ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Boyana Aleksandrova from 'thebitsandbobby' is an explorative artist with a focus on everything cute, charmingly odd-looking, and with loads of character. Inspired by watching children's shows growing up in the early 2000s, you can always expect child-like joy and wonder in Boyana's work. Cute and quirky accessories, like clay earrings and bracelets, magnets and stickers, and decorative hand-sewn toys full of personality and bold in colour are just some of the pieces you can expect from Boyana.
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'thebitsandbobby' represents a little girl’s dreams come true. Boyana grew up wanting to be a painter, then later on a performer, and now - to simply have the freedom to create.
CV:

Business Owner
'Thebitsandbobby', 2021 - present
Every single piece from 'thebitsandbobby' by Boyana Aleksandrova is uniquely hand-made. Cute and quirky accessories, like clay earrings and bracelets, magnets and stickers, and decorative hand-sewn toys full of personality and bold in colour are just some of the pieces you can expect from Boyana.
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Logo design / Branding / Marketing
Public Art to Performance Society & Publication, 2021
Creating the logo design and branding for a Society of current Students and Alumni of the London Metropolitan University MA 'Public Art and Performance Practice', focusing on furthering the research in the Public Art and Performance Studies on an individual level.
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project Manager / Researcher / Embroiderer
‘Tracing Back’
London Metropolitan University, 2021
Research on the concept of national identity and how tracing back one’s family history of migration, or in many cases, lack of migration, could inform one's sense of belonging or displacement.

Organised bi-weekly meetings with tutors to ensure the research is cohesive and serves the envisioned impact as a public art piece. Embroidery and thread connecting multiple pieces of sheets are the focus of the artworks, with colourful outlines of countries creating a narrative of a family’s migrational history.
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Production Manager / Co-Director / Performer / Make-up and Special FX Artist - ‘Telling Tales’
Taboo: A Festival of Faux Pas, 2020
​​​​​​​'Telling Tales' is a surrealist short film that explores the problematic ideas contained in fairy tales.

Co-creator, director, and performer of the piece 'Telling Tales', part of the online event 'Taboo: A Festival of Faux Pas'. Organised shooting locations, rehearsal logistics, and character design in regards to make-up, special FX, and hair.
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Project Manager / Researcher
‘Co-authorship, embodied mind, embodied simulation’
London Metropolitan University, 2019
Hosting and organising a practical experiment, exploring what role spatial/physical distance plays in an audience’s psychological and emotional response to art during an aesthetic experience. Following the experience, participants were asked to fill in a survey and their answers were analysed to further inform the academic research behind the concept.
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Make-up and Special FX Artist / Performer / Budgeting
‘Hello Dust’
London Metropolitan University, 2019
Head of hair & make-up for the Theatre production of 'Hello Dust'.  Using a combination of special FX makeup and face paint, Designed character looks for all 12 actors, as they each represented a different theatrical trope, such as drag and mime, with references to pop culture and musical theatre. was also In charge of budgeting and rehearsal logistics, Working closely with the director to ensure that all schedules run smoothly.
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Mentor / Performer / Writer
National Writing and Talking Saturday Club, 2018
Part of a volunteer team who mentor and encourage young people between the ages 13 and 16 to create their own character and write a monologue. As part of the acting group, rehearsals, performances and recordings were organised, which were then put together into a film, shown at an exhibition at the Somerset House in London.

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Digital Artist / Branding
Cottage Labs LLP, 2017
Commissioned to create miniature digital drawings of the senior software development team of Cottage Labs LLP. The images are used as marketing material for the company and the team’s online avatars on their professional blogs.
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Performer / Independent Artist / Marketing
TYS “Otrazhenie” (Reflection), 2010 - 2017
Part of a theatre troupe as a full-time performer.  managed and created promotional materials including trailers and posters.
personal creative work was devised and produced, which was then recognised in multiple competitions throughout Bulgaria, such as:

- 'Tuilenovo Art Fest' in Tuilenovo, 2017.
- 'XV Municipality Students Competition "MY BULGARIA"' in Varna, 2016,
- 'Children and youths puppet theatre festival' in Pomorie, 2016

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Activities Organiser / workshop leader
Regional Library “Pencho Slaveykov”, 2014
Structured the schedule of activities and supported the librarians during the summer club for children between the ages 6 and 12 years old. This included hosting arts & crafts workshops, group readings, and painting lessons.
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