C.V.
Education:
2019 PhD candidate (ongoing expected completion 2022) Practice Based Research Project, LUCA School of Arts, Gent, Belgium
2009 MFA – Painting, Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta, GA
2006 BFA – Painting, Printmaking, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah/Atlanta, GA
Selected Solo Exhibitions:
2019 Between Four Mountains, Miyako Yoshinaga Gallery, New York, NY
2014 I share you share- still too expensive. w-a-l-k-e Brussels, Belgium
2013 Future People, Cultureel Educatief Centrum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
How did modernism kill itself?, Open Atelier ZO, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2011 Tomorrow and Tomorrow. Miyako Yoshinaga Art Prospects Gallery, New York, NY
HALFAWAKE, Kibbee Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2010 …And the Pursuit of Happiness, Consulate in General, Republic of Bulgaria, New York, NY
2009 Please, Remain Seated. Miyako Yoshinaga Art Prospects Gallery, New York, NY
We Collected Stories, Kibbee Gallery, Atlanta GA
2008 [inertia], Art House Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Silent Documents, Studio reception, Elizabeth’s Foundation for The Arts, New York, NY
2006 Bystanders, Trois Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2019 Mini-Mono-Mental, curated by Annesofie Sandal, Chashama, New York, NY
2017 Sofia Queer Forum – dialogues of Intersectionality and gender. 100 year of the October Revolution, Sofia, Bulgaria
Incoherence Salon, curated by Pablo Helguera and Danielle Tageder, performance with Amelie Guilier
Autotranslation Yana Dimitrova and Annesofie Sandal – a two person show at Chashama Gallery, New York, NY
Far Away From Where? Exhibition and symposium, Aronson Gallery, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
2016 Threaded Archetypes, NARS Foundation, Brooklyn, NY
2015 What do you see? Sofia City Art Gallery, Curated by Daniela Radeva and Maria Vasileva, Sofia, Bulgaria
ILLEGAL Souvenirs, Field Projects Gallery, curated by Annesofie Sandal, New York, NY
2012 Common Frequencies, Radiator Gallery, LIC, NY
An Inquest of Miraculous Today, Credo Bonum Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
Deconstructing the Habit, Spattered Columns, New York, NY
2011 Home: Discovering Absence. Yana Dimitrova and Sasha Rudensky, Brooklyn House of Kulture, Brooklyn Public Library, Conney Island, NY
Yana Dimitrova & Angela Washko – Cheap Paradise of Familiar Tasks and Places, FLUX Factory, Long Island City, NY
LUMEN festival, outdoor light project, Staten Island, NY
The American Dream, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
Border Situation 2, Bulgarian Cultural Institute, Prague, Czech Republic
2010 Nord Art 2010, Kunst in Der Carlshutte, Bu?delsdorf, Germany
2010 Border Situation – Contemporary Drawing, Institute for Culture,
Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Republic of Bulgaria, Sofia, Bulgaria
2010 13th International Group Show, Women Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
2009 The Way We Are, North by North Western, Wigan, United Kingdom
2008 @Large, The Factory, Atlanta, GA
Sweet Fried, Defoor Center, Atlanta, GA
Sub Space– Exhibition of Objects, Atlanta, GA
2007 Room x Room – Exploring Domesticity, Atlanta, GA
I/We Case Studies, The Defoor Center, Atlanta, GA
Together At Last, The Red Gallery, Savannah, GA
Fresh Blood, Mason Murer Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Alexander Ink, Alexander Hall, Savannah, GA
Bloodlines, Gallery RFD, Swainsboro, GA
Art On Paper, Circle Gallery, Annapolis, MD
Works On Paper, Muse Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2006 TransATLantic 2006: Atlanta to Berlin, Gallery Twenty-Four, Berlin, Germany
4 x 4, Gallery 253, Atlanta, GA
2005 Meet the Press, Desotoro Gallery, Savannah, GA
2004 Natural Selection(s), Alexander Annex, Savannah, GA
Bridges, Alexander Hall Gallery, Savannah, GA
2001 Future, Graduate Exhibition, Sofia, Bulgaria
2000 Public Places, Private Spaces, Bath College of Arts, Bath, UK
Fellowships, Residencies, Awards:
2015 Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC)- SPARC residency and fellowship program
2014 Research/Accademic fellowship, KU Leuven, Brussels, Belgium
2013 Residency Unlimited (RU), Brooklyn, NY
Open Atelier Zuidoost Artist In Residence, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2010 Chashama – Visual Arts, Studio Program, Brooklyn, NY
2010 Artist Fellowship, Contemporary Artists Center- Woodside, Troy, NY
2010 Variable Dimensions Project, International Painting Camp Tescani, National Museum- George Enescu,
Bucharest, Romania
2009 Artist Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2009 Outstanding Academic Achievement Award, Savannah College of Art and
Design, Atlanta, GA
2008 NYC Studio Space Award- Elizabeth’s Foundation for the Arts, NYC,
Savannah College of Art and Design
2006 Outstanding Academic Achievement Award – Painting, Savannah College of Art and
Design, Savannah/Atlanta, GA
2004 Josh Yu Painting Scholarship, Savannah College of Art and Design
2001 Francis Larkin McCommon Portfolio Award, Savannah College of Art and
Design, Savannah, GA
2000 Exchange Scholarship, Bath College of Arts, Bath, UK
Selected Reviews and Publications:
2014 interview with Sofia based newspaper Capital available at http://www.yambolpress.bg/??-?????-??-??-????-?-??????/
2013 Back to the Future in Amsterdam’s Bijlmer Estate, “Failed Architecture”, Tim Verlaan, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
available at http://failedarchitecture.com/2013/01/back-to-the-future-in-amsterdams-bijlmer-estate/
2012 What happened to the miraculous today…Kultura, Issue #36, Sofia, Bulgaria
2011 New American Paintings, North East edition, Issue # 92
2009 On Cross Cultural Comprehension, “Counterforce”, Jerry Cullum, available at
counterforces.blogspot.com/2009
2008 Silent Documents, “Nedelnik”- Bulgarians in the U.S, Svetlin Karpachev, New York, NY
2006 Tips and Picks, NY Arts Magazine, May edition 2006
Related Work History:
2013- current Lecturer, Parsons School of Design, Eugene Lang – The New School for Liberal Arts, School of Public Engagement, New York, NY
2009 Teaching Artist, Groundswell Community Mural Project, Brooklyn, NY Link: http://www.groundswellmural.org