Kiril Prashkov
Born: June 30, 1956 in Sofia, Bulgaria. Lives and works in Sofia
From 1984 to 1989 - Editor in “Kultura” weekly in the department of Visual Arts. Author of several articles on contemporary Bulgarian and foreign art.
From 1990 to 1992 - Editor in “Fax-Art” weekly.
In 1991/92 – President of the Club of (eternally) Young Artist.
Since 1995 – Member of the Institute of Contemporary Art – Sofia (Founding Member)
Individual Exhibitions:
2007 - Mind Your Step. Eibank Art Gallery. Sofia
2006 - Responsible Painting. French Institute. Sofia
2005 - Quotations. Moscow’s Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow
2004 - Natural Modernism. French Institute, Sofia
- BC + KP + 36 = Project (together with Bruce Checefsky). SweetThirtySix Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio
2003 - Drawing as Craftsmanship. ATA Center/Institute of Contemporary Art, Sofia
2002 - Reading & Eating Ink, Grass, Ants, Wood. Remont Gallery, Belgrade
- Bugs/Reading & Eating (together with Bruce Checefsky) and other Texts and Watercolors, Ata Center for Contemporary Art, Sofia
2000 - “The Most Wooden piece of Beethoven’s”, Performance together with Krassimir Jeliazkov and Plamen Mirchev, Varna, City Gallery
- “Quotation”, Goethe Institute, Sofia
- “Hommage to Pushkine. The Text as a Still-Life”, City Gallery, Dimitrovgrad, Bulgaria
- “Hommage a Pouchkine. Le texte comme nature morte”, French Institute, Sofia
1999 - Spaces Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
1998 - "Short Stories about Love and Writing", Ata Center for Arts, Sofia
1997 - "Swiss Cross Book", TED Gallery, Varna, Bulgaria
- "Swiss Cross Book", Ata Center for Arts, Sofia
- "Art - Advertisement. Symbols and Vegetables. From Drawing to Object and from Object to Text", French Institute, Sofia
- "Switzerland Revisited", Residency of the Ambassador of Switzerland, Sofia
1996 - “The Most Wooden Piece of Beethoven’s”, Dossev Gallery, Sofia
1995 - “Bulgarian Still-lifes for Foreigners”, Ata-Ray Gallery, Sofia
- “European Kitchen Painting”, Akrabov Gallery, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
- “The Most Wooden Piece of Beethoven’s”, Autumn Exhibitions, Old City, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
- “The Oh God, No/O Yeah” Book and other Books and Vegetables”, KulturKontakt, Vienna
1994 - “National Style”, KA Gallery, Burgas, Bulgaria
1993 - “From Switzerland with a Wooden Fence”, Ata-Ray Gallery, Sofia
- “Gruezi”, Scuol-Nairs, Switzerland
1989 - Gallery of The Decorative Art Magazine, Moscow
1986 - 108 Rakovski Str. Gallery (together with Zlati Velev), Sofia
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2006 - Important Announcement, Sofia Art Gallery, Sofia
- Danube Flood Relief Benefit Auction, Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Mucsarnok, Budapest
- Wild Capital, Kunsthaus, Dresden, Germany
- Memory (W)Hole, Continental Breakfast, Museum of Contemporary Art, Skopje
- Urban Legends, Sofia Art Gallery, Sofia
2005 - Play Sofia. project space, Kunsthalle Wien. Vienna
- Memory (W)Hole, Continental Breakfast, Ljubljana castle, Ljubljana
2003 - In the Gorges of the Balkan. A Report, Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany
- Bound/Less Borders, First Outdoor Touring Balkan Project, Goethe Institut, Bucharest, Sofia, Thessaloniki, Kassel
- EU-wide-en-largement, Europarliament, Brussels
- EXPORT/IMPORT. Contemporary Art from Bulgaria, Sofia Art Gallery, Sofia
2002 - In Search of Balkania, Neue Galerie Graz am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz, Austria
- Bound/Less Borders, First Outdoor Touring Balkan Project, Goethe Institut, Belgrade, Scopje, Rijeka
- Reconstructions, IV Biennial in Cetinie, Montenegro
2001 - EUROPA ERWEITERN, Industriellen Vereinigung, exhibition of KulturKontakt, Vienna
1999 - Apollonia Summer Art Festival, Sozopol, Bulgaria
- Drechtoevers Sculpture Park, Zwijndrecht, The Netherlands
- "200 Years Pushkin", Association of Art Galleries, Moscow
- Special Selection, International Book Fair, Leipzig, Germany
