Slav Nedev
  • CV
  • Works
    • Out of Space – out of Time (2022-23)
    • Inner / Outer Spaces (2022)
    • The Evergreen Twig (2019)
    • Objects (2018)
    • Rose Flower (2018)
    • Yogurt Culture (2015 - ongoing)
    • Topographies (2011 - ongoing)
    • Post-urban Visions (2007 - ongoing)
    • Biotope (2007 - ongoing)
    • Elements (2004-06)
    • Creation (2000-03)
    • Small Gouaches (1998-99)
    • Remains (1995-1996) >
      • Remains (Soft Pastels)
      • Remains (Watercolors)
    • Passing through Nowhere (1997-99)
    • Water Imprints (1996-97)
    • The Ordeals of the Soul (1994)
    • Pastel Drawings (1993-94)
    • Paintings >
      • 2003-04
      • 2001
      • 1998-99
      • 1997
      • 1996
      • 1995
      • 1994
      • 1992-93
    • Objects >
      • Chairs/Persons (2017)
      • Dis/Balance (2007)
      • Fragment (1985)
  • Projects
    • Out of Space - out of Time (2023)
    • Inner/Outer Spaces (2022)
    • The Way (2021)
    • Here and Now (2021)
    • Climb (2021)
    • Yogurt Culture - virtual show (2020)
    • The Evergreen Twig (2019)
    • C (Carbon) (2019)
    • Aletheia (2017)
    • Rose Flower (2017)
    • topos - topographies - ...topias (2016)
    • Water Cycle (2015)
    • Liber Mundi (2011)
    • Biotope (2007)
  • Illustrations
    • The Shy Platypus (2015)
  • Archive
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  • Contact

The most essential thing about a visual work of art is actually invisible.

Slav Nedev

1967     Born in Sofia, Bulgaria.
                 Lives and works in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Since 2021    Member of the Managing Board of the Union of the Bulgarian Artists, Sofia, Bulgaria;
Since 2001    Member of Union of the Bulgarian Artists, Sofia, Bulgaria;
Since 1989    Freelance Artist.


Awards and Scholarships

2022     Grant for realization of a solo exhibition, Creative Initiatives Program of National Culture Fund, Bulgaria
2021     Grant for realization of a solo exhibition, Creative Initiatives Program of National Culture Fund, Bulgaria
2019     Second Prize and Realization. Competition for a Work in Public Space for Rosarium Park, Kazanlak, Bulgaria
2017     First Prize and Realization. Competition for a Work in Public Space for Rosarium Park, Kazanlak, Bulgaria (in collaboration               with arch. Yassena Popova)
2016     Grant for production of artworks, Gaudenz B. Ruf Award for New Bulgarian Art
              Grant (as a curator) for Organizing a Group Exhibition, Gaudenz B. Ruf Award for New Bulgarian Art
2012     Certificate of Honor, Nepal Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA), Kathmandu, Nepal
2011     Residency at Oberpfälzer Künstlerhaus, Schwandorf, Bavaria, Germany
2009     Residency at Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
2006     Audience Award, National Competition H. Schmincke & Co., Credo Bonum Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
              Certificate of Honor, Small Forms Biennial, Pleven 2006, Pleven, Bulgaria
2002     Certificate of Honor, Small Forms Biennial, Pleven 2002, Pleven, Bulgaria



Works in Public Space
2019     The Evergreen Twig (permanent sculpture), Rosarium Park, Kazanlak, Bulgaria
2018    
Rose Flower (permanent sculpture), Rosarium Park, Kazanlak, Bulgaria



Curatorial Projects
2019     C (Carbon), Red Dot Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2016     τόπος - topographies - ...topias, Rayko Alexiev Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
(See Projects section)



