Slav Nedev
Bulgarien
http://slavnedev.weebly.com/
Kunstart: Malerei
Technik: Ölmalerei
Statement:
I see a work of art as a kind of dream, a matter, which in its vagueness conveys what sometimes clear conceptual thinking, cannot communicate.
For me, the words of Francis Picabia “Our heads are round so our thoughts can change direction.” are absolutely valid both as definition of my work, and as artistic credo.
As an artist I have gone through various periods of interest, experimentation, and exploration of media and size. I always need to get involved emotionally and mentally with a theme, media or social, philosophical or psychological problem, in order to start exploring it through the means of art. Usually such involvement results in a series of works. Once my “visions” of a subject for that period or stage have been realized, the series is accomplished. After some time, normally years, I can return to the same theme with different tools and a different point of view.
Depending on the subject I am interested in, my compositional process can be quite spontaneous and intuitive or, in contrast, executed with meticulously planned preliminary consideration and preparation of every detail. However, the things I am always interested in are the idea, the principle, the type, and the symbolic of the image.
In this sense, even when I paint concrete objects, I am an abstract artist, as far as “abstract” means (according to C. Jung) to remove concrete details with the purpose of reaching a more general idea.
Vita / Lebenslauf:
1967 Born in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Lives and works in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Since 2012 Founding Member & President, Biotope Assn., Sofia, Bulgaria;
Since 2001 Member of Union of the Bulgarian Artists, Sofia, Bulgaria;
Since 1989 Freelance Artist.
Awards and Scholarships
2019 Second Prize and Realization. Competition for a Work in Public Space
for Rosarium Park, Kazanlak, Bulgaria
2017 First Prize. Competition for a Work in Public Space for Rosarium Park,
Kazanlak, Bulgaria
2016 Grant (as a curator) for Organizing a Group Exhibition, Gaudenz B. Ruf
Award for New Bulgarian Art
2012 Certificate of Honor from Nepal Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA)
2011 Residency at Oberpfälzer Künstlerhaus Schwandorf, Germany
2009 Residency at Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
2006 Audience Award, National Competition H. Schmincke & Co.
Certificate of Honor, Small Forms Biennial, Pleven 2006
2002 Certificate of Honor, Small Forms Biennial, Pleven 2002
Works in Public Space
2019 The Evergreen Twig (permanent sculpture), Rosarium Park, Kazanlak,
Bulgaria
2018 Rose Flower (permanent sculpture), Rosarium Park, Kazanlak, Bulgaria
Curatorial Projects
2019 C (Carbon), Red Dot Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2016 τόπος - topographies - ...topias, Rayko Alexiev Gallery, Sofia,
Bulgaria
Selected Solo Shows
2018 Objects, Arosita Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2017 Slav Nedev. Paintings, Zehentstadel Art Space, Beratzhausen, Germany
2016 Water Imprints, Artur Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2010 Biotope, Sofia Press Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2008 Images from Nowhere, Agrion Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2006 Remains, Credo Bonum Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2005 Elements, Rakursi Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2003 Creation, Kozhuharovi Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
Between Two Dreams, Triadiss Gallery, Sofia
1999 Works on Paper, Dritta Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
1996 Remains, Ata-ray Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
1995 Selected Works, Vitosha Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
Selected Group Shows
2019 Thank You Mr. Ruf, Credo Bonum Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
The Other Body, Geshov Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
C (Carbon), Red Dot Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
While Walking about the City, Red Dot Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2018 The Gift, ICA Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
