NESTOR KOVACHEV
Born 1981 in Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria. Lives and works in Vienna
2005 | MA Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, Austria
2002 | Study at Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2022 Moon Palace, Galerie Petra Seiser, Schörfling am Attersee, Austria
2021 Nothing will already be the same, LLLLLLspace, Vienna, Austria, LLLLLLspace, Vienna, Austria
2020 The Raft of Medusa after Théodore Géricault, Gallery Heike Curtze, Vienna, Austria
2016 Potemkin, Dom Kino – The House of Cinema, Moscow
2015 Once Upon a Time and very good time, BulArt Gallery, Varna, Bulgaria
The Past Unearthed – Fisherman`s Fire, Open Studios MMCA Changdong, Seoul, Korea
Bronenosets Potemkin, The Richard J. Massey Foundation for Arts and Sciences, New York, USA
2014 Before, Between, and After. Wittgenstein House, Vienna
The Tones Ascending…, Gallery Heike Curtze and Petra Seiser, Vienna
2013 Think Tank or Deep-Frozen Archeology Of Knowledge, ViennaFair The New Contemporary
Selected Group Exhibitions
2021 Drawing Now, Gallery Petra Seiser, Atersee, Austria
2019 Thank you Mr. Ruf, Gallery Credo Bonum, Sofia
Drawing Now Art Fair with Gallery Heike Curtze, Paris
2018 Connected by, Jan Arnold Gallery, Vienna
here-there, 1m2 art, curated by Martina Yordanova, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria
2017 The colder the air, SIM Gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland
We are made of the stuff of dreams, Gallery Heike Curtze, Salzburg
23th International Biennal of Humor and Satire in Art, Gabrovo, Bulgaria
2016 CHANG DONG, Korean Cultural Center, Brussels, Belgium
Family Series Mother, Euljiro Atelier Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Let Them Draw, curated by Pravdoliub Ivanov, SARIEV Contemporary, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
2015 Space-Shifters, curated by Raul Zamudio, Bulart Gallery, Varna, Bulgaria
Focus Bulgaria curated by Iara Boubnova and Vesela Nozharova, viennacontemporary
Save the Dreams, Imago Mundi – Bulgaria, Foundation Giorgio Cinni, Venice, Italy
Beyond The Horizon, MMCA Changdong, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Korea
2020/21 | Shortlist STRABAG Art Award, Vienna, Austria
2015 | Shortlist Walter Koschatzky Art-Award, Vienna, Austria
2014 | Shortlist BAZA Award for Contemporary Art, Sofia, Bulgaria
2013 | Nomination Canson Prix Award, Paris, France
2017 | SIM Residence, Reykjavik, Iceland
2016 | CCA Andratx – Contemporary Art Center, Mallorca, Spain
2015 | MMCA Changdong, Seoul, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Korea
Public Collections
Museum House of Humor and Satire, Gabrovo, Bulgaria
CCA Andratx, Center for Contemporary Art, Mallorca
The Richard J. Massey Foundation for Arts and Sciences, New York, USA
Gaudenz B. Ruf Collection, Switzerland
Luciano Benetton Collection, Italy
Sofia City Art Gallery, Bulgaria
Museum Angerlehner, Wels, Austria
MdM Museum der Moderne Rupertinum, Salzburg, Austria
Esterházy Foundation, Eisenstadt, Austria
UniCredit Group, Bologna, Italy
Bank Austria Kunstsammlung Vienna, Austria
Contact
Website was updated in November 2022