Penka Mincheva

PENKA MINCHEVA

Born in 1979 in Karlovo, Bulgaria. Lives and works in Sofia and Stockholm. Member of the Union of Bulgarian Artists and Studio 44 – Stockholm
She works in installation, video and stamp media. Her practice often explores the common subjects of visual art, such as the concept of the self-portrait.

Education:
She graduated from the Department of Ceramics at the Academy of Arts in Sofia with an MA degree in 2004. She also completed a qualification course in "Advertising Design" at the Academy of Arts in 2001.

Exhibitions:
She has exhibited and participated in art projects in Bulgaria (Balchik, Sofia, Vidin, Karlovo, Plovdiv, Varna, Rousse etc.) and abroad (Austria, Croatia, Germany, Turkey, USA, Norway, Spain, etc).

Individual exhibitions:
My Mind, Fonticus Gallery, Groznjan, Croatia (2010)
Dutch Faces, Rayko Alexiev Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria (2007)
Collages, City Art Gallery, Karlovo, Bulgaria (2006)
Open Studio, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France (2005)
Drawings, Nylon Club, Plovdiv, Bulgaria (2002);
Drawings, Temida Club, Karlovo, Bulgaria (1997)

Group exhibitions:
International Triennial of Graphic Arts, Sofia, Bulgaria (2010)
National Exhibition Landscape, Nikola Petrov Art Gallery, Vidin, Bulgaria (2007)
Process – Space Festival for Contemporary Art, Balchik, Bulgaria (2007-2003)
From A to B, Constantin Brancusi Gallery, Chisinau, Moldova (2007, 2004)
Young Authors, National Exhibition Centre for Contemporary Art at 6, Shipka Street, Sofia, Bulgaria (2007, 2002)
Second International Biennial of Contemporary Art, Shoumen, Bulgaria (2006)
Bitch, Rayko Alexiev Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria (2006)
Femina Film Festival, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2005)
Artists for One Museum, Museum for Contemporary Art Casoria, Naples, Italy (2005)
Biennial for Young Authors, Bucharest, Romania (2004)
Slika Meeting of Artists, Ecka, Serbia and Montenegro (2004)
Festival NEXO, Toledo, Spain (2004)

Curating projects:
Art Symposium LOMEA – Rousse, Bulgaria (2012)
Process – Space Art Festival – Balchik, Bulgaria (2007-2012)
Curator for Bulgaria at the representative exhibition “Looking forward – South Eastern European Contemporary Art” – Petrovic Palace Gallery – Cetinje, Montenegro (2010)
International Exhibition “On a Roll” – Shipka 6 Art Gallery – Sofia, Bulgaria (2009)

Awards, nominations and residencies:
Artist in Residence – BMUKK, Vienna, Austria (2011)
Annual award of the Bulgarian Ministry of Culture – Plaque “Golden Rhyton” for young artist (2009)
Art Residency at “Oberpfälzer KünstlerHaus Schwandorf" – Schwandorf, Germany (2009)
Resident program "Schwandorf" competition (2008)
Nomination for the M-tel Award for contemporary Bulgarian art (2008)
Award in National "Landscape" competition from Vidin Municipality (2007)
Art Residency at the studios of "Cité Internationale des Arts" in Paris (2005)
Residency grant from "Cité Internationale des Arts", Paris, France (2003)
John Brisbey award for innovation and originality (1997)

Website:
www.penkamincheva.wix.com/art
Email:
penkamincheva@gmail.com