VS
Born in Rome (IT) 1983.
Lives and works between Rome (Italy) and Sofia (Bulgaria)
for any further information, feel free to contact :
studio : Belka studio for sound and form
ul. "Mitropolit Panaret" 9 , Sofia
Structura Gallery, Sofia
Education
2016 - 2018 Master in sculpture - shape and movement - at National Art Academy of Sofia (BG)
2009- 2013 Diploma with honor (BA) at the National Art Academy of Rome (IT)
2011-2012 Villa Arson, National Art Academy Nice (FR)
2008 Master Mec Arti, Universita' Cattolica Milano (IT)
2007 Master Degree in Law, Universita' degli Studi di Roma TRE
2006-2007 Photography at RUFA, Roma (IT)
PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS / SITE-SPECIFIC WORKS and PERMANENT INSTALLATIONS
2023
Organic Formula, Structura Gallery Sofia Nov-Jun 2024
Post-industrial butchery, Collect Gallery Istanbul
771/2 (collaboration with Iskra Blagoeva) Toplocentrala Топлоцентрала Art Center Sofia
2022
771/2 - Performance with Iskra Blagoeva for SAW - Sofia Art Week 2022
The Divorce Goethe-Institute Sofia - curator Stefka Tsaneva
site-specific installation for Ritual Gatherings Festival - curator Martina Yordanova
2021
Salt free tears, Structura Gallery Sofia - curator Maria Vassileva
Culture of care, site-specific installation, Raiko Alexiev Gallery Sofia
2020
енергeтиkа / energy site-specific video installation, facade of the Ministry of Energy Sofia - SAW 2020
Man, Woman and In-between, Galeriya Vaska Emanuilova- Sofia City Art Gallery, Sofia
2019
Ego-Istoire Italian Culture Institute, Sofia for XV Edition della Giornata del Contemporaneo
Spelonca site-specific video projection, at Structura Gallery's Vetrine curated by Zoia Petrova, for SAW - Sofia Art Week
Site-specific permanent work Acqua Non Potabile, commissioned by the Bulgarian Fund for Women for European Capital of Culture Plovdiv 2019 - curated by The Fridge
2018
The Stone King - first video screening at National Natural Museum of Natural History, Sofia
The path of the oscillating stones, Land Art Work at Rock Formation Lukovit
AFSD - Æther Sofia (BG)
Kамък Texture - Una Vetrina, Operativa Arte Contemporanea Roma
2017
Valentina Sciarra - Serie 0, AROSITA Gallery Sofia - curated by Zoia Petrova
2016
Vita land art installation, Cassano delle Murge (IT)
Homeless artist site-specific installation, Arosita Gallery Sofia,
2014
In Volo Villa Breda, Padova Italia
Crescere, toccare terra per poi rinascere, temporary installation
Piazza del Municipio, Camigliano Italy
2013 Entre terre et ciel, permanent installation entrée Archet Hospital
Nice France - with the support of CHU Nice and MACSF
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022
Self-splaining (a Triumph of Empathy) curated by Institute of Contemporary Art Sofia for Manifesta Biennial 14 Pristina - Kossovo
Re-spirit/ Trans-spirit Collective Exhibition for SAW 2022 - Sofia Art Week at Doza Gallery Sofia
As long you stay by me, Regional Center for Contemporary Arts ‘Toplocentrala’ / White Cube, Sofia (BG) curator Vladiya Mihaylova
Ritual Gatherings Festival - Kamchia Beach (BG) curator Martina Yordanova
2021
»War, bin, werde sein« Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart
Harvest, Arosita Gallery Sofia, curator Vera Mlechevska
Akademie Schloss Solitude Annual Festival 2021
Жътва Arosita Gallery, Vera Mlechevska - curator
Roots, Sofia Arsenal – Museum of Contemporary Art - National Gallery Sofia
Allusion Habitat / The Pric/ze is Right at Vraćar Municipal Gallery Belgrade, curator Voin de Voin, Organised by DOMA Art Fondation Sofia
Poetics of Space, Bankya Art Center, Bankya (BG) curator Genadi Ganev
Border situation: The drawing in contemporary art, Uni Art Gallery, New Bulgarian University, Sofia
2020
Liminoid Encounters, Akademie Solitude Stuttgart - curator Berit Fisher
2019
FINALE Exhibition Gaudenz B. Ruf Award - Structura Gallery Sofia curated by Maria Vassileva