- "Recipes. Contemporary Art Manual", Institute of Contemporary Art, Sofia
1998 - “Archive", 6 Shipka St. Gallery, Sofia
- "The Century of Artistic Freedom. 100 Years Vienna Secession", Helsinki
- "Bulgariaavantgarde. Kraeftemessen II", Kuenstlerwerkstatt Lothringer strasse, Munich,
Germany
- "The Century of Artistic Freedom. 100 Years Vienna Secession", Wien
- "Art and Notes", Municipal Gallery, Rousse, Bulgaria
1997 - "Back and Forth", 3rd International Biennial, Cetinje, Montenegro, Yugoslavia
- “Photographics” project, International Print Biennial Varna’97, Bulgaria
- "ARS EX NATIO. Made in BG", 4th Annual Exhibition of the SCA - Sofia, Plovdiv
1996 - "Bulgarian Glimpse Show", Moscow
- "Eastern Europe: Spatia Nova", IV St. Petersburg Biennial, Russia
- "Art on Wheels", project of "Food Carrier/Papp", Munich, Germany
- "Art in Landscape", International Symposium, Gars-am-Kamp, Austria
- "Plastic Image of the 90-ies", National Palace of Culture, Sofia
- “The Art Colony, Galichnik”, Skopje
1995 - "Art in Landscape", International Symposium, Gars-am-Kamp, Austria
- “30 Grand Prix”, Union of Bulgarian Artists, Sofia
- “Projects by...”, National Gallery for Foreign Art, Sofia
- “AFRICUS", 1st International Biennial, Johannesburg, South Africa
1994 - Section 13, Union of Bulgarian Artists, Sofia
- “Book-Art", International Show of the program of KulturKontakt, Horn, Austria
- ARTEST, Sredetz Gallery, Sofia
- “N-forms? Reconstructions and Interpretations", Soros Center for the Arts, Sofia
- “Moisture - Plainair of Avant-garde Art", Arkoutino, Bulgaria
- Show of The Art Colony, Galichnik, Macedonia
- “Ritual = Art, Art = Ritual", 3rd Multimedia Festival, Sofia
- “In Search for the Self-Reflection", Plovdiv, Bulgaria
- “The Artists of LETTRE INTERNATIONALE" Magazine, Wien
- “The Nail", Union of Bulgarian Artists, Sofia
1993 - “Works on Paper", Ata-Ray Gallery, Sofia
- 1st International Print Biennial, Maastricht, The Netherlands
- International Print Biennial, Biella, Italy
1992 - “Exhibition of the Artists Born under the Zodiacal Sign of Cancer", Sofia
- “Hair from a Brush", Club of the (eternally) Young Artist, Sofia
- “Medical Check-up", Club of the (eternally) Young Artist, Sofia
1991 - International Triennial of Prints, Krakow, Poland
- “Illusions, Illusions...", Club of the (eternally) Young Artist, Sofia
- “Happy-end”, Club of the (eternally) Young Artist, Sofia
1990 - “Moderate Avant-garde within the Framework of Tradition", Club of the (eternally) Young Artist, Sofia
- “End of Quotation", Club of the (eternally) Young Artist, Sofia
- “10/10/10", Club of the (eternally) Young Artist,
1987 - “Authors' Proof", Sofia
since
1984 (biannually) - National Biennial of Illustration and Book-Design, Sofia
1983 (biannually) - International Print Biennial, Varna, Bulgaria
Curatorial Experience:
1999 - Bulgarian participation at the “Inventing a People. Contemporary Art in the Balkans",
National Gallery for Foreign Art, Sofia; State Exhibition Hall, Bucharest; Museum of
Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece
1994 - “The Artists of LETTRE INTERNATIONAL", Magazine, Wien
1992 - “Exhibition of the Artists Born under the Zodiacal Sign of Cancer”, Sofia
1990 - “Moderate Avant-garde within the Framework of Tradition”, Club of the (eternally) Young Artist, Sofia
1989 - Young Bulgarian Graphic Artists, Moscow, Russia; Ulan-Bator, Mongolia
1987 - “Authors' Proof", Sofia
Residencies:
2005 - Saskala ArtRadius, Haukivuori, Finland
2004 - Independent Projects, ArtsLink Program, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
2002 - Ziel 1 = Kunst = Ziel 1, Burgenland, Austria
1999 - ArtsLink Program, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
- Drechtoevers Sculpture Park, Zwijndrecht, The Netherlands
1996 - "Art in Landscape", international symposium, Gars-am-Kamp, Austria
1995 - "Art in Landscape", international symposium, Gars-am-Kamp, Austria
- KulturKontakt' studios, Vienna
1994 - Program "Book-Art", KulturKontakt, Horn, Austria
- The Art Colony, Galichnik, Macedonia
1993 - ARTEST/BINZ 39, Kulturzentrum Scuol-Nairs, Switzerland.
