Zhenya Stoyanova is a multidisciplinary Bulgarian artist based between London and Sofia, whose work explores the complexities of modern consumption, identity, and power through a deeply personal and symbolically rich lens. Influenced by post-minimalism, Eastern European Social Realism, avant-garde cinema, and current events, her practice spans painting, drawing, sculpture, and video. Stoyanova’s work often features sculptural, brutalist-inspired forms intertwined with Christian and digital iconography, where the hand emerges as a central figure—both restricting and sheltering fragmented bodies in spaces that are simultaneously confining and full of potential. Drawing from her background in the entertainment industry, she critically examines the dynamics of influence, commodification, and hyper-consumerism, focusing on the tensions between control and vulnerability, desire and harm. Through layered explorations of touch and materiality, Stoyanova seeks to reveal raw, honest reflections on the human condition. She graduated with a BA in Fine Art from Goldsmiths, University of London, in 2024.