INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS:
2011 - "Poetry All Around", Sofia Art Gallery, Sofia
2007 - "Mind Your Step", EiBank Gallery, Sofia
2011 - "Poetry All Around", Sofia Art Gallery, Sofia
2007 - "Mind Your Step", EiBank Gallery, Sofia
2006 - "Responsible Painting". French Institute. Sofia
2005 - "Quotations". Moscow’s Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow
2004 - "Natural Modernism". French Institute, Sofia
- "BC + KP + 36 = Project" (together with Bruce Checefsky). SweetThirtySix Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio
2003 - "Drawing as Craftsmanship". ATA Center/Institute of Contemporary Art, Sofia
2002 - "Reading & Eating Ink, Grass, Ants, Wood". Remont Gallery, Belgrade
- "Bugs/Reading & Eating" (together with Bruce Checefsky) and other Texts and Watercolors, Ata Center for Contemporary Art, Sofia
2000 - “The Most Wooden piece of Beethoven’s”, Performance together with Krassimir Jeliazkov and Plamen Mirchev, Varna, City Gallery
- “Quotation”, Goethe Institute, Sofia
- “Hommage to Pushkine. The Text as a Still-Life”, City Gallery, Dimitrovgrad, Bulgaria
- “Hommage a Pouchkine. Le texte comme nature morte”, French Institute, Sofia
1999 - Spaces Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
1998 - "Short Stories about Love and Writing", Ata Center for Arts, Sofia
1997 - "Swiss Cross Book", TED Gallery, Varna, Bulgaria
- "Swiss Cross Book", Ata Center for Arts, Sofia
- "Art - Advertisement. Symbols and Vegetables. From Drawing to Object and from Object to Text", French Institute, Sofia
- "Switzerland Revisited", Residency of the Ambassador of Switzerland, Sofia
1996 - “The Most Wooden Piece of Beethoven’s”, Dossev Gallery, Sofia
1995 - “Bulgarian Still-lifes for Foreigners”, Ata-Ray Gallery, Sofia
- “European Kitchen Painting”, Akrabov Gallery, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
- “The Most Wooden Piece of Beethoven’s”, Autumn Exhibitions, Old City, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
- “The Oh God, No/O Yeah” Book and other Books and Vegetables”, KulturKontakt, Vienna
1994 - “National Style”, KA Gallery, Burgas, Bulgaria
1993 - “From Switzerland with a Wooden Fence”, Ata-Ray Gallery, Sofia
- “Gruezi”, Scuol-Nairs, Switzerland
1989 - Gallery of The Decorative Art Magazine, Moscow
1986 - 108 Rakovski Str. Gallery (together with Zlati Velev), Sofia
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2012 - Why Duchamp? From Object ot Museum and Back (125 Years), SAMCA, Sofia
2011 - "Roaming Images", Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece
- "After the Flight", ICA Gallery, Sofia
- "Stalker and Friends". Georgi Velchev Museum, Varna, Bulgaria
2010 - "Photo I, Photo You", Calvert22 Gallery, London
- "Breaking Walls, Construction of Networks", Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece
- "Beyond Credit. Contemporary Art and Mutual Trust", Istanbul 2010 European Capital of Culture, Antrepo №5, Tophane, Istanbul
- "The Big Wave", City Art Gallery, Varna, Bulgaria
- "Museum Souvenirs", ICA Gallery, Sofia
2009 - "From Ideology to Economy. Contemporary Bulgarian Art 20 Years Later", Central Museum of Contemporary History of Russia, Moscow
- "Techniques", inauguration show of ICA Gallery, Sofia
2008 - "The Collection. New Acquisitions", Sofia Art Gallery, Sofia
2007 - "Pluszwei", Museum Kueppersmuehle fuer Moderne Kunst, Duisburg, Germany
- "Shortlist" I, Gaudenz Ruf Award, Sofia Art Gallery, Sofia
2006 - 'Urban Legends", Sofia Art Gallery, Sofia
- 'Wild Capital', Kunsthaus, Dresden, Germany
- "Neither a White Cube, nor a Black Box. History in Present Tense", ICA Show in Sofia Art Gallery, Sofia
- "Memory (W)Hole, Continental Breakfast", Museum of Contemporary Art, Skopje
- "Important Announcement", Sofia Art Gallery, Sofia
2011 - "Roaming Images", Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece
- "After the Flight", ICA Gallery, Sofia
- "Stalker and Friends". Georgi Velchev Museum, Varna, Bulgaria
2010 - "Photo I, Photo You", Calvert22 Gallery, London
- "Breaking Walls, Construction of Networks", Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece
