About

Hrista Stefanova is an interdisciplinary artist, currently studying at Concordia, University in Montréal, Quebec for a Master of Fine Arts in Sculpture and Ceramics. Through the use of organic and ephemeral materials, Stefanova creates site-specific sculptural and printmaking installations that explore themes of locality and the physicality of memory. Stefanova holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts, Major in Fine Art and Minor in Art History from NSCAD University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She has exhibited in galleries across Canada and has created public projects in Halifax and Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. Alongside academic awards and scholarships at NSCAD, including the Harrison McCain Scholarship in Memory of Marion McCain, she was a finalist for the 2023 NSCAD Student Art Award. Stefanova has worked in the Anna Leonowens Gallery (where she has worked on projects such as Home Work: Lure of the Atlantic), Arts Council Windsor and Region, the Museum of Contemporary Art Skopje, and was a figure drawing instructor at NSCAD’s School of Extended Studies. In 2024, Stefanova was the RBC Emerging Artist in Residence at Art Windsor-Essex.