Лични данни и образование
2016 Certified Master Film and Television Arts, New Bulgarian University
2014 psychodrama-assistant (consultant) training programme in psychodrama,
sociometry and group therapy, diploma № 222/13.07.2014, PSYCHOTERAPY 2000
FOUNDATION, member of the Federation of European Psychodrama Training
Organizations (FEPTO)
2013 Ph.D in visual arts, New Bulgarian University
1988 M.A. in Fine Arts, National Academy of Fine Arts, Sofia, Bulgaria, Department of
Sculpture
Избрани самостоятелни изложби
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016 THE LAST BURGHERS OF CALAIS sculpture ONE gallery Artium – Serdika offices
THE LAST BURGHERS OF CALAIS sculpture, NBU
2015 “Visiting the store” - sculpture, showroom ‘Sklada’ 11 Benkovski st. Sofia
2014 Oh, Happy Days ‘Rayko Aleksiev’ gallery Union of Bulgarian Artists Sofia
2012 Out Of /The/ Time - Inappropriate Sculpture and drawing Vuzrazhdane gallery,
Plovdiv
2011 The Last Boudoir 1991 -20 years later Sculpture, blood and video ‘Rayko Aleksiev’
gallery Union of Bulgarian Artists Sofia
New Ghostly Painings/ we are now all shadows/ „Rakursi“ Art Gallery, Sofia
Post-romanticism. Reloaded – Berlin, Bulgarian cultural center
2010 The road left rests behind us, drawing, Art 36 Gallery, Sofia
2009 ‘ZERO Gravity’ - painting, sculpture Underground Hall – Modern Theatre, Sofia
2005 “HIM” painting, sculpture, multimedia and [neo]romantism ‘Rayko Aleksiev’ gallery
Union of Bulgarian Artists Sofia
2004 Passion&fear; painting, sculpture ‘Krag+’ gallery Sofia
2002 Gadgets for Playing painting Irida Gallery, Sofia
The White Side of the Darkness sculpture ‘8’gallery, Varna, Bulgaria
2001 [error]tica, painting, XXL Gallery, Sofia
A Sense of Style, Irida Gallery, Sofia
2000 Porn? – a way to reach the plain truth, painting, Vision
and Sound National Autumnal Exhibitions, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
1999 Tutti-frutti, or art as desert, paintings, sculptures, and drawings, Micheva’s fashion
cafe
1997 48 hours with Zankov, paintings, Admirer Gallery, Sofia
1995 Without Innocence, paintings, Mix Gallery, Sofia
1994 Works on Paper, Wittgenstein House, Vienna, Austria
1992 Temples, series of sculptures and drawings, Lessedra Gallery, Sofia
1991 Post-Constructive Intentions, paintings, prints, and sculptures, AAA Gallery, Sofia
1990 Autumn Salon-Open Air, 10 sculptures in wood, metal and stone. Three metal
sculptures permanently installed in the Doctor’s Garden, Sofia
1989 Works on Paper, Shipka 6 Gallery, Sofia
PERFORMANCES/ACTIONS
2005 "7 BRIDES SPITTING" at the opening of the exhibition ‘HIM ‘ Rayko Aleksiev Gallery,
Sofia
2004 2-ND OF JUNE / reading Botev, Murgash Gallery, Sofia
‘SYMPTOM’ performance thogether with Adelina Popnedeleva, Irida Gallery, Sofia
2003 A HOMELESS MAN, I BADLY NEED A MERCEDES BEC action 25-27dec 2003 Vitosha
Blvd. Sofia
2002 Bubble speech at the opening of Gadgets for Playing exhibition Irida Gallery Sofia
1997 Make War Not Love performance, Kapelica gallery, Ljubliana, Slovenia
1992 Limits of Agony, Action II, exhibition of blood prints, Shipka 6 Gallery, Sofia
Beefsteak and Fried Potatoes, one-man performance, Shipka 6 Gallery, Sofia
1991 Limits of Agony - Action I, performance in state-owned slaughterhouse, Sofia
Red, series of 4 performances
Red 1, Doctor’s Garden, Sofia
Red 2 and Red 3, Shipka 6 Gallery, Sofia Happy end, exhibition
Am I God, Proshek Brewery, Sofia, one-week happening with the Art in action
association
Cream-art, action, Shipka 6 Gallery, Sofia
1ааа, happening with the Art in Action association and 1000 Days
Избрани общи и колективни изложби
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS
2016 «Silent image and Blind text» about the role of text in Bulgarian art after 1856,
Sofia City Art Gallery (Municipal Gallery of Sofia)
Image and likeness – Municipal Gallery of Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
Habitat – international photo-exhibition „Synthesis” Gallery, Sofia
2015 Image and likeness – National Museum of Bulgarian Arts (National Art Gallery)
Habitat – international photo-exhibition Municipal Gallery of Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria,
For Fans –Arosita gallery, Sofia
“25 aaa” - Museum for Contemporary Art – SAMCA, Sofia
IMAGO MUNDI Fondazione Benetton Studi Ricerche- 2015- MAP OF THE NEW
ARTFONDAZIONE GIORGIO CINI SEP 1 - NOV 1 2015 Island of San Giorgio
Maggiore, Venice
Art for Change Sofia City Art Gallery
2014 CONTEMPORARY ISTANBUL 13-16 NOVEMBER 2014
What happened - Shipka 6 Gallery, Sofia
"that thing" the fridge by Boriana Ventsislavova
For Fans –Arosita gallery, Sofia
New Shades in Contemporary Art, Blagoevgrad, Sofia
DEL+REW Goldsmiths College, Postgraduate Art and Curatorial Studios, Laurie
Grove Baths, New Cross, SE 14 6 NW, London.
