Polina Slavova // she/her // b. 1999, Bulgaria
based in Arnhem / Eindhoven, Netherlands
is a multidisciplinary research-based designer. The main focus of her work is artistic research on socio-political topics, social structures and behaviourism in the context of the contemporary digital and consumerist culture.
2018 – 2022 BA Graphic Design, ArtEZ University of the Arts, Arnhem (NL)
Exhibitions
2025 – Tactology Lab at Rewire Festival, The Grey Space in The Middle, The Hague (NL)
2024 – INNOVATE Experience, Musis, Arnhem (NL)
2024 – Parameter: Generative Arts Fair, Adela festival, Ljubljana (SI)
2024 – Extratonal Special #2: Puzzling Printers Camp, Varia, Rotterdam (NL)
2023 – Second Thought, ARC Amsterdam (NL)
2023 – Manifestations, DDW 2023, Eindhoven (NL)
2023 – Spark Narration, Amsterdam (NL)
2023 – Not Just A Fair, Platform POST, Arnhem (NL)
2022 – From (A) to (X), Arnhem (NL)
2021 – Yet To Be Named, Arnhem (NL)
Experience
2025 – Guest-teaching: Sprint week, ArtEZ University of the Arts, Arnhem (NL)
2024 – Lecture at Speculative Design Minor program of Maastricht Institute of Arts (NL)
2023 – Presenting at Spark Narration, Eye Filmmuseum, Amsterdam (NL)
2023 – Presenting at Layered: Mapping Global Design Histories, Groningen (NL)
2022 – Student Jury member, De Best Verzorgde Boeken 2021 (NL)
2021 – 2022 Design Intern, Studio Cream on Chrome, Rotterdam (NL)
Publications
2023 – essay – The Omnipresent Seat Where Time Stops – Mapping East European Design Histories
2022 – jury report – The Best Dutch Book Design Student Catalogue 2022
2022 – essay – A Metamorphosis of Soviet Architecture: From a symbol of Socialism to
aesthetic in a Capitalistic era – Thesis Omnibus 2022 Graphic Design Arnhem
Awards & Grants
2024 – Grant Makersregeling het Cultuurfonds Noord-Brabant
2023 – Parameter 2024 Honorary Award, Adela Festival
2023 – (Not) Jammed selected for De Best Verzorgde Boeken 2023
Art Residencies & Workshops
2023 – Spark Narration, ACED, Amsterdam (NL)
2023 – Mapping East European Design Histories, Designers Thinking, Groningen (NL)
