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EDUCATION:
1989 – 1994 School of Fine Arts Tzanko lavrenov, Diploma in Sculpture, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
1996 – 2001 National Academy of Arts, MA in Ceramics in the class of Prof. Ivanna Eneva, Sofia, Bulgaria
SOLO EXIBITIONS:
2016
Reverse, Contemporary Space, Varna, Bulgaria
2014
Evening News, Formato Comodo Gallery, Madrid, Spain
Theoretical (Pseudo) Science, Contemporary Space, Varna, Bulgaria
2012
The Sun and Other Stars, Astronomical observatory Nicolaus Copernicus Varna, Bulgaria
2010
ON THE TOP – Exhibition of Samuil Stoyanov and it’s Effect on Global Warming, ICA-Sofia Gallery, Bulgaria
2012/2013
Duo Show Daniel Jacoby and Samuil Stoyanov, Formato Comodo Gallery, Madrid, Spain
2012
99W, Bulart Gallery, Varna, Bulgaria
2009
Company of Captain B.C. (The Night Watch), Bulart Gallery, Varna, Bulgaria
2008
Abortion Kills Children, 7 days action as part of the Democracy Talks – Konsthall C in Sofia, at Meeting Point – project of Sofia Art Gallery hosted by Vaska Emanouilova Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2007
Kick the Time, Siemens_artLab, Vienna, Austria; Curator: Maria Vassileva
2005
30 Years Conceptual Painting, Art Gallery, Dobrich, Bulgaria
2004
Mine Field, Irida Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
Reverse/photo-video installation, ATA Center/ICA–Sofia, Bulgaria; Curator: Vessela Nozharova
2003/2004
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, Sofia Art Gallery -Meeting Point, Sofia, Bulgaria; Curator: Daniela Radeva
2001
The City, 100+ Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
GROUP EXIBITIONS AND PROJECTS:
2024
DOG DAYS, Structura Gallery, Sofia; Curator: Marina Slavova
2022
Spontaneous Connections between Unrelated Phenomena, Structura Gallery, Sofia; Curator: Marina Slavova
2021
Future Unforgettable, Sarieva @ DOT, Sofia; Curator: Vesselina Sarieva
2020
Glass, Gas and Electricity; SARIEV Gallery, Plovdiv
Shooting Ghosts, an online screening program in cooperation with the Goethe-Institute Sofia (Curators: Kalin Serapionov and Krassimir Terziev)
2019
Thank You Mr. Ruf. Exhibition in honor of Swiss collector and philanthropist Gaudenz B. Ruf, Credo Bonum Gallery, Sofia; curated by Vessela Nozharova
Open Art Files: Notes and footnotes, Kapana Gallery, Plovdiv; project by Open Arts Foundation, part of Plovdiv European Capital of Culture 2019; Curator: Vera Mlechevska; video programme curated by Krassimir Terziev and Vera Mlechevska
Objectively (in)correct, Espace PORT A gallery / Sofia Art Week; Curator: Martina Stefanova
2017
The Image Is No Longer Available, ICA-Gallery Sofia, Bulgaria; Curator: Vessela Nozharova
2016
In The Labelling Gap, Sofia City Art Gallery, Bulgaria; Curator: Daniela Radeva
2015
Focus Bulgaria at viennacontemporary 2015, Vienna, Austria; Curators: Iara Boubnova and Vessela Nozharova
Art for Change 1985–2015, Sofia Art Gallery, Bulgaria, Curator: Maria Vassileva
2014
PREHOD for Sale, ICA-Sofia Gallery, Bulgaria; Curator: Iara Boubnova
LIVING IN THE POST-SOCIALISM, Вulgarian video art in Lithuania, Meno Parkas, Kaunas, Lithuania; Curator: Neno Belchev
TO BE CONTINUED… Gaudenz B. Ruf’s Collection of Contemporary Bulgarian Art, Sofia Art Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
Notes from Underground, After F.M. Dostoyevsky, Baba Vasa‘s Cellar, Shabla, Bulgaria; Organized by Mladen Bizumic
The Occidental Accident, One Nest Stand #17, The Hague, The Netherlands
2013
More Light, 5th Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia; curator: Catherine de Zegher
DRESS UP, ICA-Sofia Gallery, Bulgaria; Curator: Iara Boubnova
Near, closer, together, Sofia Contemporary Festival, Bulgaria; curator: Ovul Durmusoglu
Sarajevo Winter, International Festival Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Contempo Festival 2013, Varna, Bulgaria
2012
Magnet and Antimagnet, ICA-Sofia Gallery, Bulgaria; Curator: Iara Boubnova
URBAN DREAMS, The Ancient Bath, Center for Contemporary Art – Plovdiv, Bulgaria
53rd Belgrade October Salon; GOOD LIFE/ГУД ЛАЈФ (Physical narratives and spatial imaginations); Location: Old Geodesic Institute, 48 Karadjordjeva Street, Belgrade; Curators: Branislav Dimitrijevic and Mika Hannula
