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Alexander Valchev
Born in 1973 in Sofia, Bulgaria, lives and works in Sofia.
Education:
1998 - MFA in Sculpture, National Academy of Arts, Sofia, Bulgaria
2013 - MFA in Photography, New Bulgarian University, Sofia, Bulgaria
Selected Solo Exhibitions:
2018
Brick by Brick - Arosita Art Gallery, Sofia, BG
2015
A New Life - Goethe-Institut, Sofia, BG
2014
The Sculpture as a Hobby – Arosita Art Gallery, Sofia, BG
2012
For a Few Dollars More or Nine Portrait – Sofia Arsenal – Museum for Contemporary Art, Sofia, BG
2011
We Love the Dogs and the Dogs Love Us - Goethe-Institut Bulgarien, Sofia, BG
2009
Reminiscences- Photon Gallery, Ljubljana, SL
2007
Reminiscences & Un/Usual Suspects - Month of Photography, Bratislava, SK
2005
Reminiscences - curator Stefania Yanakieva - Sofia City Art Gallery, BG
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2018
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever – curator Carolina Lio, Goethe-Institut Bulgarien, Sofia, BG
Danube Dialogues festival - A New Life – Novi Sad, RS Works of Art from Bulgaria - Council of the European Union, Brussels, BE
2017
The Reality Despute - curators K. Vassilev, S. Pamukchiev, P. Tsanev, Shipka 6 Gallery of UBA,
Sofia, BG
Valchev, Bistrichki, Nedev, Simeonov - group exhibition, Pleven Art Center, Pleven, BG
Valchev, Bistrichki, Nedev - group exhibition, Stubel Gallery, Sofia, BG
2016
In the Labelling Gap– curator Daniela Radeva, Sofia City Art Gallery, Sofia, BG
The painting technology in the contemporary art – symposium and group exhibition, curator Sasho
Stoitzov, City Gallery, Blagoevgrad, BG
Topos - Topographies - ...topias - curator Slav Nedev, Raiko Alexiev Gallery, Sofia, BG
UAMO Festival - Fortress - group exhibition, Munich, DE
Situation Sofia – organized by Goethe-Institut, Art Gallery ACADEMY, Sofia, BG
2015
Focus Bulgaria @ viennacontemporary - curated by Iara Boubnova and Vessela Nozharova,
viennacontemporary, Vienna, AT
Save the Dreams – contemporary Artists from Bulgaria - Imago Mundi, Luciano Benetton Collection,
Fodazione Giorgio Cini, Venice, IT
The Fortress - curator Nadezda Dzhakova, UAMO Festival & Sofia Arsenal - Museum for
Contemporary Art, BG
Art for Change 1985- 2015 – curator PhD Maria Vassileva, Sofia City Art Gallery, BG
2014
New Shades in Contemporary Art – curator Sasho Stoitsov, City Gallery, Blagoevgrad, BG
What happened? – Shipka 6 Gallery of UBA, Sofia, BG
Conceptual Photography Weeks 2014 – Gallery Synthesis, Sofia, BG
Unusual Evidences - Sofia Underground Performance Art Festival 2014 - curator Yovo Panchev
Optical Confusion - curator Elena Panajotova, Basement Wien Gallery, Vienna, AT
2013
ESSL Art Award CEE 2013 – Nominee Exhibition – Art Gallery ACADEMY, Sofia, BG
Sofia Underground Performance Art Festival 1997 - 2003 Files – Sofia arsenal – Museum for
Contemporary Art, Sofia, BG
2012
Communications – curator Yovo Panchev, Vivacom Art Hall, Sofia, BG
Justified Actions - Sofia Underground Performance Art Festival 2012 – curator Yovo Panchev, Sofia
Arsenal - Museum for contemporary art, Sofia, BG
Dachshund in Bulgarian Contemporary Art – curator Elena Panajotova, Shipka 6 Gallery of UBA,
Sofia, BG
2011
Digital Print - curator Ivo Bistrichki , Industrialna 11 Gallery, Sofia, BG
Re - Production - curators Alla Georgieva, Nadezda Dzhakova, Sofia Arsenal - Museum for
contemporary art, Sofia, BG
THE CHOICE /43 art historians - 43 works/ - the project curator PhD Maria Vassileva – Sofia City
Art Gallery, BG
2010
Renaissance Nostra / Private View art platform /- curator Maja Skerbot, guest by Gallery Jarmuschek
+ Partner, Berlin, DE
A Border Situation - Drawing in the Contemporary Art - curator Yovo Panchev,
Industrialna 11 Gallery, Sofia, BG
2009
Reality - Fiction - section Painting of UBA, Shipka 6 Gallery of UBA, Sofia, BG
Phodar - Photographic Biennial, 6th
edition; Pleven, BG
Wenn Werte Form Werden – curator Stefan Bohnenberger, supported by Goethe-Institute Bulgaria