- "Beyond Credit. Contemporary Art and Mutual Trust", Istanbul 2010 European Capital of Culture, Antrepo №5, Tophane, Istanbul
- "The Big Wave", City Art Gallery, Varna, Bulgaria
- "Museum Souvenirs", ICA Gallery, Sofia
2009 - "From Ideology to Economy. Contemporary Bulgarian Art 20 Years Later", Central Museum of Contemporary History of Russia, Moscow
- "Techniques", inauguration show of ICA Gallery, Sofia
2008 - "The Collection. New Acquisitions", Sofia Art Gallery, Sofia
2007 - "Pluszwei", Museum Kueppersmuehle fuer Moderne Kunst, Duisburg, Germany
- "Shortlist" I, Gaudenz Ruf Award, Sofia Art Gallery, Sofia
2006 - 'Urban Legends", Sofia Art Gallery, Sofia
- 'Wild Capital', Kunsthaus, Dresden, Germany
- "Neither a White Cube, nor a Black Box. History in Present Tense", ICA Show in Sofia Art Gallery, Sofia
- "Memory (W)Hole, Continental Breakfast", Museum of Contemporary Art, Skopje
- "Important Announcement", Sofia Art Gallery, Sofia
- Danube Flood Relief Benefit Auction, Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Mucsarnok, Budapest
- Wild Capital, Kunsthaus, Dresden, Germany
- Memory (W)Hole, Continental Breakfast, Museum of Contemporary Art, Skopje
- Urban Legends, Sofia Art Gallery, Sofia
2005 - Play Sofia. project space, Kunsthalle Wien. Vienna
- Memory (W)Hole, Continental Breakfast, Ljubljana castle, Ljubljana
2003 - In the Gorges of the Balkan. A Report, Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany
- Bound/Less Borders, First Outdoor Touring Balkan Project, Goethe Institut, Bucharest, Sofia, Thessaloniki, Kassel
- EU-wide-en-largement, Europarliament, Brussels
- EXPORT/IMPORT. Contemporary Art from Bulgaria, Sofia Art Gallery, Sofia
2002 - In Search of Balkania, Neue Galerie Graz am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz, Austria
- Bound/Less Borders, First Outdoor Touring Balkan Project, Goethe Institut, Belgrade, Scopje, Rijeka
- Reconstructions, IV Biennial in Cetinie, Montenegro
2001 - EUROPA ERWEITERN, Industriellen Vereinigung, exhibition of KulturKontakt, Vienna
1999 - Apollonia Summer Art Festival, Sozopol, Bulgaria
- Drechtoevers Sculpture Park, Zwijndrecht, The Netherlands
- "200 Years Pushkin", Association of Art Galleries, Moscow
- Special Selection, International Book Fair, Leipzig, Germany
- "Recipes. Contemporary Art Manual", Institute of Contemporary Art, Sofia
1998 - “Archive", 6 Shipka St. Gallery, Sofia
- "The Century of Artistic Freedom. 100 Years Vienna Secession", Helsinki
- "Bulgariaavantgarde. Kraeftemessen II", Kuenstlerwerkstatt Lothringer strasse, Munich,
Germany
- "The Century of Artistic Freedom. 100 Years Vienna Secession", Wien
- "Art and Notes", Municipal Gallery, Rousse, Bulgaria
1997 - "Back and Forth", 3rd International Biennial, Cetinje, Montenegro, Yugoslavia
- “Photographics” project, International Print Biennial Varna’97, Bulgaria
- "ARS EX NATIO. Made in BG", 4th Annual Exhibition of the SCA - Sofia, Plovdiv
1996 - "Bulgarian Glimpse Show", Moscow
- "Eastern Europe: Spatia Nova", IV St. Petersburg Biennial, Russia
- "Art on Wheels", project of "Food Carrier/Papp", Munich, Germany
- "Art in Landscape", International Symposium, Gars-am-Kamp, Austria
- "Plastic Image of the 90-ies", National Palace of Culture, Sofia
- “The Art Colony, Galichnik”, Skopje
1995 - "Art in Landscape", International Symposium, Gars-am-Kamp, Austria
- “30 Grand Prix”, Union of Bulgarian Artists, Sofia
- “Projects by...”, National Gallery for Foreign Art, Sofia
- “AFRICUS", 1st International Biennial, Johannesburg, South Africa
1994 - Section 13, Union of Bulgarian Artists, Sofia
- “Book-Art", International Show of the program of KulturKontakt, Horn, Austria
- ARTEST, Sredetz Gallery, Sofia
- “N-forms? Reconstructions and Interpretations", Soros Center for the Arts, Sofia
- “Moisture - Plainair of Avant-garde Art", Arkoutino, Bulgaria
- Show of The Art Colony, Galichnik, Macedonia
- “Ritual = Art, Art = Ritual", 3rd Multimedia Festival, Sofia
- “In Search for the Self-Reflection", Plovdiv, Bulgaria
- “The Artists of LETTRE INTERNATIONALE" Magazine, Wien
- “The Nail", Union of Bulgarian Artists, Sofia
1993 - “Works on Paper", Ata-Ray Gallery, Sofia
- 1st International Print Biennial, Maastricht, The Netherlands
