CV Elena Georgieva Videnova
Address: |
Mladost 1, Bdg. 510 A, Sofia 1784, Bulgaria. E-mail: elena_videnova@yahoo.com; evillesoe@gmail.com website: www.elliesoe.com Owner of the Eville Soe Gallery Pirotska 45 Str., Sofia |
Date of birth: |
01.06.1974
Sofia, Bulgaria |
Exhibitions: |
2019 international Women Ceramist Festival in Icheon, Korea, member in exhibition 2019 Festival of Contemporary Bulgarian Ceramics in Sofia, member in exhibition 2019 Presbyter of the Union of Bulgarian Artists (UBA) in the Ceramics section 2019 “Buongiorno ceramiche” – International Matres Festival of Ceramics in five countries: Italy, Spain, Bulgaria, Croatia, Sweden. For the first time in Bulgaria – Eville Soe Gallery, collective exhibition. 2019 “Art Capital”, Grand Palais in Paris, member in exhibition 2018 “St.Spiridon fire and breath ”, Eville Soe Gallery, collective exhibition 2018 Exhibition of paintings and ceramics sculpture with Konstantin Kachev, NLB Galleri, Skopje, Macedonia 2018 “The autumn donation”, Eville Soe Gallery”, collective exhibition 2018 Member of “Associazione Pandora Artiste ceramiste” – Italy 2018 Participate in Festival Internazionale Di Ceramica Al Femminile, Matres, Cava De’ Tirreni, Italy 2018 “Bulgarian Ceramic festival”, “Rayko Aleksiev Gallery”, collective exhibition 2018. “Night and day dreams in June”, “Eville Soe Gallery”, collective exhibition 2018. “Spring tones in the interior”, “Eville Soe Gallery”, collective exhibition 2018. “Ceramic is Love”, “Eville Soe Gallery”, collective exhibition 2017. “St. Spiridon”, “Eville Soe Gallery”, collective exhibition 2017. “Ceramics seen by personal prism” – “Ellie Soe Gallery”, collective exhibition 2016. “Samodivi”, gallery “Ellie Soe”, individual exhibition 2016. Exhibition participation, main gallery of the city of Chakovec, Croatia 2015. Art group “Open Fire”, Bankya, Bulgaria, collective exhibition 2015. Art group “Open Fire” at “Evdokia Art Gallery”, collective exhibition 2015. “Ceramics 2015” at “Raiko Aleksiev Gallery”, collective exhibition 2015. – Participation in the traditional exhibition dedicated to St. Spiridon. 2014. – Participation in the traditional exhibition dedicated to St. Spiridon. 2014. – Exhibition, dedicated to the 110 years anniversary of the Ceramics discipline, “Akademia Gallery”. 2009. Paint exhibition with Romil Kalinov; “Reflex Gallery” – Sofia. 2008. Personal exhibition in “Ikar Gallery” – Sofia. 2007. Personal exhibition in “Ikar Gallery” – Sofia. 2007. Participation in an exhibition at “Cite des’ Art” – Paris. 2006. Collective Ceramic exhibition in Plovdiv – Bulgaria. 2005. Collective Ceramic exhibition in St. Etien, France. 2004. Participates in National Spiridon exhibition. 2003. Participates in National Spiridon exhibition. 1996. Collective exhibition of paintings. |
Education: |
PH.D. (2009 – 2012)
National Art Academy, Sofia, Bulgaria Thesis: “Art ceramic practices between 1900 and 1940. The transformation of the West European and Bulgarian pottery ceramics from a craft into an art”. Defended Magna Cum Laude 15.11.2012 MA (2003 – 2005) National Art Academy; Ceramics. BA (1999 – 2003) National Art Academy “Nikolay Pavlovich”; Ceramics. 1995 – 1996 – Master’s class in painting in “Julius Paskin Academy” with Nikolay Maistoriv, Dolores Dilova, Iva Vladimirova. 1993 – 1995 – Private college “Julius Paskin”; graphics , fashion , painting, restoration and conservation High school “Lyudmil Stoyanov” (graduates in 1992) |
Publications and Talks: |
Videnova, Elena in Vasilchina et Al. (Eds.) “120 years Bulgarian Art. Applied, Ornamental, Monumental”, Sofia, Publishing House of the Union of the Bulgarian Painters, 102 pages.
6.12.2012 – Talk at the scientific conference of the National Academy of Arts 17.11.2011 – Talk at the scientific conference of the National Academy of Arts 18.11.2010 – Talk at the scientific conference of the National Academy of Arts |
Teaching: |
2015 Workshop with disabled children at the House for orphans at Dolna Banya
2015 “Postmodern Ceramics” – lecture before the artistic group “Live Fire” 2013 Lecture at the National High School for Fine Arts Ilija Petrov 2013 Lecture at the National High School for Applied Arts St. Luca 2010 – 2012 5 lectures at the National Academy of Arts 2008 – 2009 Visiting lecturer at the National Academy of Arts |
Awards: |
2006 Special Award of the National Academy of Arts
Three months stay in Cite des’ Art, Paris. 2002 Monetary award of National Academy of Arts for a textbook drawing. |
Additional works: |
Interior electric ceramic lighting on a theme: “The Princess’ towers”.
An individual art project for the Handzhiiski family in Macedonia. 12 illustrations for a collection of poems. 5 company ceramics signs for a private company. 2 logo sings for private companies. |