2008
Contemporary Bulgarian Scene - curator PhD Beate Reifenscheid - Ludwig Museum im
Deutschherrenhaus, Koblenz, DE
M-tel Awards for Contemporary Bulgarian Art - "SHORTLIST 2007"
Close Distance - section Painting of UBA - Shipka 6 Gallery of UBA, Sofia, BG
А-А-Н! All About Him! - Curator V. Zankov, supported by Goethe Institute Bulgaria, Sofia, BG
Viennafair - Photon Gallery, Vienna, AT
2007
Photonic Moments III – curator Dejan Sluga, Month of Photography, Ljubljana, SL
Vienna, AT - Month of Photography - 2008
Graz, AT - 2008
Sarajevo, BA - 2007
Ljubljana, SL - 2007
Gaudenz B. Ruf Award for new Bulgarian art - "SHORTLIST 2007"
25 Years Anniversary Exhibition of “St.St. Cyril and Methodius “International Foundation – National
Art Gallery, Sofia ,BG
Traffic - section Painting of UBA - Shipka 6 Gallery of UBA, Sofia, BG
One Day and Night on Shipka 6. Remember Sofia Underground! - curators Rouen Rouenov, Yovo
Panchev, Shipka 6 Gallery of UBA, Sofia, BG
Phodar - Photographic Biennial, 5th
edition; Pleven, BG
2006
AWOL - Biennial of Contemporary Young artists - 2nd
edition Bucharest, RO
Visual Immortality - Biennial of Contemporary art, 2nd
edition - curators Elena Panayotova, Peter
Tsanev, Shumen, BG
Selected Grants, Awards & Residences:
2013 - ESSL Art Award CEE – Nominee
2012 - Grant, Gaudenz B. Ruf Award for new Bulgarian art
2008 - Shortlist 2007 - M-tel Awards for Contemporary Bulgarian Art
2008 - Residence CCN, Graz, Austria
2007 - Shortlist 2007 - Gaudenz B. Ruf Award for new Bulgarian art
2005 - Grant, “St. St. Cyril and Methodius” International Foundation
2004 - Residence Cite Internationale Des Arts, Paris, France
Selected Bibliography (References):
Catalogue Archives 2011 – 2017 - Sofia Arsenal - Museum for Contemporary Art, 2018
Catalogue Topos - Topographies - ...topias, 2017
Culture newspaper, LIX, 44 /2832/ 18.12.2015
Catalogue Save the Dreams – contemporary Artists from Bulgaria - Imago Mundi, Luciano
Benetton Collection, 2015
Catalogue Art for Change 1985 - 2015 - Sofia City Art Gallery, 2015
Culture newspaper, LVIII, 41 /2786/ 05.12.2014
Catalogue The Choice /43 art historians - 43 works/ - Sofia City Art Gallery, 2011
Catalogue Contemporary Bulgarian Scene - Ludwig Museum im Deutschherrenhaus, Koblenz,
Germany 2008
Catalogue Phodar - Photographic Biennial, 2007 and 2009
Catalogue Gaudenz B. Ruf Award for new Bulgarian art - Shortlist 2007
Catalogue AWOL - Biennial of Contemporary Young artists, Bucharest, Romania, 2nd
edition, 2006
39 Grams newspaper - 21 / 15-30.07.2006
Culture newspaper, ХLIX, 8 /2358/ 04.03.2005
Art In Bulgaria, IX, / 90 - 92/, 2002, Art In Bulgaria, VII, / 75 - 77/, 2000
Contact: cell phone: +359 88 883 90 51, e-mail:[email protected], http//www.alexandervalchev.com
Boxes II / Massimo Dutti /
as part of The Reality Despute exhibition 2017
curators K. Vassilev, S. Pamukchiev, P. Tsanev,
Shipka 6 Gallery of UBA, Sofia, BG
Boxes II / Massimo Dutti / - drawings with black pencil on cardboard unfolds, cardboard boxes, 2017
as part of The Reality Despute - curators K. Vassilev, S. Pamukchiev, P. Tsanev,
Shipka 6 Gallery of UBA, Sofia, BG
The Making of Boxes II / Massimo Dutti / - drawings with black pencil on cardboard unfolds, 2017
as part of The Reality Despute - curators K. Vassilev, S. Pamukchiev, P. Tsanev,
Shipka 6 Gallery of UBA, Sofia, BG
The Making of Boxes II / Massimo Dutti /
detail - drawings with black pencil on cardboard unfolds, 146/62 cm each part, 2017
Brick by Brick
solo exhibition, 2018
Arosita Art Gallery, Sofia, BG
Я памятник себе воздвиг … / A. S. Pushkin /
2017/2018, 210/130 cm
Brick by Brick – solo exhibition, 2018
Arosita Art Gallery, Sofia, BG
Brick by Brick – solo exhibition, 2018
Arosita Art Gallery, Sofia, BG
Brick by Brick – solo exhibition, 2018
Arosita Art Gallery, Sofia, BG
Some say that man was made out of clay, like brick
aquarelle pencil on Accademia / Fabriano / paper, 23/23 cm, 2018
