About

Hrista Stefanova’s practice intersects installation, sculpture, drawing, and printmaking to explore themes of memory and locality. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a minor in Art History from NSCAD University (Halifax, Nova Scotia) and is currently pursuing her MFA in Sculpture at Concordia University (Montréal, Quebec).

Her work has been exhibited across Canada in venues such as the Anna Leonowens Gallery (Halifax), Dry Goods Gallery and Shō Gallery (Windsor, Ontario), Alberta Printmakers (Calgary, Alberta), and Union Gallery (Kingston, ON). She has also participated in festivals including Art in the Open PEI and Festival Art Souterrain (Montréal).

Stefanova is the recipient of several academic awards and scholarships, including the Harrison McCain Scholarship in Memory of Marion McCain, and was a finalist for the 2023 NSCAD Student Art Award. She was awarded the Hitting the High Notes Award at Concordia University and named the 2024 RBC Emerging Artist in Residence at Art Windsor-Essex.

Her professional experience includes work with the Anna Leonowens Gallery (where she contributed to projects such as Home Work: Lure of the Atlantic), the Arts Council Windsor & Region and the Museum of Contemporary Art Skopje. She has also taught figure drawing at NSCAD’s School of Extended Studies. Stefanova works as an assistant iconographer at Stefanov Studio for Icons in Windsor, Ontario.