NIKOLETA IVANOVA-STOIMIROVA

Born in Sofia, Bulgaria.

 

Ph. D. ‘History of Art and Visual Arts’, Department 'Metal', National Art Academy (NHA)

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Since 2014       Member of Union of Bulgarian Artists (SBH), Section 'Sculpture'

Since 2011       Member of International Art Medal Federation (FIDEM)

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SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2019

• 'Motives' - Gallery 'Seasons', Sofia, Bulgaria

• 'Poetics of the Image' - National Autumn Exhibitions 2019, curator Prof. Dr. Galina Lardeva, 'Hindlian House', Plovdiv, Bulgaria

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COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS

2022

• ‘One Voice +’ – Gallery ‘Lyuben Gaydarov’, Pernik, Bulgaria

2021

• ‘Detail’ – Gallery ‘Stubel’, Sofia

• ‘RazLicnosti’ Vol. 2 (Different Personalities) – Art Gallery NDK (National Palace of Culture), Sofia, Bulgaria

2020

• ‘Four Walls’ – Art during the time of quarantine – curators Anna Tzolovska and Nikoleta Ivanova for students of department ‘Visual Arts’ in Sofia University – online exhibiton, gallery ‘Artspace Luna’

2019​

• 'Five' - Gallery 'Aeterna', Plovdiv, Bulgaria

• 'RazLicnosti' (Different Personalities) - Gallery 'U Park', Plovdiv, Bulgaria

2018

• ‘Similarities and Diversities in Symbiosis’, China and CEEC Contemporary Art Exhibition, Chinese Cultural Center, Sofia, Bulgaria

2017

• 'One Voice' - Gallery 'Sezoni', Sofia, Bulgaria

• 'Project IDIOT Finished!'- Gallery 'Chervenata Tochka' (Red Dot), Sofia; Gallery 'U Park', Plovdiv, Bulgaria

2011

• ‘Menagerie’ (Curator prof. Bogomil Nikolov) – Gallery ‘Alma Mater’, Sofia, Bulgaria

 

PARTICIPATION IN GENERAL EXHIBITIONS

2022

• 10th Forum ‘Small Graphic Forms’ – Gallery ‘Ko-op’, Sofia, Bulgaria

• 11th International Biennial of Small Forms in Art - Pleven, Bulgaria

• National Exhibition - Biennial ‘Friends of the Sea’ – Burgas ‘2022 for Contemporary Bulgarian Visual Arts – Burgas gallery ‘Petko Zadgorski’, Gallery of the Union of Burgas’s artists, Burgas, Bulgaria

• National Exhibition ‘Spring Salon’ - Art Gallery ‘Hristo Tsokev’, Gabrovo, Bulgaria

2021

• 12th Painting & Mixed Media Competition 2020-2021 (International) - Gallery Lessedra, Sofia Bulgaria

• 9th Forum ‘Small Graphic Forms’ – Art Gallery ‘Ko-op’, Sofia, Bulgaria; Art Gallery ‘Kutlovica’, Montana, Bulgaria

• ‘The Beginning is Nature 2’ - National Exhibition ‘Sculpture’ – Art Gallery of SBH, Sofa, Bulgaria

• National Exhibition ‘Graphic Forum’ – Art Gallery ‘Lubor Bayer’, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria

• National Exhibition - Competition for Painting and Sculpture 2021 Young Bulgarian Artists - Art Gallery ‘Rayko Aleksiev’, Sofia, Bulgaria

• National Exhibition for Visual Arts - Art Gallery ‘Dimitar Dobrovich’, Sliven, Bulgaria

• 15th International Autumn Salon of Art - Art Gallery of the Bureau of Art Exhibitions (BWA), Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, Poland

• Biennial ‘Tenec’ - Art Gallery ‘Kiril Petrov’, Montana, Bulgaria

• National Exhibition by the name of Georgi Gerasimov 2021 – Art Gallery ‘Stanislav Dospevski’, Pazardjik, Bulgaria

• National Exhibition ‘Ludogorie’ 2021 – Art Gallery ‘Professor Ilia Petrov’, Razgrad, Bulgaria

• 2nd National Youth Exhibition "Go Ahead / Continue 2021" - Exhibition complex ‘Rafael Mihaylov’, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria

• National Exhibition ‘Spring Salon’ Gabrovo 2021 - Art Gallery ‘Hristo Tsokev’, Gabrovo, Bulgaria

• 11th Painting & Mixed Media Competition 2020-2021 (International) - Art Gallery Lessedra, Sofia Bulgaria

2009 - 2020

Participation in over 80 general exhibitions, workshops and other art events.