Allianz – group exhibition, Union of Bulgarian artists, Sofia
2013 NetRrjet Exhibition, Prishtina, Kosovo (December 2013)
2012 Clair, Madam, Solange - stage design 2012-2013
Sporadic Biphocality - A project by Dr. Gatev - Museum for Contemporary Art –
SAMCA With the special participation of Prof. Stanislav Pamukchiev, Ventsislav
Zankov and Rassim
ArtUp - Media Art in Bulgaria Greece and Turkey a project of Goethe Institut
A POSSIBLE HISTORY.Bulgarian Art Through the Sofia City Art Gallery Collection
The exhibition is dedicated to the 60th anniversary of the foundation of of the Sofia
City Art Gallery as an independent institution
Allianz National exhibition Union of Bulgarian artists gallery
THE COLLECTION. NEW ACQUISITIONS 2010-2011 Sofia City Art Gallery 14
June 2012 - 26 August 2012
Sofiaunderground 19.05.2012 Union of Bulgarian artists gallery
Allianz Regional exhibition Union of Bulgarian artists gallery
Sexpression – Winter salon, Museum of Contemporary Art, Skopie, Macedonia
2011 ENERGY 07 December 2011 - 13 January 2012 Yuzina Art gallery, Sofia
Re-production - 09.09. – 02.10.2011, Sofia Arsenal –Museum for Contemporary
Art
Tabuscript Robert Bosch Stiftung
Tabuscript Gedok Gallery, Stuttgart, Germany 2011
Tabuscript Karton gallery Budapest, Hungary
“20 years the fridge” - the fridge, Sofia
“SGUARDI SONORI 2011” festival of media and time based art
CLAC - CENTRO LABICANO ARTE CONTEMPORANEA in ROME
“SGUARDI SONORI 2011” festival of media and time based art PALAZZO ORSINI -
BOMARZO ( VITERBO) ITALIA DAL 19 FEBBRAIO AL 20 MARZO
National exhibition “Small sculpture and drawing”2011 Union of Bulgarian artists
2010 MADATAC (Muestra Abierta de Arte Audiovisual Contemporáneo) 5.12.2010
Madrid, Spain –official selection
Infinite Spaces Squardi Sonori- 2010-2011 - Festival of media and time based art ,
Museo della Civilta Romana – Italy(official selection)
National Sculpture Exhibition 2010 Sofia, Bulgaria
Video Art from Bulgaria Screening in 3H+K Gallery, Pori, Finland
Videoarte de la Europa del ex-Este / Ex-East Europe Video Art „Transfera” Madrid,
Spain
TabuScript project - Cultural Center „CK" Skopie, Macedonia
The other eye Municipal gallery of Sofia project
Section 13 Union of Bulgarian artists “Industrialna” Gallery 11 Sofia
Third international Bad taste festival „Death in Sofia” - atelier “Plastelin”
2009 Casoria Contemporary Art Museum / Italy permanent exposition
http://www.casoriacontemporaryartmuseum.com/ita/Sguardi_Sonori/index.html
Water tower – 12.06- 19.06 Teahouse, Sofia
18. dokumentART European Film Festival for Documentaries Neubrandenburg,
GERMANY/Szczecin, POLAND
Second international Bad taste festival „WC Vaptzarov” - atelier “Plastelin” - Sofia
Sculpture – national exhibition – Union of Bulgarian Artists Sofia
2008 CURRENT SCENE BULGARIA - LUDWIG museum –Koblenz, Germany
Personal Moments, Toshina Art Galerie, Leipzig, Deutschland/Germany/
VIDEOHOLICA - AUGUST IN ART BIENNIAL - VARNA
‘Pistolet” gallery on SWAB Art Fair, Barcelona
“20 х 20”- 20 years of ‘8’ GALLERY - painting, sculpture and photography,Varna,
Bulgaria
Squardi Sonori 2008 Itally festival of media and time based art
Close distance national exhibition of painting Union of Bulgarian Artists
“RED” The project “Video Salon” (March 07-21, 2008) Galerija10m2; Sarajevo,
curator Nadia Timova
Photonic Moments III - Sarajevo Winter Festival - New Temple Gallery
New Collected works in Municipal Gallery –Sofia
2007 Plastic / Conceptual - contemporary Bulgarian art collection - a selection of the
Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Bulgaria, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the
Republic of Bulgaria, Union of Bulgarian Artists
‘Zeitgeist –Face Control’ contemporary Bulgarian photography at the Photonic
Moment 2007 Photon Gallery - Ljubliana, Slovenia
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About "The East" But Were Afraid to
Ask Curated by Boryana Rossa Troy University USA
"COINCIDENCE I/2007 European cultural centre – Collogne, Germany
ESKIMO COZMETICS selection of works that treat the striving for
BEAUTY, HYGIENE and YOUTH April 26 - May 11 Pistolet Gallery -Sofia
2006 National exhibition of sculpture 2006 Union of Bulgarian Artists, Sofia
10 years videoart in Bulgaria idea A. Popnedeleva
Eastern Neighbors, Utrecht, Holland
Important Announcement Municipal gallery Sofia
August in Art – festival of visual arts, Varna – 7.08-17.09.2006
Section 13 – Raiko Aleksiev gallery, Union of BG artists
The Body national exhibitionq painting Union of BG artists 6, Shipka st.
”1000 km Sofia - Vienna” Dauhaus independent art space, Sofia
2005 “Actionism in Bulgaria” “Krag+’ Gallery Sofia
THE ART OF THE OVERHEAD Basement, Enghavevej 42, Copenhagen.
Capturing Utopia Fournos, Center for Digital Culture Athens, Greece
‘The Portrait’ painting – national exhibition, Union of Bulgarian artists, 6. Shipka str.
Sofia
2004 IDEA-NON-REALIZATION Exhibiton of Art gallery Pozega in the National Museum
Kraljevo
BG top 5 – annual exhibition of Irida gallery
Poetic/social painting, Union of Bulgarian artists, 6. Shipka str. Sofia
ArteFiera – art has a point Bolognia, Itally 22 - 26.01.2004 Hall 34, B-21
2003 Idea-non-realization Gradska galerija Pozega , Serbia&Montenegro;
Medienturm, Graz, Austria
3rd international bunkerfilm festival NL
13. internationales bochumer videofestival Germany
EUROSCREEN21 PAN MUSEUM Germany www.euroscreen21.de
EXPROT/IMPORT Municipal Gallery of Sofia
2002 Art Vienna.02
Author/Size Rayko Aleksiev Gallery, Sofia
The Bulgarian Painting after 1989, National Palace of Culture, Sofia
Erotic Photography, National Palace of Culture, Sofia
Come, whoever you are , annual exhibit, Irida gallery, Sofia
2001 Ostensive - contemporary art from Eastern Europe, participation with
videoscreening, Leipzig, Germany, http://www.ostensiv.de/filmpro.htm
Archaeology of Desire, Videoarchaeology Festival of Videoart, Sofia, Bulgaria
BODY &THE; EAST, Exit Art Gallery, New York, USA
2000 Bulgaria-Korea. Joint exhibition of modern painting –Sofia Municipal gallery,
Contemporary Art Museum of Hong-ik University, Seul
VA[media.doc]VA, Videoarcheology Festival of Videoart, Sofia
NET.CONGESTION, International Festival of Streaming Media, Amsterdam, The
Netherlands, http://net.congestion.org
Actors and shadows – ATA Gallery, Sofia
Balkan Video federation festival of video art, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
http://www.dijafragma.com/nonflash/projects/bvf.htm
Communication front 2000, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
1998 Commercial/non-commercial? Irida Gallery, Sofia
The Other Olympia, Irida Gallery, Sofia
1998 Phothone Digital LAB, 150xSimbolo, Bern, Switzerland
e-mages'98 comme_exchange, Vevey, Switzerland
BODY & THE EAST - From the 1960s to the Present, Museum of Modern Art,
Ljubliana, Slovenia
1997 Ars Ex Natio, Annual Exhibition of the Soros Center for the Arts, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
EXPLOSIONS Kapelica gallery, Ljubliana, Slovenia
MENSCHENBILDER, IFA Gallery, Berlin, Germany
