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
Solo Exhibition within the National Autumn Exhibitions Plovdiv 2023, Balabanov House, Plovdiv, 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, 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
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
Solo Exhibition within the National Autumn Exhibitions Plovdiv 2023, Balabanov House, Plovdiv, 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, 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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