Education:
1983 - National Academy for Fine Arts, Sofia
Born: June 30, 1956 in Sofia, Bulgaria. Lives and works in Sofia
From 1984 to 1989 - Editor in “Kultura” weekly in the department of Visual Arts. Author of several articles on contemporary Bulgarian and foreign art.
From 1990 to 1992 - Editor in “Fax-Art” weekly.
In 1991/92 – President of the Club of (eternally) Young Artist.
Since 1995 – Member of the Institute of Contemporary Art – Sofia (Founding Member)
Individual Exhibitions:
2007 - Mind Your Step. Eibank Art Gallery. Sofia
2006 - Responsible Painting. French Institute. Sofia
2005 - Quotations. Moscow’s Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow
2004 - Natural Modernism. French Institute, Sofia
- BC + KP + 36 = Project (together with Bruce Checefsky). SweetThirtySix Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio
2003 - Drawing as Craftsmanship. ATA Center/Institute of Contemporary Art, Sofia
2002 - Reading & Eating Ink, Grass, Ants, Wood. Remont Gallery, Belgrade
- Bugs/Reading & Eating (together with Bruce Checefsky) and other Texts and Watercolors, Ata Center for Contemporary Art, Sofia
2000 - “The Most Wooden piece of Beethoven’s”, Performance together with Krassimir Jeliazkov and Plamen Mirchev, Varna, City Gallery
- “Quotation”, Goethe Institute, Sofia
- “Hommage to Pushkine. The Text as a Still-Life”, City Gallery, Dimitrovgrad, Bulgaria
- “Hommage a Pouchkine. Le texte comme nature morte”, French Institute, Sofia
1999 - Spaces Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
1998 - "Short Stories about Love and Writing", Ata Center for Arts, Sofia
1997 - "Swiss Cross Book", TED Gallery, Varna, Bulgaria
- "Swiss Cross Book", Ata Center for Arts, Sofia
- "Art - Advertisement. Symbols and Vegetables. From Drawing to Object and from Object to Text", French Institute, Sofia
- "Switzerland Revisited", Residency of the Ambassador of Switzerland, Sofia
1996 - “The Most Wooden Piece of Beethoven’s”, Dossev Gallery, Sofia
1995 - “Bulgarian Still-lifes for Foreigners”, Ata-Ray Gallery, Sofia
- “European Kitchen Painting”, Akrabov Gallery, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
- “The Most Wooden Piece of Beethoven’s”, Autumn Exhibitions, Old City, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
- “The Oh God, No/O Yeah” Book and other Books and Vegetables”, KulturKontakt, Vienna
1994 - “National Style”, KA Gallery, Burgas, Bulgaria
1993 - “From Switzerland with a Wooden Fence”, Ata-Ray Gallery, Sofia
- “Gruezi”, Scuol-Nairs, Switzerland
1989 - Gallery of The Decorative Art Magazine, Moscow
1986 - 108 Rakovski Str. Gallery (together with Zlati Velev), Sofia
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2006 - Important Announcement, Sofia Art Gallery, Sofia
- Danube Flood Relief Benefit Auction, Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Mucsarnok, Budapest
- Wild Capital, Kunsthaus, Dresden, Germany
- Memory (W)Hole, Continental Breakfast, Museum of Contemporary Art, Skopje
- Urban Legends, Sofia Art Gallery, Sofia
2005 - Play Sofia. project space, Kunsthalle Wien. Vienna
- Memory (W)Hole, Continental Breakfast, Ljubljana castle, Ljubljana
2003 - In the Gorges of the Balkan. A Report, Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany
- Bound/Less Borders, First Outdoor Touring Balkan Project, Goethe Institut, Bucharest, Sofia, Thessaloniki, Kassel
- EU-wide-en-largement, Europarliament, Brussels
- EXPORT/IMPORT. Contemporary Art from Bulgaria, Sofia Art Gallery, Sofia
2002 - In Search of Balkania, Neue Galerie Graz am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz, Austria
- Bound/Less Borders, First Outdoor Touring Balkan Project, Goethe Institut, Belgrade, Scopje, Rijeka
- Reconstructions, IV Biennial in Cetinie, Montenegro
2001 - EUROPA ERWEITERN, Industriellen Vereinigung, exhibition of KulturKontakt, Vienna
1999 - Apollonia Summer Art Festival, Sozopol, Bulgaria
- Drechtoevers Sculpture Park, Zwijndrecht, The Netherlands
- "200 Years Pushkin", Association of Art Galleries, Moscow
- Special Selection, International Book Fair, Leipzig, Germany
- "Recipes. Contemporary Art Manual", Institute of Contemporary Art, Sofia