Your own personal wall IV – black pencil, acrylic on Accademia /Fabriano / paper, 23/23 cm, 2018
Is there anybody out there? – black pencil, acrylic on Accademia / Fabriano / paper, 23/23 cm, 2018
Just another base – black pencil, acrylic on Accademia /Fabriano / paper, 23/23 cm, 2018
Just another brick in the head – black pencil, acrylic on Accademia /Fabriano / paper, 23/23 cm, 2018
Made of Scars I – Inkjet print on German Etching - mat fine art textured paper, 40 / 40 cm, 2018
Yellow / Red brick I - Brick by Brick series
acrylic on canvas, 50/50 cm, 2017
Upgrade
as part of In the Labelling Gap exhibition 2016
curator Daniela Radeva, Sofia City Art Gallery, Sofia, BG
Upgrade series - installation view
as part of In the Labelling Gap – curator Daniela Radeva, 2016, Sofia City Art Gallery, Sofia, BG
Upgrade series 2014/2016
Upgrade series - installation view
as part of In the Labelling Gap – curator Daniela Radeva, 2016, Sofia City Art Gallery, Sofia, BG
Upgrade series 2014/2016
Upgrade series - installation view
as part of In the Labelling Gap – curator Daniela Radeva, 2016, Sofia City Art Gallery, Sofia, BG
Upgrade series 2014/2016
Upgrade series - installation view
as part of In the Labelling Gap – curator Daniela Radeva, 2016, Sofia City Art Gallery, Sofia, BG
Upgrade series 2014/2016
An Empty Base – 2014
Inkjet print on German Etching - mat fine art textured paper, black pencil, acrylic, 30 / 30 cm
Upgrade series 2014/2016
Untitled – 2016
Magazine page, black pencil, 30 / 30 cm
Upgrade series 2014/2016
Я памятник себе воздвиг нерукотворнй … – 2015 / 2016
Inkjet print on German Etching - mat fine art textured paper,
tracing paper, black pencil, acrylic, 42 / 30 cm
Upgrade series 2014/2016
Upgrade III – 2016
black pencil on Accademia / Fabriano / paper, 60/45 cm, Upgrade series 2014/2016
Fortress II
as part of The Fortress exhibition 2016
curator Johannes Blank, UAMO Festival, Munich, DE
Fortress II - cardboard boxes, approx. size 240/140/140 cm, 2016
as part of The Fortress – curator Johannes Blank, UAMO Festival, Munich, DE
Fortress II - cardboard boxes, 2016
as part of The Fortress – curator Johannes Blank, UAMO Festival, Munich, DE
Fortress II - cardboard boxes, 2016
as part of The Fortress – curator Johannes Blank, UAMO Festival, Munich, DE
A New Live
solo exhibition, 2015
Goethe – Institute Bulgaria, BG
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A New Live – installation view, 2015
solo exhibition, Goethe – Institute Bulgaria, BG
A New Live – installation view, 2015
solo exhibition, Goethe – Institute Bulgaria, BG
A New Live – installation view, 2015
solo exhibition, Goethe – Institute Bulgaria, BG
Untitled /Brick by Brick/ - black pencil on Accademia /Fabriano/ paper, 120/150 cm, 2015
A New Live series
Wall - I, Wall - II - 2015, video, 00` 25``, 02` 14``
Construction - 2015, video, 06` 51``
Deconstruction - 2015, video, 14` 28``
A New Live series
Untitled I
2015, galvanized tin, wood, 55/55/5 cm, A New Live series
Untitled II
2016, garland, wood, 55/55/5 cm, A New Live series
Situation Sofia
group exhibition 2016
organized by Goethe – Institute Bulgaria, Accademia Gallery, Sofia, BG
Situation Sofia – installation view, 2016
group exhibition organized by Goethe – Institute Bulgaria, Accademia Gallery, Sofia, BG
Temporary Monuments
Series 2014/2015
Temporary Monuments series - 2014/2015s part of A New Life exhibition
Inkjet print on German Etching - mat fine art textured paper, acrylic,pensil, 30/30
20150606_185529.TMP Monument
2015, Inkjet print on German Etching - mat fine art textured paper, acrylic,pensil, 30 / 30 cm
Temporary Monuments series - 2014/2015
20140522_202713.TMP Monument
2015, Inkjet print on German Etching - mat fine art textured paper, acrylic,pensil, 30 / 30 cm
Temporary Monuments series - 2014/2015
20150822_123258.TMP Monument
2015, Inkjet print on German Etching - mat fine art textured paper, acrylic,pensil, 30 / 30 cm
Temporary Monuments series - 2014/2015
Am I living in a Box?
