BIO

Kristiyan Terziev (b. 1987, Burgas) is a contemporary artist living and working in Dobrich. He was trained as a visual artist and designer, earning a Bachelor’s degree from New Bulgarian University in Sofia. This academic background continues to inform his artistic practice, in which research and critical reflection play a central role.

Working across media, including drawing, sculpture, and installation, Terziev develops a materially driven, object-oriented practice grounded in a rigorous conceptual framework. His work engages with questions of the human condition, perception, memory, and social structures, approached from a contemporary and interdisciplinary perspective.

Terziev’s practice is characterized by an engagement with existential and melancholic concerns through abstracted, non-referential forms. Drawing on post-conceptual strategies, his work employs organic morphologies that evoke the uncanny and corporeal, alongside an ongoing investigation into the iconic and poetic potential of constructed and found imagery.

ARTIST CV

Kristian Terziev Visual Artist / Designer Burgas, Bulgaria Email: terziev87@gmail.com

Drawing and Fine Arts Training, Private Drawing School, Burgas, 1994 – 2002

  • Attended structured drawing classes from age 7 for eight consecutive years

  • Focus on academic drawing, composition, observation, and fundamentals

  • Final-year assistant to artist Krasimir Zinin, supporting classes and studio activities

Secondary School “St. St. Cyril and Methodius”, Bulgaria 2002 – 2006

  • Fine arts-focused secondary education

  • Studies in drawing, composition, and visual fundamentals

Bachelor’s Degree – Spatial Design New Bulgarian University, 2009 – 2014

Master’s Studies – Product Design Politecnico di Milano 2015 – 2018

EXHIBITIONS

Group Exhibition Exhibition Hall Burgas, Burgas, Bulgaria 2000

AWARDS

First Prize, BMW Creative Lab Competition 2017

ARTISTIC EXPERIENCE

  • Long-term personal drawing practice since childhood

  • Experience assisting a professional artist in an educational studio environment

  • Background in visual research, composition, and conceptual development through design studies

  • Ongoing independent artistic exploration alongside design work

SKILLS

  • Drawing (pencil, ink, mixed media)

  • Ceramics (hand-building, form exploration)

  • Material and surface research

  • Visual composition

  • Concept development

  • Artistic research

  • Spatial and form studies

  • Cross-disciplinary practice (fine art × design)

LANGUAGES

  • Bulgarian – Native

  • English – Fluent

  • Italian – Intermediate