Paper Time, Red Dot Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
Ilindentsi. An Art Zone, Sofia City Art Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
Youthexhibition 2, Red Dot Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2017 7th Beijing International Art Biennale "The Silk Road and World
Civilizations", Beijing, China
Bistrichki, Valchev, Nedev, Simeonov, Art Center, Pleven, Bulgaria
Bistrichki, Valchev, Nedev, Stubel Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2016 PaySage, The Red Dot Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
τόπος - topographies - ...topias, Rayko Alexiev Gallery, Sofia,
Bulgaria
2015 SUPER[M]ART[KET], Graffit Gallery, Varna, Bulgaria;
Map of the New Art, Fondazione Cini, Venice, Italy;
2014 Snap to Grid, LACDA, Los Angeles, USA;
What Happened?, Shipka 6 Gallery of UBA, Sofia, Bulgaria;
To Be Continued… (Gaudenz B. Ruf Collection), Sofia City Art
Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria;
Then and Now, Shipka 6 Gallery of UBA, Sofia, Bulgaria;
The Untold Abstraction, Shipka 6 Gallery of UBA, Sofia, Bulgaria;
2013 Open Monument, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
Hospital for Lovers, Rayko Alexiev Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2012 Earth|Body|Mind, Kathmandu International Art Festival 2012,
Kathmandu, Nepal
Chances, Choices, Changes, National Palace of Culture, Sofia
Communications, VIVACOM Art Hall, Sofia
Magnet & Antimagnet, ICA Gallery, Sofia
Tree of Life, VIVACOM Art Hall, Sofia
2011 Zone URBAN, Shipka 6 Gallery, Sofia
2010 Section 13, Industrialna 11 Gallery, Sofia
2009 Dvaja Bratia (Two Brothers), Bratislava, Slovakia / Sofia, BG
Reality & Fiction, Shipka 6 Gallery, Sofia
T-A-P-E INVITES at Made in Arnhem 2009, Arnhem, the Netherlands
Environmental Justice, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, DK
2008 Uninhibited Contacts, Argos Gallery, Sofia
Close Distance, Shipka 6 Gallery, Sofia
2007 Traffic, Shipka 6 Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
Cultural Identity, Sofia Press Gallery, Sofia / Alexey von
Schlippe Gallery of Art, CT, USA
Balance, Shipka 6 Gallery, Sofia
2006 The Body, Shipka 6 Gallery, Sofia
2005 Personal Mythologies, Shipka 6 Gallery, Sofia
2004 Landscape, Shipka 6 Gallery, Sofia
2003 10 Years Izkustvo/Art in Bulgaria Magazine, Shipka 6 Gallery
Five Bulgarian Artists, Bulgarian Embassy, Copenhagen, Denmark
2002 Interior, Shipka 6 Gallery, Sofia
Bulgarian Painting after 1989, National Palace of Culture, Sofia
2000 Young Bulgarian Artists, Shipka 6 Gallery
1995 Spiritual Messages (Series of Exhibitions), Vitosha Gallery, Sofia
1994 New Names, Shipka 6 Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
Selected Residencies & Art Symposiums:
2012 Oberpfälzer Künstlerhaus, Schwandorf, Bavaria, Germany
The Old School International Art Residency, Gorna Lipnitsa, Bulgaria
2011 World Art Games - Vukovar 2011, International Art Symposium,
Vukovar, Croatia
2010 Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
2007 Oryahovo 2007 International Art Symposium, Oryahovo, Bulgaria
Uninhibited Contacts, 2nd International Art Symposium,
Nessebar, Bulgaria
2006 7th Watercolor Art Symposium “Detchko Uzunov”, Sozopol, Bulgaria
2003 Vlasina 2003 International Art Symposium, Vlasina Lake, Serbia
Selected Collections
Beijing International Art Biennale, Beijing, China
City Museum of Vukovar, Vukovar, Croatia
Contemporary Bulgarian Art, New Bulgarian University Museum, Sofia,
Bulgaria
Cultural Center of Leskovac, Leskovac, Serbia
Department of State, Washington D.C., USA
Gaudenz B. Ruf, Zürich, Switzerland
Imago Mundi, Fondazione Benetton, Treviso, Italy
Kuratorium Europäische Kulturarbeit, Beratzhausen, Germany
Museum Dechko Uzunov, Sofia, Bulgaria
Oberpfälzer Künstlerhaus, Schwandorf, Germany
Siddhartha Arts Foundation, Kathmandu, Nepal
Sofia City Art Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
Town of Shabla, Shabla, Bulgaria
World Art Games, Osijek, Croatia
Aktivitäten / Ausstellungen:
Currently working on a project for an online exhibition called Yogurt Culture. More about it at https://yogurtculture.weebly.com/
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