 

AWARDS

2022

• Nomination for award - National Exhibition ‘Spring Salon of Women Artists’ - Art Gallery "Hristo Tsokev", Gabrovo, Bulgaria

2021

• Award of Union of Bulgarian Artists for Young Artist - National Exhibition ‘Ludogorie’ – Art Gallery ‘Professor Ilia Petrov’, Razgrad, Bulgaria

2020

• Nomination for sculpture - 10th International Biennial of Small Forms in Art - Pleven, Bulgaria

• Award of Veliko Tarnovo University for Young Artist - National Exhibition ‘Veliko Tarnovo – Space for Inspiration ‘2020’ – Exhibition complex ‘Rafael Mihaylov’, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria

• Nomination for young author for sculpture - National Exhibition - Biennial ‘Friends of the Sea’ – Burgas ‘2020 for Contemporary Bulgarian Visual Arts – Burgas gallery ‘Petko Zadgorski’, Gallery of the Union of Burgas’s artists, Burgas, Bulgaria

• Nomination for young author - National Exhibition ‘Spring Salon of Women Artists’ Gabrovo 2020 - Art Gallery "Hristo Tsokev", Gabrovo, Bulgaria

2018

• Nomination for sculpture; nomination for young author - National Exhibition for Visual Arts 2018 - Art Gallery ‘Dimitar Dobrovich’, Sliven, Bulgaria

2016

• Cité internationale des Arts - Residence in Paris, France

• Nomination for sculpture at the regional exhibition for participation in the final - 5th National Competition Allianz Bulgaria for Painting, Sculpture and Graphics – Gallery of SBH, Sofia

• Scholarship for participation in 34th FIDEM World Art Medal Congress – Gent, Belgium

2014

• Scholarship for participation in 33rd FIDEM World Art Medal Congress – Sofia, Bulgaria

• Award ‘Young Artist’ - National Exhibition ‘Sculpture’ – Gallery of SBH, Sofia, Bulgaria

• ‘Best Guest Prize’ for medallic sculpture from BAMS (British Art Medal Society)

 

PARTICIPATIONS IN SYMPOSIUMS AND PLEIN AIR 

2020

• Plein Air for Art Oryahovo, dedicated to prof. Marin Varbanov – Oryahovo, Bulgaria

2019

• XXXI National Symposium for Wood Sculpture Yasna Polyana 2019 - Yasna polyana, Bulgaria

2018

• China Taiyuan International Youth Metal Sculpture Symposium - Taiyuan, China

• Summer Academy and Symposium (Wood Sculpture Symposium), project of NHA - Pamporovo, Bulgaria

2017

• 9th International Summer Academy and Symposium (Wood Sculpture Symposium), project of NHA - Ahtopol, Bulgaria

• 3rd Symposium of Metal Sculpture 'Something Untransparent, Unspoken Words' (Dedicated to the poems of the Bulgarian poet Penio Penev) - Dimitrovgrad, Bulgaria

• FIDEM SCHOLARSHIP WORKSHOP 2017 – Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria

2016

• Summer Academy and Symposium (Wood Sculpture Symposium), project of NHA - Pamporovo, Bulgaria

2015

• Art Medal Symposium, dedicated to Boris Schatz - Israel

• Summer Academy and Symposium (Wood Sculpture Symposium), project of NHA - Pamporovo, Bulgaria

2013

• ‘Jeux de la Francophonie 2013’ - Nice, France

 2012

•  5th International Symposium for Medallic Sculpture - Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria

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