational narratives that shape identity and belonging.”

Education:
(2021-2025) Visual Arts, New Bulgarian University, Sofia, Bulgaria
(2025) Glassblowing, Anadolu University, Eskişehir, Republic of Türkiye
Residences:
(2022) Alzek Misheff Residency, Acqui Terme, Italy

Awards:
(2025) Creative Makers Award - TukTam Foundation
(2024) Student of the Year 2024 - In the field of Arts and Sports
(2023) II place award for the print “Father”, in the group exhibition and
competition “In the Mirror of Rembrandt”, UniArt Gallery, Embassy of the
Netherlands in Bulgaria, Sofia, Bulgaria
(2021) Award for illustrations, “World of Hieroglyphs” Competition, Confucius
Institutes, Museum "Ancient Stadium of Philippopolis", Plovdiv, Bulgaria

Selected exhibitions:

2025
“Nameless Street” - curator Radostin Sedevchev - KOOP and ICA Sofia, Bulgaria
Nadir - U10 Gallery - curator Andrea Gandeva - Belgrade, Serbia

2024
“Emergency entrance” -curator Luchezar Boyadjiev - ICA Sofia, Bulgaria
“Posthuman Urban” - curator Gergana Minkova - Etud Gallery
“Salonul International al Sticleli” - curators Ioana Stelea & Mihai Băncilă - Bucharest, Romania
“Glass Cutting World Cup” - Světlá nad Sázavou Castle, Czech Republic

2023
“Daring to defy the status quo”- curator Voin de Voin - Doza Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria and Æther Haga, The Netherlands
“Bewitching silence, swallow me whole!” – Glass installation -Bobbina Cultural Space, Sofia, Bulgaria