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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:

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 19852015, 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 
A
rt-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/present – Works with Pamoja Ministries, Tanzania

2021/present – Co-director of Kahawa Media, Kenyaand