Education
2009 -2012 - Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht, NL (BA fine art)
2007 - Ecole des Arts Decoratifs de Strasbourg, FR (one semester at the fine art department)
2004 - 2009 - National Academy of Arts, Sofia, BG (MA painting)
Residency
2017 - M4 - Gastatelier, Amsterdam, NL
2012 - 2013 - Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten/ Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science
Prizes, fellowships and Grants
2019 - Gaudenz B. Ruf Award for New Bulgarian Art
2019 - Young Bulgarian Artists. Painting Prize of the National competition for painting and sculpture
2016 -2017 - Project Investment for Artists, Mondriaan Fund, NL
2016 - National prizes, Alianz Bulgaria, Painting prize for the region of Plovdiv
2014 - Contribution for Emerging Artists, Mondriaan Fund, NL
2012 - Buning Brongers painting prize, Amsterdam, NL
Solo exhibition
2020 - “Family Portrait” gallery Sariev Contemporary, Plovdiv, BG
2018 - "The Good Machines" gallery Credo Bonum, Sofia, BG
2017 - "The Good Machines" gallery Gerhard Hofland, Amsterdam, NL (C)
2016 - "Sweet Pea", gallery Yuzina, Sofia, BG
2015 - “Sweet Pea”, gallery Gerhard Hofland, Amsterdam, NL
Group exhibition
2020 - “Object Love”, Curators- Anne Berk and Fritz Emslander, Morsbroch Museum, Leverkusen, DE, (C)
2019 - “Finale”, Curator Maria Vassileva, exhibition of the winners of the Gaudenz Ruf Award for New Bulgarian Art, gallery Structura, Sofia, BG
2019 - Background: Young artists from Plovdiv, Gallery Sariev Contemporary, Plovdiv, BG
2019 - “Listen to Us - Artistic Intelligence”, Curators - Nathalie Hoyos, Rainald Schumacher works from Deutsche Telekom collection, Plovdiv, BG
2018 - Exhibition of the nominated artists for Hermine van Bers Art Award, Old School, Leiden, NL
2017 - "Necessity is the mother of invention", duo show with Pere Liobera, Horizonverticaal, Haarlem, NL
2016 - “Dining with the artist”, The Mesdag Collection, The Hague, NL
2016 - HKU’s Royal Club-Dutch Painting, exhibition at the library of European Council, Brussels, BE
2016 - “Prospects and Concepts” Curator - Noor Mertens, Art Rotterdam, Van Nelle Fabriek, Rotterdam, NL
2015 - “Caution wet paint” Curator- Maria Vassileva City Art Gallery, Sofia, BG, (C)
2015 - “Forcing up the Choice” - Curator Galina Lardeva, National Autumn Exhibitions, Plovdiv, BG
2014 - “Wonder boven Wonder”, duo exhibition with Tim Breukers, gallery Van de Weghe, Antwerp, BE
2014 - “Nieuw, Nieuwer, Nieuwst: Schilders in beeld” Curator- Sandrine van Noort, Gallery LUMC, Leiden, NL
2013 - Exhibition of the artists nominated for the Royal Award for Modern Painting at the Royal Palace, Amsterdam, NL (C)
Art Fairs
2020 - Group presentation at Rutger Brandt gallery, Art Rotterdam, NL
2019 - “Generation between enthusiasm and destruction” Curator - Albena Mihaylova - Bendji, Kaskadenkondenzator, Liste Art Fair Basel, CH
2016 - “Prospects and Concepts” Curator- Noor Mertens, Art Rotterdam, Van Nelle Fabriek, Rotterdam, NL, (C)
2016 - Group presentation at Gerhard Hofland gallery, Pan Art Fair, Amsterdam, NL