Aleksandra Popova
Aleksandra Popova is based in Oslo, Norway. She explores protection as a primal instinct that has shaped human experience, belief, and storytelling across time. Working primarily through metal, scale, and symbolic form, she investigates how this impulse is transformed into rite, object, and gesture.
Drawn to the traditions and beliefs connected to her own cultural origins, Popova explores how ancestral symbols and practices continue to exist in contemporary life. Moving between the personal and the collective, she reflects on the human need for protection, connection, and meaning.
Curriculum Vitae
Education
2025 – now MA – Medium and Material Based Art, Metal Art and Jewellery, Oslo National Academy of the Arts, Oslo, Norway
2021 – 2025 BA – Metal Art and Jewellery, National Academy of Art, Sofia, Bulgaria BA – Art Pedagogy, National Academy of Art, Sofia, Bulgaria
Selected Exhibitions
Awards & Prizes
2026
GRAND PRIX – Minister of Culture and National Heritage, 34th International Jewellery Competition “EVERY BODY” Legnica Silver Festival, Legnica, Poland
2024
Annual Student Award for High Achievement in Medal Sculpture
2023
NOMINATION- 31st International Jewellery Competition “QUALITY” (nominated) Legnica Silver Festival, Legnica, Poland
05/2026
GRAND PRIX – Minister of Culture and National Heritage, 34th International Jewellery Competition “EVERY BODY” Legnica Silver Festival, Legnica, Poland
03/2026
MA1 Show “Lokkedue” (group) Oslo National Academy of the Arts – Seilduken Gallery, Oslo, Norway
10-11/2025
21st Design Without Borders (international) Kiscell Museum, Church Hall, Budapest, Hungary
10/2025
Grassi Masse Art Fair Leipzig 2025 (international) GRASSI Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Leipzig, Germany
07/2025
Exhibition of Graduates 2025 National Academy of Arts – NAA Academy Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
04-07/2024
32nd International Jewellery Competition Legnica Silver Festival, Legnica, Poland
10/2024
'I Optegningen af min krop' Seilduken 2 Gallery, Oslo, Norway
02/2024
Swiss Society for Art Medals (SMEDA) (international competition)
05/2023
31st International Jewellery Competition “QUALITY” (nominated) Legnica Silver Festival, Legnica, Poland
03/2023
'Individualized Realities' – Collective Annual Jewelry Exhibition Le Papillon Art Gallery, Varna, Bulgaria
06/2022
Metal Sculpture Symposium Petrevene, Bulgaria