Zarya is an interdisciplinary designer and artist with a wide range of experience in the field of architecture, spatial and set design. This broad spectrum has allowed her to create, think and build in a variety of scales, typologies and clients. She has studied architecture and interior design, completing her MA at the Royal College of Art in London. During her course, she was selected as an exchange student with Kyoto City University of the Arts and spent a term in Japan, where she researched design for education, while exploring vernacular and sustainable building techniques in architecture, such as rammed earth and clay. Her final project for a new ceramics school on the grounds of the host university in Kyoto was awarded distinction upon graduation at the RCA and exhibited in multiple shows.
Zarya is always thrilled for exchange of ideas with diverse disciplines and curious of innovative and sustainable methods, materials and technologies. She enjoys engaging with projects that have a cultural, social and educational impact. As a designer, she is encouraged to create narrative environments that are able to conceive processes, tell stories and provoke interactions. Zarya is a firm believer in the power of design, education and performance and her work aims to marry those worlds with a holistic approach. Previously, she has worked as an exhibition designer, developing educational and interactive installations and experiences in the UK and abroad.
Her passion for culture and performance arts brought her to STUFISH in 2018, where she continues to nurture her interest for designing sense-stimulating and thought-provoking environments all around the world. Collaborating with a broad spectrum of creatives from the entertainment industry and being part of the vibrant and talented Stufish team is one of the things she cherishes the most. Zarya has been involved in numerous projects from the very early creative phase all the way through to construction. Some of those include Madonna – Madame X Tour 2019, Hugh Jackman – The Man, The Music 2019, The Show, Pink Floyd – TMR 2018, Elton John – Yellow Brick Road 2022-3, ABBA Voyage, Global Citizen, River Show, Weekends with Adele at the Colosseum 2022, The Platinum Jubilee 2022, Black Pink at Coachella, The Coronation Concert 2023 and more.
2018 - today
Associate Designer at Stufish:
2023 - Black Pink at Coachella
2022 - Weekends with Adele
2022 - ABBA Voyage
2022 - Joy Awards
2021 - Global Citizen
2020 - The River Show - We Meet Again
2020 - Arashi
2019 - Madonna Madame X Tour
2019 - Grandpa’s Great Escape
2018 - Pink Floyd - TMR
2018 - Elekron Show
2015-2017
Designer at MET Studio, London:
2020 - Dubai Expo - Mobility Pavilion Experience
2017 - Royal Airforce Museum
2016 - Natural History Museum Hong Kong
2015
Graduated Royal College of Art - MA (Distinction)
Royal College of Art - "eArth transitions" - Final Show
Sustain RCA Exhibition
2014
Designer at Ab Rogers
Kyoto City University of the Arts - Exchange Programme
Kyoto City Gallery Exhibition with "eArth transitions" project
2013
Designer at Transformatori, Sofia (BG)
2011-2012
Accademia Italiana, Florence (ITA)
2008-2011
University of Nottingham (BArch)
2003-2008
American College of Sofia