Solo Exhibitions
2023     Out of Space – out of Time, Arosita Art Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2022     Inner/Outer Spaces, Depoo Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2020     Yogurt Culture (virtual show at: https://yogurtculture.weebly.com)
2018     Objects, Arosita Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2017     Slav Nedev. Paintings, Zehentstadel Art Space, Beratzhausen, Germany
2016     Water Imprints, Artur Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
              Biotope in The Ballet Rehearsal Room (part of Small Rooms project), The Ballet Rehearsal Room,
Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria
2015     Biotope 17, Arosita Gallery (Stick Place), Sofia
2010     Biotope, Sofia Press Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2008     Images from Nowhere, Agrion Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2006     Remains, Credo Bonum Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2005     Elements, Rakursi Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2003     Creation, Kozhuharovi Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
              Between Two Dreams, Triadiss Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2001     Selected Works, Kempinski & Zografski Hotel, Sofia, Bulgaria
1999     Works on Paper, Dritta Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
1996     Remains, Ata-ray Gallery & Sheraton Hotel, Sofia, Bulgaria
1995     Selected Works, Vitosha Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
1992     Selected Works, Palace of Culture, Vratsa, Bulgaria



Selected Group Exhibitions
2022     Pieces of a Reflective Reality, Sofia Press Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
              Biographical: Places of the Experienced. Shadows of the Past, Shadows of the Future, Shipka 6 Gallery of UBA, Sofia, Bulgaria
2021     Parallel 42. A circle of humanity, Center for Openness and Dialogue, Tirana, Albania
              Tenets National Art Exhibition, Kiril Petrov Art Gallery, Montana, Bulgaria
              National Art Exhibition - Sliven 2021, Dimitar Dobrovich Art Gallery, Sliven, Bulgaria
2019     Thank You Mr. Ruf, Credo Bonum Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
              The Other Body, Geshov Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
              C (Carbon), Red Dot Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
              While Walking about the City, Red Dot Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2018     The Gift
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ICA Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
              Paper Time, Red Dot Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
              Ilindentsi. An Art Zone, Sofia City Art Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
              Youthexhibition 2, Red Dot Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2017     7th Beijing International Art Biennale "The Silk Road and World Civilizations", Beijing, China
              Bistrichki, Valchev, Nedev, Simeonov, Art Center, Pleven, Bulgaria

              Bistrichki, Valchev, Nedev, Stubel Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
              PaySage, U P.A.R.K. Gallery, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
2016     PaySage, The Red Dot Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
              τόπος - topographies - ...topias, Rayko Alexiev Art Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
(Catalog)
2015     SUPER[M]ART[KET], Graffit Gallery, Varna, Bulgaria
              Map of the New Art, Fondazione Cini, Venice, Italy

              Sound & Color, Papillon Gallery, Varna, Bulgaria
2014     Snap to Grid, LACDA (The Los Angeles Center for Digital Art), Los Angeles, USA
              New Shades in Contemporary Art, Blagoevgrad/Sofia 2014, Arosita Gallery, Sofia

              What Happened?, Shipka 6 Gallery of UBA, Sofia, Bulgaria
              To Be Continued… (Gaudenz B. Ruf Collection), Sofia City Art Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
              Freeze Frame, Blagoevgrad City Gallery, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria
              Then and Now, Shipka 6 Gallery of UBA, Sofia, Bulgaria
              The Untold Abstraction, Shipka 6 Gallery of UBA, Sofia, Bulgaria
2013     Open Monument – vergängliche Denkmäler im öffentlichen Raum, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
              Hospital for Lovers, Rayko Alexiev Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
              Section 13
Annual Exhibition, Schipka 6 Gallery of UBA, Sofia, Bulgaria
2012     Earth | Body | Mind, KIAF 2012, Metropark, Kathmandu, Nepal
              Magnet & Antimagnet, ICA Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
              Chances, Choices, Changes, National Palace of Culture, Sofia, Bulgaria (Catalog)
              Communications, VIVACOM Art Hall, Sofia, Bulgaria
              Tree of Life, VIVACOM Art Hall, Sofia, Bulgaria
              MOST Nominations, Modern Art Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2011     Urban Zone, Shipka 6 Gallery of UBA, Sofia, Bulgaria
2010     Section 13 Annual Exhibition, Industrialna 11 Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2009     Dvaja Bratia (Two Brothers), Bulgarian Cultural Institute Bratislava, Slovakia
              Reality & Fiction, Shipka 6 Gallery of UBA, Sofia, Bulgaria
              TAPE INVITES at Made in Arnhem 2009, Arnhem, Netherlands
              Environmental Justice, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark
              Portrait, IMON Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2008     Uninhibited Contacts, Argos Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
              Short Distance, Shipka 6 Gallery of UBA, Sofia, Bulgaria