CONTEMPORARY BULGARIAN ART National art gallery selection at National
Palace of culture-Sofia
1996 International Triennial of Painting Sofia’96, Shipka 6 Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
Evidence. The Real Diversity, Annual Exhibition of the Soros Center for the Arts,
Municipal Gallery, Sofia
The Visual Image of the 90’s, National Palace of Culture, Sofia
Admirer, inauguration of Admirer Gallery, Sofia
Erotic Salon, Season’s Gallery, Sofia
1995 VideoHart , December, Annual Exhibition of the Soros Center for the Arts,
Archaeological Museum, Sofia
1994 N Forms? Reconstructions and Interpretations, Annual Exhibition of the Soros
Center for the Arts, Dossev Gallery, Sofia
1993 A Personal View, May, 2nd Anniversary Exhibition of the Lessedra Gallery, Despred
Hall, Sofia
1991 Happy-end, Club of the (Eternally) Young Artists, Sofia
Cream- Art, ten art critics’ selection for young artists, Sofia
Light Machines, installation at the Creation happening, Proshek Brewery, Sofia,
organised by the AAA
Island, action of the AAA, Burgas, Bulgaria
A stage design for The 199 Theatre, Sofia
1aaa, happening of the AAA, sponsored by 1000 Days newspaper, Sofia
1990 Moderate Avant - Garde within the Framework of Tradition, Club of the (Eternally)
Young Artists, Shipka 6 Gallery, Sofia
PRESENTATIONS / SYMPOSIA /CONFERENCES
2007 Marginal Art – presentation National academy of Fine arts, Bulgaria
2002 Digital Weekend international festival for digital art ‘Digital culture [uninstall]’ lecture –
National Academy of Fine Arts-Sofia
2001 Understanding the Balkans, International conference, Skopije, Macedonia
1999 Panthograph, Centre for Metamedia, Plazy, The Czech Republic
10 years later, project, Communication Front, Plovdiv
1997 Beauty & the East, Ljubljana, Slovenia
1996 Performance, Ideology and the Future of Utopia Round Table, Second Annual
Performance Studies Conference at Northwestern University, Chicago, USA
1995 Artificial Environments as Artifact, International Symposium, Prague, The Czech
Republic
VIDEO PROJECTS
2001 Local Literacy, a series of three videos, as part of Videoarchaeology –3, The
Archaeology of Desire, Sofia, Bulgaria
2000 [error]tica, a series of three videos, Balkan Video federation festival of videoart,
Belgrade, Yugoslavia http://www.dijafragma.com/nonflash/projects/bvf.htm
Dumb, a series of three videos
1999 Homework, a series of five videos
1997 Homo Sapience – reconstruction, 4 channel videoinstallation IFA Gallery, Berlin
1992-1995 The Last Supper, 13-channel videoinstallation, Archaeological Museum, Sofia
NET/MEDIA PROJECTS
2007-ongoing Art and Bulgaria [online]
ARTCHANNEL.BG video&audio; online art-archive
1999- ongoing [ELEKTRIK_BG] mailing list for art, culture, and communication
http://zetmag.org/elektrik_bg
1999 - 2001 [Zet_maG] http://zetmag.org/magazine, online magazine for art, culture, and
communications in Bulgaria, [engl] [bg]
1999-2001 [CTRL-Z RADIO] net radio – talks, interviews, reports…archive,
http://zetmag.org/radio
[ZTV] - [ctrl-z television] interviews, reports, videoart...[engl] [bg] http://zetmag.org/tv
Close Encounters of the Third Kind, or what will become of Bulgarian culture [bg]
interviews
http://www.ctrl-z.org/magazine/2001/projects/third_kind/index.html
2000 Morning Funeral Agency [engl] [bg]
http://zetmag.org/morning
AUDIO_SOFIA [bg]
http://zetmag.org/sofia_map/index.html
The Art of Driving a LADA – or what’s up with Bulgarian culture /questionnaire/
[bg]
BALKAN_ ASS”(art streaming server) [engl] [bg] The Balkans belong to us,
where do we
