Nevena Ekimova is a Bulgarian artist based in her hometown of Gabrovo. She studied contemporary art in Norway and Iceland, and got her BFA at the Valand Art Academy in Gothenburg, Sweden. Besides participating in local and international exhibitions, she often works with public institutions and creates large-scale interactive projects for children and adults. Nevena’s works are often both visual and tactile, have a poetic and/or performative element and invite active audience participation. 

Among her solo exhibitions are The Landlord (2018), Three Times Insides (2021), Pyjama Party in the Belly of the Whale (2022), Tchotchke (2023) and FANGIRL (2025). Nevena has realised public space sculptural installations within the projects Trash to Treasure (2021) and Infundibulum Microfest (2024). She is the creator of the Mirror Hall and the Children’s Hall Garden Town at the Museum of Humour and Satire in Gabrovo.