Approved: 17.08.2016

Yana Dimitrova

Artist, Lecturer / academic

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Approved: 17.08.2016

With the use of painting, installation and emboriderry, I aim to address concepts of space, cinsisting of obvious symbols, outlining deliberate  tension between the viewer, the process and the image. While exploring specific systems, contexts, or environemnts, my work almsot always questions the proposed values of everyday, as socially instrumental to our shared realm. 

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  • Location: Brooklyn, North America

Artist Statement

With the use of painting, installation and emboriderry, I aim to address concepts of space, cinsisting of obvious symbols, outlining deliberate  tension between the viewer, the process and the image. While exploring specific systems, contexts, or environemnts, my work almsot always questions the proposed values of everyday, as socially instrumental to our shared realm. 

My most recent projects are based on various forms of research and actions: analysing public space, navigating digital mapping tools, conducting questionnaires. I use these techniques to identify how craft, materiality, labour and the formal priorities of images can serve as a tool for the production of common space.

CV & Education

born 1983, Yambol, Bulgaria

2009    MFA - Painting, Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta, GA

2006    BFA - Painting, Printmaking, Savannah College of Art and Design,

Savannah/Atlanta, GA

Selected Solo Exhibitions:

2014    I share you share- still too expensive. Walke. Brussels, Belgium

2013    Future People, CEC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

            How did modernism kill itself?, Open Atelier ZO, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2011    Tomorrow and Tomorrow. Miyako Yoshinaga Art Prospects Gallery, New York, NY

            HALFAWAKE, Kibbee Gallery, Atlanta, GA

2010    …And the Pursuit of Happiness, Consulate in General, Republic of Bulgaria, New York, NY

2009    Please, Remain Seated. Miyako Yoshinaga Art Prospects Gallery, New York, NY

We Collected Stories, Kibbee Gallery, Atlanta GA

2008    [inertia], Art House Gallery, Atlanta, GA

Silent Documents, Studio reception, Elizabeth’s Foundation for The Arts, New

York, NY

2006    Bystanders, Trois Gallery, Atlanta, GA

Selected Group Exhibitions:

2016    Threaded Archetypes, NARS Foundation, Brooklyn, NY

2015    What do you see?, Sofia City Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria

IL- LEGAL Souvenirs, Field Projects, New York, NY

2012    Common Frequencies, Radiator Gallery, LIC, NY

An Inquest of Miraculous Today, Credo Bonum Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria

            Deconstructing the Habit, Spattered Columns, New York, NY

2011    Home: Discovering Absence. Yana Dimitrova and Sasha Rudensky, Brooklyn House of Kulture, Brooklyn Public Library, Coney Island, NY

Yana Dimitrova & Angela Washko - Cheap Paradise of Familiar Tasks and Places, FLUX Factory, Long Island City, NY

LUMEN festival, outdoor light project, Staten Island, NY

            The American Dream, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL

            Border Situation 2, Bulgarian Cultural Institute, Prague, Czech Republic

2010    Nord Art 2010, Kunst in Der Carlshutte, Büdelsdorf, Germany

2010    Border Situation - Contemporary Drawing, Institute for Culture, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Republic of Bulgaria, Sofia, Bulgaria

2010    13th International Group Show, Women Made Gallery, Chicago, IL

2009    The Way We Are, North by North Western, Wigan, United Kingdom

2008    @Large, The Factory, Atlanta, GA

Sweet Fried, Defoor Center, Atlanta, GA

2007    Room x Room - Exploring Domesticity, Atlanta, GA

          I/We Case Studies, The Defoor Center, Atlanta, GA

Together At Last, The Red Gallery, Savannah, GA

Fresh Blood, Mason Murer Gallery, Atlanta, GA

Art On Paper, Circle Gallery, Annapolis, MD

Works On Paper, Muse Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2006    TransATLantic 2006: Atlanta to Berlin, Gallery Twenty-Four, Berlin, Germany

4 x 4, Gallery 253, Atlanta, GA

2005    Meet the Press, Desotoro Gallery, Savannah, GA

2004    Natural Selection(s), Alexander Annex, Savannah, GA

Bridges, Alexander Hall Gallery, Savannah, GA

2001    Future, Graduate Exhibition, Sofia, Bulgaria

2000    Public Places, Private Spaces, Bath College of Arts, Bath, UK

 

Selected Reviews and Publications:

2014    To New York and Back, interview with L. Popgancheva, V. Capital. Issued on February 14th, 2014

            Interview with Jasmina Tatcheva, Public Republic available at http://www.public-republic.net/artist-of-the-week-yana-dimitrova.php/

2013    Back to the Future in Amsterdam's Bijlmer Estate, “Failed Architecture”, Tim Verlaan, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. available at: http://failedarchitecture.com/2013/01/back-to-the-future-in-amsterdams-bijlmer-estate/

2012    What happened to the miraculous today…Kultura, Issue #36, Sofia, Bulgaria

2011    Featured Artist New American Paintings, North East edition, Issue # 92

2009    On Cross Cultural Comprehension, “Counterforce”, Jerry Cullum, available at

            counterforces.blogspot.com/2009

2008    Silent Documents, “Nedelnik”- Bulgarians in the U.S, Svetlin Karpachev, New York,  NY

2006    Tips and Picks, NY Arts Magazine, May edition 2006

 

Fellowships and awards:

2015    Fellowship, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council- LMCC -SPARC residency program.

2014    Research Residency, KU Leuven- Parsons the New School for Design, Brussels Belgium

2013    Residency Unlimited, Artist in Residence, New York, NY

            Open Atelier Zuidoost Artist In Residence, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2010    Chashama - Visual Arts, Studio Program, Brooklyn, NY

            Artist Fellowship, Contemporary Artists Center- Woodside, Troy, NY

            Variable Dimensions Project, International Painting Camp Tescani, National Museum- George Enescu, Bucharest, Romania

2009    Artist Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT

            Outstanding Academic Achievement Award, Savannah College of Art and

Design, Atlanta, GA

2008    NYC Studio Space Award- Elizabeth’s Foundation for the Arts, NYC,

Savannah College of Art and Design

2006    Outstanding Academic Achievement Award - Painting, Savannah College of Art and

Design, Savannah/Atlanta, GA

2004    Josh Yu Painting Scholarship, Savannah College of Art and Design

2001    Francis Larkin McCommon Portfolio Award, Savannah College of Art and

Design, Savannah, GA

 

Related Lectures:

2009    New Power- Contemporary Art from East Europe, Miyako Yoshinaga Art Prospects Gallery, New York

2009    Artist Talk and Presentation, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY

2009    Artist Talk and Presentation, Atlanta Art Institute, Atlanta, GA

2006    Psychology of Color, Artist talk and presentation, Savannah College of Art and

Design, Atlanta, GA

Related Work History:

2013    Lecturer (current), Parsons The New School for Design; Eugene Lang the New School for Liberal Arts, The New School fo r Public Engagement, New York, NY

2009    Teaching Artist, Groundswell Community Mural Project, Brooklyn, NY

2008    International Studio and Curatorial Program (ISCP) assistant;

2006-2009 Instructor - Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta,GA