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Gergana Vasileva Elenkova (Plovdiv, Bulgaria, 1988)
Lives and works in Valencia (Spain)

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EDUCATIONS

M.F.A., Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV). Spain (2013 - 2016)
B.A.T., Academy of Music, Dance and Fine Arts of Plovdiv. Bulgaria (2008-2012)

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EXHIBITIONS

2021

Black Friday - Bargain Art, Exposición internacional, Mexican Art Art Hall, Plovdiv, BG

Exposición itinerante - Posterfortomorrow, FAKE NEWS, 100 carteles para luchar contra las Noticias Falsas, Ecole Camondo, Paris, FR

                                                                                                                            - Information Center on Nuclear Energy Chelyabinsk, RUS

                                                                                                                                                -  Istinye University Vadi Campus, Istanbul, TR

                                                                                                                                                    -  Eondo de Cultura Económica, Quito, EC

                                                                                                                                                                        -  Convitto Palmieri, Lecce, IT

                                                                                                                                            -  Auberge de Jeunesse Yves Robert, Paris, FR

                                                                                                                   -  Institut Supérieur des Arts et Métiers de Sfax, ISAM, Sfax, TS

                                                                                                  -   Institut Supérieur des Arts et Métiers de Tataouine, ISAM, Tataouine, TS

                     - Faculty of Communication and Media Studies Dept. of Visual Arts &Visual Communication Design, EMU, Famagusta, CY

                                                                                                                                                                                  -  La Caserne, Paris, FR

2019

Big Small Resonance, International exhibition, Resonance Gallery, Plovdiv, BG

Продължавай (Go Ahead), International exhibition, Exhibition halls “Rafael Mihailov”, Veliko Tarnovo, BG

9 ракли (9 cofres), International exhibition, Galería Resonance, Plovdiv, BG

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2018

Световен резонанс (World resonance), International exhibition, Resonance Gallery, Plovdiv, BG

Дискурси на властта (Discourse of power), International exhibition, Resonance Gallery, Plovdiv, BG

SACO7, Origin and Myth, Contemporary art week, Antofagasta, CL.

Морски Резонанс - Оранжеви вибрации, (Sea Resonance-Orange vibrations), International festival for contemporary art, Zlatni pyasatsi, BG

KIFE KIFE, International exhibition, Mohamed Serghini Gallery-Cultural Centre-Dar Takafa, Tétouan, MAR

ALCHEMIC BODY | Fire . Air . Water . Earth, International exhibition, Jorge Jurado Gallery, Bogotà, COL

El Paisaje, Group exhibition, La Salita Gallery, Gijón, SP

2017
Because I Care, Photo Contest for the European Mobility Week 2017, Plovdiv, BG (Honorable Mention)
9th Nacional Exhibition Collage – Plovdiv’2017, Union of Plovdiv Artists Exhibition Hall, Plovdiv Autumn Salon of Arts, BG
VI International Feast Forest Resonance 2017, Belashtitza. Sponsored by Resonance Gallery of Contemporary Art, BG
Social Complaint, Group exhibition, La Salita Gallery, Gijón, SP
“Извън ФормаТ” (Out of Format), Collective exhibition, Exhibition hall of the Union of Plovdiv Artists, BG

2015
3rd Exhibition of Artistic and Multimedia Productions PAM!15, Faculty of Fine Arts of San Carlos, Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV), Valencia, SP
IV International Feast Forest Resonance 2015, Belashtitza. Sponsored by Resonance Gallery of Contemporary Art, BG

2014
SELECTA 2014: Paisajes y Paisajes, Espai Llimera, Valencia, SP
Landscape, La Salita Gallery, Gijón, SP
1st BIENNIAL OF CONTEMPORARY ART AND GOURMET CAMBRILS 2014, Ágora Hall, City Council of Cambrils, Tarragona, SP

2013
43º Competition of Fine Arts Tiryus, Valencia, SP.
Spring in Pictures, Contemporary painting, Group exhibition, Emona, Plovdiv, BG

2012
Honorable mention in the historical almanac of the High School Sveti Patriarh Evtimii of Plovdiv, BG
8º Competition of Painting and Sculpture of The Red Pony Gallery, Plovdiv, BG

2011
The night of the caricatures, Emona, Plovdiv, BG.
Cultural festival: Open Student Fest 2011, Happening in Old Town of Plovdiv, BG

2010
Cultural festival: Open Student Fest 2010, Plovdiv, plein air painting, BG

2009
Body Art Acts, Process art action, different locations in Plovdiv, BG

2005
Group art exhibition in The Balchik Palace, National Art School Tsanko Lavrenov, Balchik, BG

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2000
Competition for young talents Aleko Konstantinov: painting prize. Plovdiv, BG

1998
Regional painting competition for young talents, Municipality of Plovdiv, BG

1997
International Competition for young talents, Bucharest, RO. (Honorable Mention)

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HONORS AND AWARDS

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• SACO7, Origin and Myth, Contemporary Art Festival, Antofagasta, CL (Winner) (2018)
• Because I care, Photo Contest for the European Mobility Week 2017, Plovdiv, BG (Honorable Mention) (2017)
• Honorable mention in the historical almanac of the High School Sveti Patriarh Evtimii of Plovdiv, BG (2012)

• Competition for young talents Aleko Konstantinov: painting prize. Plovdiv, BG. (Winner) (2000)

• Regional painting competition for young talents, Municipality of Plovdiv, BG. (Winner) (1998)

• International Competition for young talents, Bucharest, RO. (Honorable Mention) (1997)

TEACHING AND LECTUERS

• Teaching Assistant, Fine Arts, High School Sveti Patriarh Evtimii of Plovdiv 2011-2012

FURTHER EDUCATION

- 2017 Course-workshop of conscious movement and the imagination of the body. Directed by Roberta Štěpánková.
- 2015 Course-workshop of contemporary lithography. Directed by José Manuel Guillén y Rogelio Gutiérrez.
- 2012 Workshop of experimental painting. Directed by Rumen Jekov y Svilen Blajev.

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