Desislava Unger was born in Sofia in 1980. She has graduated from the National Academy of Arts, Sofia, major Painting with Prof. Andrei Daniel and the University of Applied Arts Vienna major Graphics Master with Prof. Schenk. She has participated in numerous group exhibitions in Bulgaria, Austria, Germany, Spain, Poland, France, Netherlands, and the USA.

Dessislava has won several international awards, including Second Prize for Drawing – Vivatis Competition  Austria in 2008 and the Label Competition for Brewery STIEGL, European Football Championship 2008, Salzburg, Austria

In 2006 she won Second Prize for Graphic - National Competition for Young Artists, International Foundatin St.Cyril and St.Methodius, Bulgaria and in 2005 Second Prize for Painting- National Competition for Young Artists, International Foundation St.Cyril and St.Methodius, Bulgaria

Lives and works in Vienna, Austria.

"I try to give a real shape to certain events... I want to capture moments that are obviously insignificant and thus to stop time. The picture is always going beyond what is depicted, and the shown is crossing the border of the visible. Interactions, feelings and thoughts of everyday life run into the workflow. My personal, intimate world comes into being. Humour and self-irony balance significantly the darker side of my paintings."