samuil stoyanov

In 2001 he graduated from the National Art Academy, subject: Ceramics. From 2001 to 2009 he realized eight solo exhibitions and is the winner of seven artist's awards, the last of which is the BAZA Award for 2009. He works in the field of all the existing media, by treating various subjects of the day often with the means of sharp irony.

biography

born 1975 in Dobrich, Bulgaria

1989 - 1994 School of Fine Arts, Sculpture, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
1996 - 2001 National Academy of Arts, MA in Ceramics, Sofia, Bulgaria

residence
2010 - International Studio and Curatorial Program (ISCP), New York

grants
2009 BAZA Award for Contemporary Art – residenci at ISCP, Brouklin, NY and exhibition at ICA Gallery, Sofia
2001 Chosen for execution project for a ceramic wall sculpture in competition entitled European Way of Bulgaria. Co-authorship with Anton Terziev. 
2003 Debutantes in the Field of Contemporary Arts and Culture Project Fund, April session: Reverse/photo-video installation

exhibitions

solo
2010 On the top – exhibition of Samuil Stoyanov and its effect on global warming, ICA Gallery, Sofia 
2009 Company of Captain B.C. (The Night Watch), Bulart Gallery, Varna, Bulgaria
2009 Voyager 3, performance Pupet museum, Varna, Contempo-weekend for contemporary arts,curator Dora Doncheva
2004 Mine Field, Irida Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2004 Reverse/photo-video installation, ATA Center / Institute of Contemporary Art, Sofia, Bulgaria; Curator: Vessela Nozharova
Dec 2003 - Jan 2004 Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, Sofia Art Gallery - Meeting
Point, Sofia, Bulgaria; Curator: Daniela Radeva
2001 The City, 100+ Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria

group
2010 "Qui Vive?" 2nd Moscow International Biennale for Young Art, project: Liberty. Foredoom, Moscow, Russia; Curators: Daria Kamyshnikova and Sergey Erkov 
2010 The Big Wave, 8th Biennial of Contemporary Art "August in Art", Varna, Bulgaria, Curator: Maria Vassileva
2010 Sites of Memory: Architecture and Remembering, Stephan Stoyanov Gallery, New York; Curator: William Stover in collaboration with Stephan Stoyanov 
2010 The Other Eye / Luchezar Boyadjiev: Artist in the Storage, Sofia Art Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2009 Shortlist 2009 - Gaudenz B. Ruf Award, Rayko Aleksiev Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2009 con.tempo 1 - weekend for contemporary art, Varna, Bulgaria; Curator: Dora Doncheva-Bulart
2009 From Ideology to Economy. Contemporary Bulgarian Art 20 years later, The State Central Museum of Contemporary History of Russia, Moscow, Russia; Curators: Iara Boubnova and Maria Vassileva 
2009 M-Tel Awards for Contemporary Bulgarian Art, Port of Varna, Bulgaria
2009 BAZA Award for Contemporary Art, Sofia Art Gallery, Bulgaria; Curator: Daniela Radeva
2009 ART POSITIVE-2009 "SWEET", The Ancient Bath, Center for Contemporary Art - Plovdiv, Bulgaria
2009 Born Independent, Shipka 6 Art Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2008 Democracy Talks - Konsthall C in Sofia, at Meeting Point (project of Sofia Art Gallery hosted by Vaska Emanouilova Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria) Abortion Kills Children, 7 days action
2008 ZERO GRAVITY The architecture of social space, The Ancient Bath, Center for Contemporary Art - Plovdiv, Bulgaria; Curators: Bettina Steinbruegge and Vessela Nozharova 
2008 THE COLLECTION. NEW ACQUISITIONS, Sofia Art Gallery, Bulgaria
2008 Portrait/Self-portrait, Art Gallery, Dobrich, Bulgaria; Curator: Plamena Dimitrova-Racheva
2007 Shortlist-RUF Award, Sofia Art Gallery, Bulgaria
2007 Europe.Art, Sofia Art Gallery, Bulgaria
2007 Small Objekts/ Short Video, Corridor Gallery, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
2007 IN SEARCH OF LOST TIME, Sofia Art Gallery, Bulgaria; curators: Vyara Mlechevska and Svetlana Kuyumjieva
2007 Contemporary Bulgarian Paintings, Plastic/Conceptual, 2000-2005, Portchach Palace, Vienna, Austria 
2006 Important message, Sofia Art Gallery, Bulgaria Bulgaria
2006 Visual Immortality, Second International Biennial for Contemporary Art , Shumen, Bulgaria
2006 Divided Nations, Festival of Contemporary Art-Product, Varna, Bulgaria
2006 Urban Legends, Sofia Art Gallery, Bulgaria; Curator: Maria Vassileva
2006 Contemporary Bulgarian Paintings, Plastic/Conceptual, 2000-2005, Warsaw and Wroclaw, Poland; Utrecht, Holland 
2005/2006 CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST MARIBOR, PLACES OF TRANSITION, 7th International
2005/2006 Triennial Ecology and Art, Art Gallery Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia
2005 Donumenta, Regensburg, Germany, Curator Regina Hellwig-Schmid
2005 Closed Spaces Project, Art Gallery, Dobrich, Bulgaria
2004 Donations 2001-2004, Sofia Art Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2004 Social / Poetical Reality, Shipka 6 Art Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2004 Second Hand, Art Gallery, Dobrich, Bulgaria
2003 The Last East European Show, Belgrade, Serbia
2003 (R)evolution, Irida Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2003 10x5x3 Exhibition, Sofia, Bulgaria
2003 Discrimination, Nilon Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
2003 White, Male, Straight Project, Nish, Serbia
2002 White, Male, Straight Project, Sofia, Bulgaria
2002 The Interior, Shipka 6 Art Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2001 Balkan Youth Festival, Litohoro, Pieria, Greece
2000 Second International Student Triennial, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey
2000 Light House and Storm, Bath, UK and Sofia, Bulgaria

awards
2010 Annual award of Bulart gallery,Varna
2009 BAZA Award for Contemporary Art
2007 First Prize in TOGETHER since 1957 - Competition for art project organized by
Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2005 Art-Highway/ Bulgaria-Europe 2007, Competition for design of postcard, Prize of
Bulart Gallery, Varna, Bulgaria
2004 Second prize in The National Contest For Young Artists and Critics. Competition
organized by the St. Kiril and St. Metody Fondation.
2003 Debutantes in the Field of Contemporary Arts and Culture Project Fund, April session:
Reverse/photo-video installation
2001 Awarded and chosen for execution project for a ceramic wall sculpture in competition
entitled European Way of Bulgaria organized by the Council of Ministers of the Republic of
Bulgaria. Co-authorship with Anton Terziev.
2000 Appointed by the academic jury to represent the Bulgarian National Academy of Arts
at the Second International Student Triennial, Istanbul, Turkey

Illustrations: I Utopia 2, 2010; switched off neon lamps, white PVC foil; 120/35/8 cm II Project for the World Government Building II, 2009; ceramic; 38/18/18 cm.