- International Print Biennial, Biella, Italy
1992 - “Exhibition of the Artists Born under the Zodiacal Sign of Cancer", Sofia
- “Hair from a Brush", Club of the (eternally) Young Artist, Sofia
- “Medical Check-up", Club of the (eternally) Young Artist, Sofia
1991 - International Triennial of Prints, Krakow, Poland
- “Illusions, Illusions...", Club of the (eternally) Young Artist, Sofia
- “Happy-end”, Club of the (eternally) Young Artist, Sofia
1990 - “Moderate Avant-garde within the Framework of Tradition", Club of the (eternally) Young Artist, Sofia
- “End of Quotation", Club of the (eternally) Young Artist, Sofia
- “10/10/10", Club of the (eternally) Young Artist,
1987 - “Authors' Proof", Sofia
since
1984 (biannually) - National Biennial of Illustration and Book-Design, Sofia
1983 (biannually) - International Print Biennial, Varna, Bulgaria
CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE:
1999 - Bulgarian participation at the “Inventing a People. Contemporary Art in the Balkans",
National Gallery for Foreign Art, Sofia; State Exhibition Hall, Bucharest; Museum of
Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece
1994 - “The Artists of LETTRE INTERNATIONAL", Magazine, Wien
1992 - “Exhibition of the Artists Born under the Zodiacal Sign of Cancer”, Sofia
1990 - “Moderate Avant-garde within the Framework of Tradition”, Club of the (eternally) Young Artist, Sofia
1989 - Young Bulgarian Graphic Artists, Moscow, Russia; Ulan-Bator, Mongolia
1987 - “Authors' Proof", Sofia
RESIDENCIES:
2005 - Saskala ArtRadius, Haukivuori, Finland
2004 - Independent Projects, ArtsLink Program, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
2002 - Ziel 1 = Kunst = Ziel 1, Burgenland, Austria
1999 - ArtsLink Program, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
- Drechtoevers Sculpture Park, Zwijndrecht, The Netherlands
1996 - "Art in Landscape", international symposium, Gars-am-Kamp, Austria
1995 - "Art in Landscape", international symposium, Gars-am-Kamp, Austria
- KulturKontakt' studios, Vienna
1994 - Program "Book-Art", KulturKontakt, Horn, Austria
- The Art Colony, Galichnik, Macedonia
1993 - ARTEST/BINZ 39, Kulturzentrum Scuol-Nairs, Switzerland
WORKING EXPERIENCE:
EDUCATION:WORKING EXPERIENCE:
Since 1984 to 1989 - Editor in "Kultura" Weekly at the Visual Arts' Department. Author of
several articles on contemporary Bulgarian and foreign art.
Since 1990 to 1992 - Editor in "Fax-Art" weekly.
During 1991/92 – President of the Club of (eternally) Young Artist.
Since 1995 – Member of the Institute of Contemporary Art – Sofia (Founding Member). Art
manager and designer of such publications of the Institute BULGARIAAVANGARDE (Salon Verlag, Koeln, 1998); Inventing a People. Contemporary Art in the Balkans (Istanbul, 1999); Locally Interested (ICA-Sofia, 2000); Mariela Gemisheva. Out of Season...Out of Fashion (Sofia, 2001); Manifesta and us (ICA, Sofia, 2003), Sofia as a Sight (Visual Seminar 1, Sofia, 2004), An Eye for the Pale City (Visual Seminar 2, Sofia, 2004), Balkan Reunion. Pub(lic) Conference (2005, Sofia) as well as of the Take It Easy. Towards a Strategy for representing Bulgaria (British Council, Sofia, 2003), et.
several articles on contemporary Bulgarian and foreign art.
Since 1990 to 1992 - Editor in "Fax-Art" weekly.
During 1991/92 – President of the Club of (eternally) Young Artist.
Since 1995 – Member of the Institute of Contemporary Art – Sofia (Founding Member). Art
manager and designer of such publications of the Institute BULGARIAAVANGARDE (Salon Verlag, Koeln, 1998); Inventing a People. Contemporary Art in the Balkans (Istanbul, 1999); Locally Interested (ICA-Sofia, 2000); Mariela Gemisheva. Out of Season...Out of Fashion (Sofia, 2001); Manifesta and us (ICA, Sofia, 2003), Sofia as a Sight (Visual Seminar 1, Sofia, 2004), An Eye for the Pale City (Visual Seminar 2, Sofia, 2004), Balkan Reunion. Pub(lic) Conference (2005, Sofia) as well as of the Take It Easy. Towards a Strategy for representing Bulgaria (British Council, Sofia, 2003), et.
1983 – Graduated the Illustration and Book Design Department of the National Academy for
Fine Arts, Sofia
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