Slav Nedev
  • CV
  • Works
    • 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
    • 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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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 2012    Founding Member & President, Biotope Assn., Sofia, Bulgaria;
Since 2001    Member of Union of the Bulgarian Artists, Sofia, Bulgaria;
Since 1989    Freelance Artist.


Awards and Scholarships

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. 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
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      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
,
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
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
Gaudenz B. Ruf, Zürich, Switzerland
Imago Mundi, Fondazione Benetton, Treviso, Italy
Kuratorium Europäische Kulturarbeit, Beratzhausen, Germany
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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