as part of The Fortress2015
curator Nadezda Dzhakova
UAMO Festival & Sofia Arsenal - Museum for Contemporary Art, BG
Am I living in a Box? series – installation view, 2015
as part of The Fortress - curator Nadezda Dzhakova
UAMO Festival & Sofia Arsenal - Museum for Contemporary Art, BG
Small House in the Middle of the Street - Am I living in a Box? series – photography, 20/35 cm, 2014
as part of The Fortress - curator Nadezda Dzhakova
UAMO Festival & Sofia Arsenal - Museum for Contemporary Art, BG
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Am I living in a Box? series – mixed media, 30/30 cm each, 2015
as part of The Fortress - curator Nadezda Dzhakova
UAMO Festival & Sofia Arsenal - Museum for Contemporary Art, BG
The Sculpture as a Hobby
solo exhibition, 2014
curator Vera Mlechevska
Arosita Art Gallery, Sofia, BG
The Sculpture as a Hobby - solo exhibition
2014, installation view, curator Vera Mlechevska, Arosita Gallery, Sofia, BG
The Sculpture as a Hobby series – 2011/2014
The Sculpture as a Hobby - solo exhibition
2014, installation view, curator Vera Mlechevska, Arosita Gallery, Sofia, BG
The Sculpture as a Hobby series – 2011/2014
The Sculpture as a Hobby - solo exhibition
2014, installation view, curator Vera Mlechevska, Arosita Gallery, Sofia, BG
The Sculpture as a Hobby series – 2011/2014
The Sculpture as a Hobby - solo exhibition
2014, installation view, curator Vera Mlechevska, Arosita Gallery, Sofia, BG
The Sculpture as a Hobby series – 2011/2014
The Sculpture as a Hobby - solo exhibition
2014, installation view, curator Vera Mlechevska, Arosita Gallery, Sofia, BG
The Sculpture as a Hobby series – 2011/2014
Untitled /New “Endless” Column/
2014, acrylic, pencil, sellotape, 30 / 30 cm
The Sculpture as a Hobby series – 2011/2014
Untitled /IMAG0293/
2013, Inkjet print on German Etching - mat fine art textured paper, Ed. 5+1 a.p., 30 / 20 cm
The Sculpture as a Hobby series – 2011/2014
Untitled /Gravity I/
2014, pencil, aquarelle pencil, 30 /20 cm
The Sculpture as a Hobby series – 2011/2014
Untitled /IMAG0926/
2014, C - print, 15 / 10 cm
The Sculpture as a Hobby series – 2011/2014
Untitled /IMAG0862/
2014, C - print, 10 / 15 cm
The Sculpture as a Hobby series – 2011/2014
Untitled /IMAG0926/
2014, C - print, 15 / 20 cm
The Sculpture as a Hobby series – 2011/2014
Untitled /after IMAG0273/
2014, Inkjet print on German Etching - mat fine art textured paper, acrylic, pencil, 30 / 30 cm
The Sculpture as a Hobby series – 2011/2014
Untitled /after IMAG0273/
2014, Inkjet print on German Etching - mat fine art textured paper, acrylic, pencil, 30 / 30 cm
The Sculpture as a Hobby series – 2011/2014
Untitled /Objects/
2014, Inkjet print on German Etching - mat fine art textured paper, acrylic, pencil, 30 /40 cm.
The Sculpture as a Hobby series – 2011/2014
1300 Years of Bulgaria Monument - re-composing II
2011, Inkjet print on German Etching - mat fine art textured paper, 30 / 40 cm.
Objects & Spaces II series
1300 Years of Bulgaria Monument - re-composing III
2011, Inkjet print on German Etching - mat fine art textured paper, 30 /40 cm.
Objects & Spaces II series
Untitled /Sgrada_do_NDK_0028_03/
2014, Inkjet print on German Etching - mat fine art textured paper, 30 /20 cm
The Sculpture as a Hobby series – 2011/2014