Recipes Project, Temporary space and Art Gallery, Dobrich, Bulgaria; Curator: Samuil Stoyanov
Interstices, Artycok.TV Online Exhibition; Curator: Eriola Pira
MusTempo, Graffit Gallery – Varna, Bulgaria; Curator: Maria Vassileva
Why Duchamp? From object to museum and back (125 years), Sofia Arsenal – Museum for Contemporary Art; Curator: Maria Vassileva,
2011
East of Best, Roodkapje, Rotterdam, Nederland (catalogue); Curators: KOLEKTIF and Eric van Hartigh
exi[s]t>15 bulart, Bulart Gallery, Varna, Bulgaria
Art Of Urban Intervention, ICA-Sofia Gallery, Bulgaria
IRONAPPLAUSE.NET – YVAA Exhibition and Symposium in Bratislava, Slovakia (catalogue); Curators: Lucia Gavulova and Tijana Stepanovic
Shortlist 2011, Gaudenz B. Ruf Award, Sofia, Bulgaria (catalogue)
An Elusive Object of Art, part of curated by_vienna 2011: EAST by SOUTH WEST, Dana Charkasi Gallery, Vienna, Austria; Curator: Iara Boubnova
After the Flight, ICA-Sofia Gallery, Bulgaria; Curator: Iara Boubnova
2010
Museum Souvenirs, ICA-Sofia Gallery, Bulgaria
“Qui Vive?” 2nd Moscow International Biennale for Young Art; Liberty, MmoMA (catalogue); Curators: Sergey Yerkov and Daria Kamyshnikova
The Big Wave, 8th Biennial of Contemporary Art “August in Art”, Varna, Bulgaria, Curator: Maria Vassileva
Sites of Memory: Architecture and Remembering, Stephan Stoyanov Gallery, New York; Curator: William Stover
The Other Eye/Luchezar Boyadjiev: Artist in the Storage, Sofia Art Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2009
Shortlist 2009 – Gaudenz B. Ruf Award, Rayko Aleksiev Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria (catalogue)
con.tempo – weekend for contemporary art, Varna, Bulgaria; Curator: Dora Doncheva-Bulart
From Ideology to Economy. Contemporary Bulgarian Art 20 years later, The State Central Museum of Contemporary History of Russia, Moscow, Russia; Curators: Iara Boubnova and Maria Vassileva
M-Tel Awards for Contemporary Bulgarian Art, Port of Varna, Bulgaria (catalogue); Curator: Irina Batkova
BAZA Award for Contemporary Art, Sofia Art Gallery, Bulgaria; Curator: Daniela Radeva
ART POSITIVE-2009 SWEET, The Ancient Bath, Center for Contemporary Art – Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Born Independent, Shipka 6 Art Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2008
Democracy Talks – Konsthall C in Sofia, at Meeting Point (project of Sofia Art Gallery hosted by Vaska Emanouilova Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria) (catalogue)
ZERO GRAVITY The architecture of social space, The Ancient Bath, Center for Contemporary Art – Plovdiv, Bulgaria; Curators: Bettina Steinbruegge and Vessela Nozharova
THE COLLECTION. NEW ACQUISITIONS, Sofia Art Gallery, Bulgaria
Portrait/Self-portrait, Art Gallery, Dobrich, Bulgaria; Curator: Plamena Dimitrova-Racheva
2007
Shortlist-RUF Award, Sofia Art Gallery, Bulgaria (catalogue)
Europe.Art, Sofia Art Gallery, Bulgaria (catalogue)
Small Objects/Short Video, Corridor Gallery, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
IN SEARCH OF LOST TIME, Sofia Art Gallery, Bulgaria; curators: Vyara Mlechevska and Svetlana Kuyumjieva
Contemporary Bulgarian Paintings, Plastic/Conceptual, 2000-2005, Portchach Palace, Vienna, Austria (catalogue); Curators Iskra Trayanova, Chavdar Popov
2006
An Important Message, Sofia Art Gallery, Bulgaria (catalogue); Curator: Maria Vasileva
Visual Immortality, Second International Biennial for Contemporary Art , Shumen, Bulgaria; Curators: Elena Panayotova, Peter Tsanev
Divided Nations, Festival of Contemporary Art Product, Varna, Bulgaria; Director: Jordan Ganevski, Art Director: Milen Krastev
Urban Legends, Sofia Art Gallery, Bulgaria; Curator: Maria Vassileva
Contemporary Bulgarian Paintings, Plastic/Conceptual, 2000-2005, Warsaw and Wroclaw, Poland; Utrecht, Holland (catalogue); Curators Iskra Trayanova, Chavdar Popov
2005/2006
CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST MARIBOR, PLACES OF TRANSITION, 7th International Triennial Ecology and Art, Umetnostna Galerija Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia (catalogue); artistic director: Meta Gabrsek Prosenc, curator: Breda Kolar Sluga
2005
