Sonia Ilieva Kovatcheva
Name: Sonia Ilieva Kovatcheva
Email: sonia_ko@abv.bg
Education:
2003 – 2007 PhD Manual Printing Techniques Used in Textile Art
2001 – 2002 Specialization in Painting and Print, National Academy of Fine Arts, Sofia, Bulgaria
1994 – 1999 M.A. National Academy of Fine Arts, Мajor „Теxtile”, Sofia, Bulgaria
Membership:
Since 2001 she has been a member of the Union of Bulgarian Artists (UBA), Sofia
Selected Solo Exhibitions:
2018 Focus – Paris, Blagoevgrad, Munich, City Gallery, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria
2017 Paris Challenges – playing with images, Arosita Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2016-Villa Waldberta – frottages, Goethe-Institut, Sofia, Bulgaria
2013-Villa Waldberta- the spirit of ornaments, Arosita Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
La nuit européenne des musées – 18 mai 2013
2010-Paris Diaries, Arosita Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2008-Traces of time, Agora Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2003-Picturesque reprints, 100+ Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2019-IN LOVE FOREVER, Arosita Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2018-101 Drawings, Art Gallery Serdica, Sofia, Bulgaria
2017-Entrance-exit, curator Desislava Hristova, Shipka Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2016-Personal manipulator, curator Sasho Stoicov, Arosita Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2015-Imago Mundi: Map of the New Art, Luciano Benetton Collection, Venice, Italy
2015-Rooms, curator Sasho Stoicov, Varosha, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria
2014-New Shades in Contemporary Art, City Gallery, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria
2013 Breads and Prints, Villa Waldberta, Feldafing, Munich, Germany
2013-Rendezvous II, Bulgarian and German artists of the GEDOK München, Intercultural project, curator Reinhild Gerum, Goethe – Institut, Sofia, Bulgaria
2013-Biennial of Paper Art, founded by the AMATERAS FOUNDATION, Sofia, Bulgaria
2013-Exotic Art, Paper Art Fest, PHOTO SYNTHESIS Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2012-Rendezvous I, Bulgarian and German artists of the GEDOK München, Intercultural project, curator Reinhild Gerum, Palmenhaus and Villa Waldberta, Feldafing, Germany
2012-GEDOKmuc Gallery, curator Katia Rid and Reinhild Gerum, Munich, Germany
2012-I love this City! Open-studio, Cité Internationale Des Arts, Paris, France
2012-The Dachshund in Contemporary Bulgarian Art – curator Elena Panayotova, Shipka Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2011-AMATERAS Annual Paper Art Exhibition, Art Alley Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2011-Exhibition for victims of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear menace in Japan. VedaАrt Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2011-16th International Print Biennal, Varna, Bulgaria
2010-Contemporary Drawings, Centre for Contemporary Arts Nish, Serbia
2010-Painting Exhibition “Momchila 2010”, Balchik Art Gallery, Balchik, Bulgaria
2010-8 M Art Exhibition, Nish, Serbia, curator Branko Nikolov
2009-Exhibition – Art and paper, Chachak, Serbia
2009-Traces, Open Studio with Alexandra Gogova, Cité Internationale Des Arts, Paris
2008-LIBRARY – Open book of the Balkans, Chachak, Serbia
2008-IV Biennial of Small Forms, Pleven, Bulgaria
2008-XV International exhibition – small graphic, Centre for Contemporary Arts Nish, Serbia
2007-National Exhibition – Small Graphic Arts, Agora Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2007-5th International Triennial of Graphic Arts, Shipka Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
Symposia and Plein Air:
2016-Eco Art Fest, curator Doychin Rousev, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria
2014-Stop cadre, curator Elena Panayotova, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria
2010-Painting Plein Air, Balchik, Bulgaria
2010-Art and Paper Plein Air, Chachak, Serbia
2008-Art and Paper Plein Air, Chachak, Serbia
2008-Painting Plein Air, Krapec, Bulgaria
2001-Painting Plein Air, Laskovac, Serbia
2000-Painting Plein Air, Novi Pazar, Serbia
Selected Artist residencies and Awards:
2013-Villa Waldberta, Culture Department of the City of Munich, Germany
2012-Villa Waldberta, Culture Department of the City of Munich, Germany
2012-Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
2009-Cité Internationale Des Arts, Paris, France
2008-Diploma – IV Biennial of Small Forms, Pleven, Bulgaria
2007-Award for Young Artists – National Exhibition – Graphic Arts