1998 - “Archive", 6 Shipka St. Gallery, Sofia
- "The Century of Artistic Freedom. 100 Years Vienna Secession", Helsinki
- "Bulgariaavantgarde. Kraeftemessen II", Kuenstlerwerkstatt Lothringer strasse, Munich,
Germany
- "The Century of Artistic Freedom. 100 Years Vienna Secession", Wien
- "Art and Notes", Municipal Gallery, Rousse, Bulgaria
1997 - "Back and Forth", 3rd International Biennial, Cetinje, Montenegro, Yugoslavia
- “Photographics” project, International Print Biennial Varna’97, Bulgaria
- "ARS EX NATIO. Made in BG", 4th Annual Exhibition of the SCA - Sofia, Plovdiv
1996 - "Bulgarian Glimpse Show", Moscow
- "Eastern Europe: Spatia Nova", IV St. Petersburg Biennial, Russia
- "Art on Wheels", project of "Food Carrier/Papp", Munich, Germany
- "Art in Landscape", International Symposium, Gars-am-Kamp, Austria
- "Plastic Image of the 90-ies", National Palace of Culture, Sofia
- “The Art Colony, Galichnik”, Skopje
1995 - "Art in Landscape", International Symposium, Gars-am-Kamp, Austria
- “30 Grand Prix”, Union of Bulgarian Artists, Sofia
- “Projects by...”, National Gallery for Foreign Art, Sofia
- “AFRICUS", 1st International Biennial, Johannesburg, South Africa
1994 - Section 13, Union of Bulgarian Artists, Sofia
- “Book-Art", International Show of the program of KulturKontakt, Horn, Austria
- ARTEST, Sredetz Gallery, Sofia
- “N-forms? Reconstructions and Interpretations", Soros Center for the Arts, Sofia
- “Moisture - Plainair of Avant-garde Art", Arkoutino, Bulgaria
- Show of The Art Colony, Galichnik, Macedonia
- “Ritual = Art, Art = Ritual", 3rd Multimedia Festival, Sofia
- “In Search for the Self-Reflection", Plovdiv, Bulgaria
- “The Artists of LETTRE INTERNATIONALE" Magazine, Wien
- “The Nail", Union of Bulgarian Artists, Sofia
1993 - “Works on Paper", Ata-Ray Gallery, Sofia
- 1st International Print Biennial, Maastricht, The Netherlands
- International Print Biennial, Biella, Italy
1992 - “Exhibition of the Artists Born under the Zodiacal Sign of Cancer", Sofia
- “Hair from a Brush", Club of the (eternally) Young Artist, Sofia
- “Medical Check-up", Club of the (eternally) Young Artist, Sofia
1991 - International Triennial of Prints, Krakow, Poland
- “Illusions, Illusions...", Club of the (eternally) Young Artist, Sofia
- “Happy-end”, Club of the (eternally) Young Artist, Sofia
1990 - “Moderate Avant-garde within the Framework of Tradition", Club of the (eternally) Young Artist, Sofia
- “End of Quotation", Club of the (eternally) Young Artist, Sofia
- “10/10/10", Club of the (eternally) Young Artist,
1987 - “Authors' Proof", Sofia
since
1984 (biannually) - National Biennial of Illustration and Book-Design, Sofia
1983 (biannually) - International Print Biennial, Varna, Bulgaria
Curatorial Experience:
1999 - Bulgarian participation at the “Inventing a People. Contemporary Art in the Balkans",
National Gallery for Foreign Art, Sofia; State Exhibition Hall, Bucharest; Museum of
Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece
1994 - “The Artists of LETTRE INTERNATIONAL", Magazine, Wien
1992 - “Exhibition of the Artists Born under the Zodiacal Sign of Cancer”, Sofia
1990 - “Moderate Avant-garde within the Framework of Tradition”, Club of the (eternally) Young Artist, Sofia
1989 - Young Bulgarian Graphic Artists, Moscow, Russia; Ulan-Bator, Mongolia
1987 - “Authors' Proof", Sofia
Residencies:
2005 - Saskala ArtRadius, Haukivuori, Finland
2004 - Independent Projects, ArtsLink Program, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
2002 - Ziel 1 = Kunst = Ziel 1, Burgenland, Austria
1999 - ArtsLink Program, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
- Drechtoevers Sculpture Park, Zwijndrecht, The Netherlands
1996 - "Art in Landscape", international symposium, Gars-am-Kamp, Austria
1995 - "Art in Landscape", international symposium, Gars-am-Kamp, Austria
- KulturKontakt' studios, Vienna
1994 - Program "Book-Art", KulturKontakt, Horn, Austria
- The Art Colony, Galichnik, Macedonia
1993 - ARTEST/BINZ 39, Kulturzentrum Scuol-Nairs, Switzerland.
Education:
1983 - National Academy for Fine Arts, Sofia
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