Name, Surname: Alexander Valchev
Born: 1973 in Sofia, Bulgaria, lives and works in Sofia
Education:
2011 - 2013 - MFA in Photography, New Bulgarian University, Sofia, Bulgaria
1992 - 1998 - MFA in Sculpture, National Academy of Arts, Sofia, Bulgaria
Contact:
cell phone: +359 88 883 90 51,
e-mail: alvalchev AT abv.bg, alvalchev AT gmail.com
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Short Biography
Selected Solo Exhibitions & Installations:
2025
CULT – AR sculptural installation, Gallery Gallery, Sofia, Varna, Berlin
2024
Neocubism and other games, drawings, paintings and sculptures – DOM conceptual art space, Sofia, BG
2024
The Ruins of an Unbuilt Bridge – site-specific installation as part of Rivers of the City Festival, Gabrovo, BG
2023
New Facade for an Old Building – site-specific installation as part of Buna Art Festival, - Varna, BG
2022
Miracle - Arosita Gallery, Sofia, BG
2020
2020: A Studio Odyssey - Arosita Gallery, Sofia, BG
2019
Constructive Fluctuations - site-specific installation at Institute for Contemporary Art - Sofia, Sofia, BG
How to Deal with the Object – curator Iara Boubnova, Credo Bonum Gallery, Sofia, BG
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2024
The Last Christmas - ICA-Sofia, The Institute of Contemporary Art - Sofia, Sofia, BG
From the Vault – group exhibition Little Bird Place Gallery, Sofia, BG
Valchev, Bistrichki, Nedev, Simeonov, Stoilov, Doikov – U PARK Gallery, Plovdiv, BG
Sofia Art Fair – first edition, Sofia, BG
Sofia Calling! A modern way to collect contemporary art – Doza Gallery, Sofia, BG
LOOK – Ecology and Technology - exhibition curated by R. Getsova, part of Buna Art Festival, Varna, BG
2023
Crying Game - ICA-Sofia, The Institute of Contemporary Art - Sofia, Sofia, BG
Budapest Art Market - Courtesy Arosita Gallery, Budapest, HU
LOOK – Ecology and Technology / 2023- series of group exhibitions part of LOOK Festival, SF, BG
Colors – group exhibition curated by Rositsa Getsova, part of Buna Art Festival, - Varna, BG
The Brick 2023 - group exhibition organized by “Process - Space” Art Foundation, ReBonkers, Varna, BG
2022
Everything You Need – curator Rositsa Getsova, Bulgarian Cultural Institute – Praha, CZ
7 Outside the Traffic – organized by Union of Bulgarian Artist, Shipka 6 Gallery of UBA, Sofia, BG
Self-splaining (a Triumph of Empathy) - group exhibition organized by Institute of Contemporary Art – Sofia as a partner in the Western Balkans Project of Manifesta 14, Gallery of the Faculty of Arts, Rruga Agim Ramadani, Prishtina, Kosovo
Economy of Means - 25 -th Gabrobo Biennial of Humor and Satire in Art, Gabrovo, BG
SPARKS OF IMAGINATION: on the Frequencies of Beuys – curated by Vera Mlechevska, Kvadrat 500 / National Art Gallery, Sofia, BG
2021
Frames of Reference – curated by Antoaneta Quick, Little Bird Place Gallery, Sofia, BG
Landscape Obsession – group exhibition, Arosita Gallery, Sofia, BG
2020
Souvenirs from the Future - ICA-Sofia, The Institute of Contemporary Art - Sofia, Sofia, BG
Where the Sculpture Is? – curated by Kiril Vassilev, Credo Bonum Gallery, Sofia, BG
Dualism - ONE Gallery, Sofia, BG
2019
Thank you Mr. Ruf – curated by Vessela Nozharova, Credo Bonum Gallery, Sofia, BG
Look at the Depot – curator PhD Maria Vassileva, SKLAD, Plovdiv, BG
Notes and Footnotes – curator Vera Mlechevska, Kapana Gallery, Plovdiv, BG
Portrait of a Friend - curator Iglica Trifonova, Sofia City Art Gallery, BG
Selected Bibliography (References):
Catalogue of Manifesta 14 – curator Catherine Nichols, Prishtina, Kosovo, 2022
Catalogue of Notes and Footnotes – curator Vera Mlechevska, Kapana Gallery, Plovdiv, BG, 2019
Catalogue of Portrait of a Friend - curator Iglica Trifonova, Sofia City Art Gallery, BG, 2019
Catalogue of Danube Dialogues festival, Novi Sad, RS, 2018
Catalogue of Dispute on Reality - curators K. Vassilev, S. Pamukchiev, P. Tsanev, Shipka 6 Gallery of UBA, Sofia, BG, 2017
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