She graduated in textile design at TU and Photography at Sofia university in 2000 and 2013 respectively. She has written haiku since 1992, and created haiga, both in modern and traditional way, with drawings and photographs since 2004. Tiholova works in the two main fields in haiga, traditional way by drawing with ink (sumi-e), and modern way by photography. She has published haiku and haiga in magazines and anthologies. She has done exhibitions in art and photography . She was ranked in the Rating "100 most creative haiku artists" in Europe in 2015 and she is a member of the Bulgarian Haiku Union. [Photography & art]