A(R)MOUR

First exhibited at Spiaggia Libera Gallery in Marseille, France, W2 Space in Glasgow, UK and Art-O-Rama Art Fair in Marseille in August 2026. A(R)MOUR is a collaborative project with artist and designer Slava George. It consists of series of mixed metal and glass sculptures which engage with the ancient Thracian heritage of Bulgaria, drawing on artefacts excavated from sacred sites throughout the Bulgarian Rose Valley. The works reinterpret funerary symbolism, personal adornment and defensive armour to imagine the ritual burial of a contemporary, or perhaps future, Thracian woman through a dystopian and surrealist lens. Cast fragments of both bodies, rendered in metal and glass, are combined with sealed vessels containing rose oil and gold infused water. Historically valued for their medicinal, ritual and olfactory properties, these liquids function as agents of purification and protection. Encased within the sculptures, they reference the enduring Bulgarian practice of protiv uroki (protection against the evil eye), extending ancient burial traditions into speculative contemporary mythology.