              August in Art Biennial for Contemporary Art, Varna, Bulgaria
2007     Generations’ Dialog, Shipka 6 Gallery of UBA, Sofia, Bulgaria
              Traffic, Shipka 6 Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
              Cultural Identity, Sofia Press Gallery, Sofia / Alexey von Schlippe Gallery, Groton, CT, USA
              Balance, Shipka 6 Gallery of UBA, Sofia, Bulgaria
2006     The Body, Shipka 6 Gallery of UBA, Sofia, Bulgaria
2005     Drawing, Shipka 6 Gallery of UBA, Sofia, Bulgaria
              Portrait, Shipka 6 Gallery of UBA, Sofia, Bulgaria
              Personal Mythologies, Shipka 6 Gallery of UBA, Sofia, Bulgaria
2004     Landscape, Shipka 6 Gallery of UBA, Sofia, Bulgaria
2003     Water Media, Shipka 6 Gallery of UBA, Sofia, Bulgaria
              10 Years Izkustvo/Art in Bulgaria Magazine, Shipka 6 Gallery, Sofia
              The Figure Painting, Shipka 6 Gallery of UBA, Sofia, Bulgaria
              Five Bulgarian Artists, Bulgarian Embassy, Copenhagen, Denmark
2002     Interior, Shipka 6 Gallery of UBA, Sofia, Bulgaria
              Bulgarian Painting after 1989, National Palace of Culture, Sofia, Bulgaria
2001     Painting, Shipka 6 Gallery of UBA, Sofia, Bulgaria
2000     Young Bulgarian Artists, Shipka 6 Gallery of UBA, Sofia, Bulgaria
1996     Spiritual Messages (Series of Yearly Shows that lasted until 2001), Vitosha Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
1993     New Names 2, Shipka 6 Gallery of UBA, Sofia, Bulgaria



Residencies & Art Symposiums
2022     Continuity & New Dimensions, Ilindentsi Art Center, Ilindentsi, Bulgaria
2012     Art 2019, Ilindentsi Art Center, Ilindentsi, Bulgaria
2017     Mit Holz kochen, International Art Symposium, Beratzhausen, Bavaria, Germany
2015     Sound & Color, Varna, Bulgaria

2014     Anders und doch gleich, International Art Symposium, Beratzhausen, Bavaria, Germany
              Freeze Frame, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria
2012     Residency at Oberpfälzer Künstlerhaus, Schwandorf, Bavaria, Germany
              Art 2012, Ilindentsi Art Center, Ilindentsi, Bulgaria
              The Old School International Artist Residency, Gorna Lipnitsa, Bulgaria
2011     World Art Games - Vukovar 2011 International Art Symposium, Vukovar, Croatia
2010     Residency at Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
              Art Paths, Krapets, Bulgaria
2008     The Steps of Time, Sliven, Bulgaria
2007     8th Watercolor Art Symposium “D. Uzunov”, Sozopol, Bulgaria
              Uninhibited Contacts (2nd International Art Symposium), Nessebar, Bulgaria
              Oryahovo 2007 International Art Symposium, Oryahovo, Bulgaria
2006     7th Watercolor Art Symposium “D. Uzunov”, Sozopol, Bulgaria
2004     Sozopol Art Symposium, Sozopol, Bulgaria
2003     Vlasina 2003 International Art Symposium, Leskovac Cultural Center, Leskovac, Serbia



Collections
Beijing International Art Biennale, Beijing, China
City Museum of Vukovar, Vukovar, Croatia
Contemporary Bulgarian Art, New Bulgarian University Museum, Sofia, Bulgaria
Cultural Center of Leskovac, Leskovac, Serbia
Department of State, Washington D.C., USA
Expat Global Art, Sofia, Bulgaria
Gaudenz B. Ruf, Zürich, Switzerland
Imago Mundi, Fondazione Benetton, Treviso, Italy
Kuratorium Europäische Kulturarbeit, Beratzhausen, Germany
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sofia, Bulgaria
Museum Dechko Uzunov, Sofia, Bulgaria

Oberpfälzer Künstlerhaus, Schwandorf, Germany
Siddhartha Arts Foundation, Kathmandu, Nepal
Sofia City Art Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
Town of Shabla, Shabla, Bulgaria
World Art Games, Osijek, Croatia




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