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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

Awards

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

Residencies

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

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