Boryana Petkova (b Sofia, Bulgaria, 1985, live in Paris, France) is multidisciplinary artist graduated from the National Academy of Fine Arts in Sofia in 2011 and from the Academy of Art and design in Valenciennes (France) in 2015.
Represented by Structura gallery, Bulgaria.
Boryana Petkova‘s work focuses mainly on the drawing – as a thought, action or result. She combines different disciplines – video, photography, sculpture, performance, installation or sound – exploring their interaction with the drawing.
In 2015 she won a drawing prize Pierre David-Weill of French Academy, 2016 and 2020 she was nominated for BAZA award for contemporary art. In 2017 she is co laureate of Contemporary Art Biennial of contemporary art of Mulhouse (France) In 2019 her work is mentioned by the jury of Fénéon art award (France, Paris) and the same year she participate at Finale exhibition , event ot Gaudenz Ruf award in Structura gallery. In 2020 her work is selected for Biennale de Casablanca with curator Christine Eyene
She also exhibited at ceramic show Formes Vivantes in Museum Andrien Dubouché with curators Jean Charles Hameau, Kimberley Harthoorn in (France) . After the award of Mulhouse 017 ( the biennal of contemporary art in Mulhouse) she has her first museum show Mutuus – duo show with Cedric Estruillo in th Museum of Fine Arts of Mulhouse (France, 2019). In 2018 she participated in the exhibition L’arbre de Darwin in FRAC Limousin (France).
2013-2015 MA of Arts, Fine Art school in Valenciennes, France
2007-2011 MA of Arts, National Academy of Fine Arts, Sofia, Bulgaria
2020 Duo show with Michail Michailov, Structura Gallery, Sofia, Bulgarie
2020 Exhibition of the nominated artists for Baza award 2020, Sofia City Gallery
2020 Radical formal analyse, curator Peter Tcanev, Plus359 gallery, Sofia
2019 Exhibition FINALE, Gaudenz Ruf award, Structura Gallery, Bulgaria
2019 Formes Vivants curator Jean Charles Hameau,
National Museum Adrien Debouché , France
2019 Mutuus, duo show with Cedric Estrillo, Museum of Fines Arts in Mulhouse, France
2018 H220cm, galerie Plus359, Sofia
2018 L’arbre de Darwin, FRAC Limousin, Limoges
2018 Written(not)said, Contemporary space, Varna
2017 Let them draw, Sariev Galerie, Plovdiv
2017 Polyphonia, curator Frans Oosterhof, Goethe Institut, Sofia
2017 Biennale de la jeune création, Mulhouse, France
2017 Salon de dessin 6B, curators Marie Gautier et Claire Luna, Saint Denis
2017 ARTstart, Goethe Institut,Sofia
2016 BAZA award for contamporary art, 2016, Sofia city gallery
2016 Nés/Remix, gallery Corridor, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris
2016 Biennale d’art contemporain , Cachan
2015 Drawing Prize, Pierre David-Weill, Palais de l’Institut Français, Paris
2015 A3, curator Jean Pierre Housquinet, Centre d’art Juvenal, Belgique
2015 I comme Icare, espace Boudin, Denain
2014 3 Days in Paris, exposition «Art des bordures», galerie Martine et Thibault de la Châtre, Paris
2014 Trelon, Charleville, Glageon, exposition à l’atelier du verre Trelon
2013 COW FESTIVAL- festival international de design et illustration, Ukraine
PRIX
2017 Lauréat de la biennale d’art contemporain, Mulhouse 017, France
2015 Prix de dessin «Pierre David-Weill» , Académie des Beaux-Arts, Institut de France
2013 Prix, COW FESTIVAL, Ukraine
NOMINATIONS
2020 Nomination Baza award for contemporary art, Sofia, Bulgarie
2019 Gaudenz Ruf Award for bulgarian contemporary art
2018 Mention , prix artistique Fénéon, Paris, France
2016 Nomination – Baza award for contemporary art, Sofia, Bulgarie
2020/2021 POUSH residency
2017 Workshop CIAV, Meisenthal
2016/2017 Residency CCE – ENSA Limoges, France
2015/2016 Résidency Cité Internationale d’Arts, Paris
2020 Boryana Petkova, Entre soi et toi, premier catalogue d’artiste
2020 Catalogue Formes vivantes, National Museum Adrien Debouché
2019 Publication CCE, VOL3, Naima digital publishing
2019 NOTABENE -Contemporary Transformations of drawing in the work of Boryana Petkova, texte de Nora Goleshevska
2015 Publication de l’institut de France, Séance Solennelle,
Académie des Beaux-Arts, Institut de France
2015 Catalogue, biennale de Cachan
2014 Catalogue of the exhibition Trélon, Charleville & Glageon,
Atelier de verre, Trelon
2019 Artst talk, CCE, Le frenche Design by Via
2019 Présentation de la publication Silices&CO, VOL3, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris
2017 Artist talk, Paris College of Arts (PCA)
2017 Journée des études «Les arts du feu à l’heure actuelle – rencontres entre la céramique, le verre et les langages numériques – nouveaux lieux d’expérience et de recherche» ENSA Limoges