Artistist Statement

Coming out of the comfort of the standard shape I choose the challenge of self-identification of the pictorial space. I express my conception of the world as a process of material and emotional differentiation. In the creation of my artworks I am using extraordinary means of expression as interlaced wooden twigs lined with building material. Each work is structured and composed differently. By searching for the specific shape I emphasize my ambition to overcome the limit of time and matter. I would like to provoke a sense of something organic, of a specific form of life. For achieving the desired aesthetics I am using more muted pastel coloring in earth color tones. Painting delicately differentiates the artwork as wholeness in the space.

Education
1975 – 1978 National High School of Fine Arts “Ilia Petrov”, Sofia, Bulgaria

Solo exhibitions
2017 – Open Studio, Munich, Germany
2012 – Sculptures and paintings in “Art Gallery” Pleven, Bulgaria
2011 – Solo Exhibition, Gallery “Minerva” Sofia, Bulgaria
2010 – Solo Exhibition – Gallery “Asen Vasilev” Sofia, Bulgaria
2007 – Solo Exhibition ”Irida Gallery” Sofia, Bulgaria
2006 – Solo Exhibition, Graz, Austria
1997 – Solo Exhibition “Gallery Zoia” in Pleven, Bulgaria
1994 – Solo Exhibition in the ”Arossita Gallery” Sofia, Bulgaria

Group exhibitions
2015 – Autumn Salon, Pleven, Bulgaria
2012 – Ilia Beshkov art gallery “5th International Biennial of small forms” Pleven, Bulgaria
2010 – Ilia Beshkov art gallery “5th International Biennial of small forms” Pleven, Bulgaria
2005 – Spring Salon, Ilia Beshkov art gallery, Pleven, Bulgaria
1995 – National Exhibition in “Shipka 6 Gallery” Sofia, Bulgaria
1993 – Spring Salon, Pleven, Bulgaria
1993 – Exhibition in the “Alexander Gallery” Sofia, Bulgaria
1993 – Exhibition ”Hotel Druo” Paris, France
1992 – Exhibition ”Bulgarian art” Viena, Austria
1990 – National Painting Exhibition in “Shipka 6 Gallery” Sofia, Bulgaria
1989 – General Exhibition ”Etara” Gabrovo, Bulgaria