Maria Nalbantova
a:7:{s:4:”user”;s:4:”none”;s:8:”subtitle”;s:0:””;s:10:”brief_info”;s:1943:”Maria Nalbantova received the BAZA/Young Visual Artist Award for emerging visual artist in Bulgaria in 2020 with her installation “cleanse”. Her works comprise drawing, collage, found objects, art books, installation, video and photography. Her solo shows include: “A Good Deal” (2021), UniCredit Studio, Sofia, BG; “Drought” (2021), Intro Gallery, Sofia, BG; “hybrid-pure” (2020), Sarieva, Plovdiv, […]
Lori Lako
a:7:{s:4:”user”;s:4:”none”;s:8:”subtitle”;s:0:””;s:10:”brief_info”;s:1533:”Lori Lako is the winner of 2020 Ardhje Award for her installation Suspense. Her practice reflects on the condition of post-modern humanity, outclassed by images and messages that hinder the decoding of the world, historical memory and listening to the self. She investigates the mediation of historical and personal events by the internet platforms and […]
Valko Chobanov
a:7:{s:4:”user”;s:4:”none”;s:8:”subtitle”;s:0:””;s:10:”brief_info”;s:1311:”Valko Chobanov works in painting, video art, and performance. He graduated in Scenography from the Academy of Music, Dance and Fine Arts in Plovdiv, Bulgaria and in Digital Arts from the National Academy of Arts in Sofia, Bulgaria. Chobanov has participated in exhibitions in Bulgaria and abroad, including Immersion – Background: Young Artists from Plovdiv, […]
Erik Sikora
a:7:{s:4:”user”;s:4:”none”;s:8:”subtitle”;s:0:””;s:10:”brief_info”;s:799:”Erik Sikora is a self-described citizen, father, artist, songwriter, and rural alien. He brainstorms and deconstructs his life experiences to the smallest details and then enhances them through forms and practices such as vlogging, “startupist” projects and/or “pechakuchatedxer” poetry and performances. His work is included in the permanent collections of the Regional Gallery of Fine […]
Dante Buu
a:7:{s:4:”user”;s:4:”none”;s:8:”subtitle”;s:0:””;s:10:”brief_info”;s:1903:”Dante Buu is the winner of the 2021 Milcik Award. Dante Buu is an artist, storyteller and performer who intertwines the autobiographical with the lives of others. Dante’s artistic practice, fluid and playful across mediums, is intimately rooted in the untold stories of love and resistance. Buu represented Montenegro at the 59th Venice Biennale Arte […]
Siniša Radulović
a:7:{s:4:”user”;s:4:”none”;s:8:”subtitle”;s:0:””;s:10:”brief_info”;s:1887:”Siniša Radulović is the winner of the 2017 “Milčik” – Young Visual Artists Award, organized by the Institute of Contemporary Arts-ICA in Cetinje, Montenegro. Trained as a painter, Siniša Radulovic is a multimedia-artist who produces videos and collages. He defines his relationship to art as: “To define a comprehensive interest in art is impossible for […]
Fatlum Doçi
a:7:{s:4:”user”;s:4:”none”;s:8:”subtitle”;s:0:””;s:10:”brief_info”;s:798:”Fatlum Doçi is the winner of 2021 Ardhje Award. He experiments with different mediums including painting, drawing, watercolor, sculpture, animation and jewelry. For Doçi nature is a material base to be used, but in the opposite direction compared to human consumer needs. Doçi’s work has been exhibited in Doza Gallery in Sofia, ZETA Centre in […]
Verica Kovacevska
a:7:{s:4:”user”;s:4:”none”;s:8:”subtitle”;s:0:””;s:10:”brief_info”;s:1332:”In her work Verica Kovacevska often uses elements of performance to create projects that are open to participation. Kovacevska is known for live performances in which she directly integrates the audience and surroundings. She focuses on issues within the urban environment, from the use of personal space in public surroundings to more contemporary issues that […]
Tadej Vaukman
a:7:{s:4:”user”;s:4:”none”;s:8:”subtitle”;s:0:””;s:10:”brief_info”;s:1575:”Tadej Vaukman is the winner of OHO Young Visual Artist Award 2019 Tadej Vaukman is an independent artist, photographer, and publisher. In his predominantly photographic-based artistic practice, he often follows the principles of rough documentary and street photography through which he documents and comments on topical phenomena from the margins of society and shows unembellished […]
Remijon Pronja
a:7:{s:4:”user”;s:4:”none”;s:8:”subtitle”;s:0:””;s:10:”brief_info”;s:1820:”Awarded the 2018 Ardhje / Young Visual Artists Award for emerging visual artists in Albania, Remijon Pronja’s practice encompasses videos, installations, paintings, and drawings that shed light on social issues and contemporary states of being such as phobias, homesickness, migration and sense of loss. Pronja committedly examines human condition and as a way of bringing […]