Ana Kostova - Ornament

Ana Kostova
Ornament
2023
Acrylic on MDF
20 x 20 x 2 cm

About the artist:

Ana Kostova (b. 1995, Plovdiv, Bulgaria) lives and works in Hamburg, Germany. She completed her MFA at Muthesius University of Fine Arts and Design in Kiel, Germany (2021–2023) and previously earned a Master's degree from the National Academy of Art in Sofia, Bulgaria (2018–2020).

Kostova was awarded the DAAD Prize in 2023. She was nominated for the André Evard Prize for Concrete-Constructive Art in 2024 and for the VHV Award – Artwork of the Year (Painting) in 2025. In 2026, she received a one-year scholarship from the Sparkasse Cultural Foundation.
Her work has been presented in numerous solo and group exhibitions in Germany and internationally. In 2025, she realized the solo exhibition The Space of Color at Galerie Kaufmann in Hamburg, accompanied by the publication of her first artist catalogue of the same title by Hirmer Publishers.