Peter TzanevBorn 1967 in Gabrovo, Bulgaria.Lives and works in Sofia, Bulgaria. |
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Education: |
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| 1999 | National Academy of Art, Sofia, Ph.D. |
| 1992 | National Academy of Art, Sofia, MFA |
Solo exhibitions (selected after 2001): |
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| 2006 | Exercises in Perfection. Non-sensitive studies, Irida Gallery, Sofia |
| 2005 | Hallucinating Objects, Salon77, Nish, Serbija and Montenegro |
| 2002 | Victims of Decorating, XXL Gallery, Sofia |
Group exhibitions (selected after 2001): |
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| 2007 | Visual Immortality VI, Projektraum M54, Basel |
| Strategies in the Context of Childhood, National Centre for Contemporary Art, Sofia | |
| Transform, Municipal Gallery, Veliko Turnovo | |
| 2006 | Contemporary Bulgarian Art, Gallery “Srubska”, Nish, Serbija |
| Die Kunst des Kraftaaktes oder der Triumph des Sisyphus, Klinikum der Stadt Ludwigshafen, Germany | |
| After / Before, curated by Josef Pauschenwein, Municipal Gallery, Eisenstadt, Austria (Cat.) | |
| Beach, Rajko Aleksiev Gallery, Sofia | |
| 2005 | Donumenta 2005, Regensburg, Germany (Cat.) |
| Transformation of Reality into Ideology, National Art Gallery, Sofia | |
| The Water as Border, Crypt of Cathedral Church ‘Alexander Nevski’, Sofia | |
| Support Systems, Municipal Gallery, Sliven | |
| Real Gold – Virtual Blood, Center for Contemporary Art, Shumen | |
| 2004 | The Bath Project. Fitting-up the Woman’s Pool, The Central Bath of Sofia |
| Seven Wonders – Seven Sins, curated by Elena Panayotova, Svilen Stefanov, Maria Andirkova, Cultural Center Tocka, Skopje (Cat.) | |
| A Dream Come True, curated by Claudia-Maria Luenig, Gallery “Basement”, Vienna | |
| 1th International Biennial for Contemporary Art - Shumen, Bulgaria (CD-Cat.) | |
| 2003 | Nigredo, curated by Galja Penkova and Monica Popova, The Central Prison of Sofia and Center for Contemporary Art ‘Banya Starinna’,Plovdiv 2004 (CD-Cat.) |
| 2002 | White Male Straight Project, curated by Ventzislav Zankov, “Irida” - Sofia and Gallery “Srubska”, Nish, Serbija (2003) CD-Cat.) |
| Anti-Sax – New Political Art, curated by Svilen Stefanov, XXL Gallery, Sofia | |
| 2001 | New Radical Practices IV, curated by Svilen Stefanov, XXL Gallery, Sofia |
Publications and catalogues (selected after 2001): |
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| 2006 | Ruenov, Ruen: Po povod Upragnenia po suvurshenstvo na Peter Tzanev (On the Occasion of Peter Tzanev’s Exercises in Perfection), 39 Grams, № 15 |
| Stefanov, Svilen: Postconceptualnata abstrakcija i ikonichnost v tvorchestvoto na Nikolaj Petkov I Peter Tzanev (Post-conceptual Abstraction and Icon Imagery in the Art of Nikolaj Petkov and Peter Tzanev), Literaturen Vestnik, № 14 | |
| AFTER / BEFORE – Catalogue, Curator Josef Pauschenwein, Municipal Gallery, Eisenstadt,Austria | |
| 2005 | D’Agostino, David: News from Sofia, CONTEMPORARY, Issue 73 |
| DONUMENTA, 2005 - Catalogue, Ed. Regina Hellwig-Scmid, Regensburg, Germany | |
| Andirkova, Maria: (Transformation of Reality into Ideology), Art Republika, October | |
| On the occasion of the exhibition Transformation of reality into ideology, Information Bulletin of The Union of Bulgarian Artists,№ 8 | |
| Plamenov, Svetlin: Virtualnata kruv na edin hudognik (Virtual Blood of an Artist), Schumenska zarja, LXII, 22 | |
| 2004 | Seven Wonders – Seven Sins – Catalogue, Curators Svilen Stefanov, Elena Panayotova, Maria Andirkova, Cultural Center Tocka, Skopje |
| Stefanova, Ralitza: Premestvane na tezgesta v grad Schumen (Moving the Weight in Schumen City), Literaturen vestnik, № 23 | |
| Popova, Diana: Bienaleto kato tvorba (The Biennial as Artwork), Capital light, № 23 | |
| 2003 | Svilen Stefanov: Avant-garde and Norm, Agata, Sofia |
| 2002 | Maria Landova: Decorirani I preparirani, (Decorated and Taxidermic), Capital, № 165 |
| Svilen Stefanov: Images beyond themselves - Peter Tzanev, Victims of Decorating – Catalogue, XXL Gallery, Sofia; Contemporary Art Foundation, Sofia | |
| 2001 | Svilen Stefanov: Peter Tzanev, Art in Bulgaria, № 84/86 |