BORYANA PETKOVA
born 1985, Sofia, Bulgaria
1999-ongoing PUNK
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2023
SIS more than collaboration with Iskra Blagoeva, curated by Snejana Krasteva, Doza Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
Burnt.Burn.Will Burn, curated by Snejana Krasteva, Plus359 Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2022
Icy water burnt my throat, RigLab, Migennes, France
Hyperdrawing with Katrin Strobel, curated by Joana Neves FRAC PICARDIE, Amiens
Can you see the black cloud? with Olga Sabko, curated by Chloé Bonnie More, Ilian Rebei Gallery, Paris
2021
Pinned dreams, Brigitte March Gallery, Stuttgart
Spit it out! curated by Chloé Bonnie More, Studio 10, Paris, France
2020
Craving Nothing with Michail Michailov, curated by Maria Vassileva Structura Gallery, Sofia
2019
Mutuus with Cedric Estrullio, Museum of Fines Arts, Mulhouse, France
2018
H220cm, curated by Irina Batkova, Plus359 Gallery, Sofia
Written(not)said, curated by Daniela Radeva, Contemporary Space, Varna
LIVE PERFORMANCE (selection)
2023
SeeN, exhibition Image erasure, CulturFoundry, 100C, Paris, France
Burnt.Burn.Will Burn, Plus359 Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
Mother Tongue, Residency Unlimited, New York
HeadHeart, exhibition Contact Zone, Poush, Saint-Ouen sur Seine, France
Collection of voices, Rooms performance festival, Kappatos gallery, Athenes
Guardian, gallery S, Drawing Now art fair, Paris, France
Invivo, exhibition Change, curated by Sidonie Gaychet and Johana Cohen, Paris, France
2022
SeeN, exhibition Fluide Motor, curated by curatoral collective MITOSIS, Garage MU, Paris, France
Invivo, exhibition Believe in the living, Dauphine Gallery, Paris, France
Spit it out! curated by Marie Gayet and Plateau Urbain, exhibition VOCI UMANE, Paris, France
2021
Link, performance with Wura Natacha Ogunji, curated by Joan Neves, Drawing Now, Paris, France
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selection)
2023
Machine – made curated by Margherita Balzerani & Noelig LeRoux, Museum of Modest Art Sète, France
Needles in a Haystack, curated by Svetlana Kuyumdzhieva, National Gallery Sofia, Bulgaria
Silent spring, curated by Pascal Neveux, FRAC PICARDIE, Amiens, France
Zone de Contact, curator Yvannoé Kruger, Poush, Saint Ouen, France
Chevalleresses, curated by Sidonie Gaychet, Gallery S, Paris, France
Change, curated by Sidonie Gaychet and Johana Cohen, Paris, France
2022
Gulliver’s sketchbook, curated by Ludwig Seyfarth, KAI10 Arthena Foundation, Dusseldorf, Germany
Believe in the living, Gallery Dauphine, Paris
pARTage, exhibition organised by ARTAIS, Paris, France
Dangereuse beauty, curated by Stefan Ivanov, Burgas, Bulgaria
VOCI UMANE group show, curated by Marie Gayet, Plateau urbain, Paris, France
HYPERDRAWING, Drawing Now art fair, curated by Joana Neves, Paris, fRANCE
Emotions are facts, curated by Chloé Bonnie More, Nosbaum Reding gallery, Luxembourg
2021
Relevateurs, curated by Anael Pigeat & Yvannoé Kruger, christian berst art brut Gallery, Paris, France
Body of drawing, curated by Ludwig Seyfarth, Maison de Heilderberg, Montpellier, France
Intersection, curated by Yvannoé Kruger, Poush Manifesto, Clichy, France
Moving images, Moving bodies curator Ludwig Seyfarth, ICA, Sofia, Bulgaria
Roots, curated by Nadejda Djakova, Aresnal Museum of Contemporary Art, Sofia, Bulgaria
AVALANCHE, curated by Andy Randkin, PAL Project, Paris, France
Worst Case Scenariocurated by Chloé Bonnie More, Paris, France
To collect contemporary art, National Gallery Sofia, Bulgaria
Herbarium collection, curated by Irina Batkova, Arsenal, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sofia, Bulgaria
White exhibition, project by Iskra Blagoeva, One Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2020
Online screening Boryana Petkova et Stella Geppert on Blink Video, curated by Ludwig Seyfarth
Long minutes, online projection, curated by Bronwyn Lace, Centre Less Good Idea
Exhibition of the nominees for Baza award 2020, Sofia City Gallery, Bulgaria
2019
Formes Vivants curated by Jean Charles Hameau, National Museum Adrien Debouché , Limoges, France
FINALE exposition , Gaudenz Ruf award, Structura Gallery, Bulgaria
Radical formal analyse, curator Peter Tcanev, Plus359 Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2018 L’arbre de Darwin, FRAC LIMOUSIN, Limoges, France
2017 Let them draw, curator Pravdoliub Ivanov, Sariev Gallery, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Polyphonia, curator Frans Oosterhof, Goethe Institit, Sofia
Salon de dessin 6B, curator Marie Gautier et Claire Lune, Saint – Denis, France
ARTstart, Goethe Institut,Sofia, Bulgaria
AWARDS/ NOMINATIONS
2020 Nomination Baza award for contemporary art, Sofia, Bulgaria
2019 Gaudenz Ruf award for Bulgarian contemporary art
2018 Mention, Fénéon art prize, Paris, France
2017 Winner of biennal de Mulhouse 017, France
2016 Nomination Baza award for contemporary art, Sofia, Bulgaria
2015 Pierre David-Weill prize, Académie des Beaux-Arts, Institut de France
RESIDENCES (selection)
2023 Residency Unlimited, NYC
Since 2020 Residency Poush, Aubervilliers, France
2015 Cité international des arts, Paris, France
CATALOGUES (selection)
2023 Machine Made, Museum of Modest Arts, Sete, France
2023 Needles in Haystack, National Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2022 Gulliver’s sketchbook, KAI10 Athena Foundation, Dusseldorf, Germany
2021 Les rélévateurs, gallery christian berst art brut, Paris, France
2020 Boryana Petkova, Between you and yourself, first publication, Museum of Fine Arts, Mulhouse, France
2020 Formes Vivantes, National Museum Adrien Debouché, Limoges, France
2019 NOTABENE – Contemporary Transformations of drawing in the work of Boryana Petkova, text by Nora Goleshevska
2015 Publication of the Institute of France, Séance Solennelle,
Académie des Beaux-Arts, Institut de France
2015 Biennial of Cachan, Cachan, France