Donumenta, Regensburg, Germany (catalogue); Curator: Regina Hellwig-Schmid
2007: WE GET-TO-CEASE TO BE? SIBANK Gallery, Sofia
Closed Spaces Project, Art Gallery Dobrich, Bulgaria
2004
Donations 2001-2004, Sofia Art Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
Social/Poetical Reality, Shipka 6 Art Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
Second Hand, Art Gallery, Dobrich, Bulgaria
2003
The Last East European Show, Museum of Contemporary Art Belgrade, Serbia; Project concept: Zoran Erić, Stevan Vuković
(R)evolution, Irida Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
10x5x3 Exhibition, Sofia, Bulgaria
Discrimination, Nilon Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey (catalogue)
White, Male, Straight Project, Nish, Serbia
2002
White, Male, Straight Project, Sofia, Bulgaria; Curator: Ventsislav Zankov and Vessela Nozharova
The Interior, Shipka 6 Art Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2000
Second International Student Triennial, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey
Light House and Storm, Bath, UK and Sofia, Bulgaria
AWARDS:
2011
Gaudenz B. Ruf Award for New Bulgarian Art – Advanced Artists Category
2010
Bulart Gallery annual award, Bulgaria
2009
BAZA Award for Contemporary Art, Bulgaria
2007
First Prize in TOGETHER since 1957 – Competition for art project organized by Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2005
Art-Highway/Bulgaria-Europe 2007, Competition for design of postcard, Prize of Bulart Gallery, Varna, Bulgaria
2004
Second prize in The National Contest For Young Artists and Critics. Competition organized by the St. Kiril and St. Metody Fondation
2003
Debutantes in the Field of Contemporary Arts and Culture Project Fund, April session: Reverse/photo-video installation
2001
Awarded and chosen for execution project for a ceramic wall sculpture in competition entitled European Way of Bulgaria organized by The Government of the Republic of Bulgaria. Co-authorship with Anton Terziev
2000
Appointed by the academic jury to represent the Bulgarian National Academy of Arts at the Second International Student Triennial, Istanbul, Turkey
WORKS IN COLLECTIONS:
Nedko Solakov and Slava Nakovska Collection
Sofia City Art Gallery Collection
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bulgaria – State Cultural Institute Collection
National Art Gallery, Sofia
October Salon Collection, Belgrade, Serbia
Gaudenz B. Ruf Collection
MUSIZ – Museum of Contemporary Art
Siemens Vienna Collection
Museum on the Air – virtual collection of same named broadcast on visual arts
Art Gallery Dobrich
Contemporary Space, Varna
Other private collections
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES AND PUBLIC ACTIVITIES:
2001 – Balkan Youth Festival, Litohoro, Pieria, Greece
2004 – Performer in the video installation Psychotherapy (I-IV) by Anton Terziev
2010 – Residence at International Studio and Curatorial Program (ISCP), New York, USA
2010 – Artist Talk at International Studio and Curatorial Program (ISCP), New York, USA
2010 – Artist Talk during the Night of the Museums and Galleries, Dobrich, Bulgaria
2010 – Curator of What’s Up? 20 Years Later Exhibition (together with Zdravko Toshev), Dobrich, Bulgaria
2011 – Participation in Art of Urban Intervention Project, Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Italy and the Netherlands
2011 – Organizer of the Number of Mine Photo-competition dedicated to the ongoing at that time political elections
2011/present – Member of Citizens + Society, Dobrich, Bulgaria
2011 – Working with the institutions. Latest activities, presentation for contempo.lab, Varna, Bulgaria
2012 – Curator of Recipes Project, Villa di Poletta Hotel and City Art Gallery, Dobrich, Bulgaria
2012 – Artist Talk and Lecture at Art Gallery Dobrich, Bulgaria
2013 – Artist Talk as part of Near, closer, together, Sofia Contemporary Festival, Bulgaria; curator: Ovul Durmusoglu
2014 – Artist Talk at Contemporary Space, Varna, Bulgaria
2017 – Tutor for group of young Bulgarian artist at Academy 2017: “Bloom Again” in partnership with Eleusis 2021. Eleusis, Greece
2017-2022 – Works with Pamoja Ministries, Tanzania
2021/present – Co-director of Kahawa Media, Kenya