Natural Data, City Art Gallery - Blagoevgrad (BG) curator Martina Stefanova (DOMA Art Foundation)
SAW - Sofia Art Week - site-specific video projection Spelonca, at Structura Gallery's Vetrine curated by Zoia Petrova
Sense of a City - Site-specific permanent work commissioned by the Bulgarian Fund for Women for European Capital of Culture Plovdiv 2019 curated by The Fridge
2018
Self-guide Becoming the Other - 250 pg / .published by Æther Sofia
Water Tower Art Fest Sofia
The 4th International Exhibition on New Media Art, CICA Museum Sud Korea
Project “Visions and Reflections” , Resonance Gallery Plodviv
PAPERCHASE Santo Stefano Gallery, Sofia
2017
Transform, ALFA Gallery, Miami (USA)
From project to object - Bulgarian Culture Institute, Berlin
Kvartal Festival Sofia 2017 (BG) curated by Nadia Timova
Collective exhibition for Bernard Magrez Prize, Bordeaux
From project to object - SCHNHAUSER ALLEE 26 Berlin
2016
3 Cervenata Tocka Gallery - Sofia (BG)
Hard on the Heels of - No.2 Studios, National Academy of Art Sofia
Apulia Land Art Festival, Bari
Vladimir Dimitrov Maestora Museum, Kustendil
Oltre i libri collective exhibition at Biblioteca Angelica Roma
Vitosha at Cervenata Tocka Gallery - Sofia
Selection before :
Exhibition finalists "Giardino di Irene Bin Prize", Sasso di Bordighiera
Exhibition finalists Land art competition, Villa Breda, Padova
ROMAnce 2, Temple University in Roma (IT) Curated by Tiziana Musi
TRACE Site-specific installation Giardino del Museo Civico Sartorio, Trieste
Landscape Festival, Auditorium's garden,Rome
C'est pas grave mais c'est sans ciel , Atelier d'artistes, Nice
DER HIMMEL UBER BERLIN Video and sound installation (with Diana Sirianni)
with the support GAI - MIBAC Ministery of Culture Italy
GRANTS / RESIDENCES / EXTERNAL PROJECTS
2023 (collaboration with) Sebastian Klawiter, Fanti Baum, Valerie Rehle - Stadtlücken Collective - site-specific project at St. Maria Church Stuttgart
2022 Contribution for the publication Solitude Journal 4 »Time After Time«
2022-2021
Come2Art Project (with ActionAid Hellas, Greece; Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece; Culture Action Europe, Belgium
Melting Pro, Italy; Clube Intercultural, Portugal; IoDeposito, Italy; Creativity Platform, Greece)
2021
School of Kindness, by Migrating Voices Amsterdam and Æther Sofia
Mentor RESET 2021 Kyustendil (BG)
2020
Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart Germany - Fellowship East European exchange program
ROMA NUDA, book published by Miniera curated by Giuseppe Armogida e Marco Folco
2019
Gaudenz B. Ruf Award
2018
Gaudenz B. Ruf Award
Water Tower Art Fest Grant
Selected from ALFA Gallery Miami - one year rapresented artist artsy.com
2017
SCULTURA SYMPOSIUM - Lukovik (BG)
Selected from ALFA Gallery Miami - one year rapresented artist artsy.com
Selected for Bernard Magrez Prize, Bordeaux (FR)
2016
Apulian Land Art Festival 2016
Oltre i libri Biblioteca Angelica competition (section photography)
Atelier Astumarka AIR Residency, Astumarka Norway
Workshop LightParasites of the German group RaumZeitPiraten, during the International digital arts festival DA Fest Sofia (BG)
2015
Finalist Roberto Zambelli Prize
2014
Finalist, national competition "Irene Bin Garden"
Finalist Land art international competition "Villa Breda" Padova
Selection by DIVAG Committee - Soprintendenza Speciale per il Patrimonio Storico, Artistico ed Etnoantropologico e per il Polo Museale della Città di Roma
2013
Young Talent, AAF Roma (IT)
Residency at Komplot, centre of contemporary art, Bruxelles
2011-2012
Scholarship exchange student at Villa Arson Fine art Academy of Nice (FR)
2009
Nouveau Commanditaires support (www.nouveauxcommanditaires.eu)
Muvinup grant, sponsored by GAI-Italian Artists association and PARC (Contemporary art departement of Italian Culture Ministry