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velislava bozhinova

Velislava Bozhinova

Velislava Bozhinova

Born on 29 february 1988, Pleven, Bulgaria

 

Education:

20112014 Master Degree Jewellery Design and Silversmithing

Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Antwerp, Belgium)

2008-2011 Bachelor Degree of Applied Arts- Metal Design

National Academy of Arts (Sofia, Bulgaria)

2008-2011 Specialization: “ Theory and Practice of Art Education”

National Academy of Arts (Sofia, Bulgaria)

2010  Erasmus exchange- Metal Design and Contemporary Jewellery

École supérieure des arts décoratifs (Strasbourg, France)

2002-2007 Secondary Studies: High school for fine arts “Ilia Petrov”

Subject- Sculpture (Sofia, Bulgaria)

 

Solo Exhibitions:

2015

Adaptation- FORMAT Jewellery & Objects ( Sofia, Bulgaria)

 

Group Exhibitions:

2017

Ice Cream Crush – Bulgarian Jewellery Now- Munich Jewellery Week 2017

(Munich, Germany) 

2016

JOYA Barcelona Art Jewellery Fair 2016 (Barcelona, Spain)

Contemporary Ceramic Jewellery- Le Printemps des Potiers, Gallery Ravaisou

(Bandol, France)

The Permanent 2016- Alliages (Lille, France)

2015

15- Testa Gallery (Sofia, Bulgaria)

Enjoia’t 2015- JOYA Barcelona Art Jewellery Fair (Barcelona, Spain)

Autor 13- Contemporary Jewellery Fair 2015 (Buharest, Romania)  

Tweex 3- Vander A Contemporary Art Jewellery (Brussels, Belgium)

Curved spaces- Art Gallery Le Papillon ( Varna, Bulgaria)

2014      

New Traditional Jewellery- Sieraad Art Fair 2014 (Amsterdam, The Nederland)

Autor 12- Contemporary Jewellery Fair 2014 (Buharest, Romania)  

Prijzen Wim Ibens 2014 (Antwerp, Belgium)

Zilvertalenten 2014 (Antwerp, Belgium)

Expo Masters- Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Antwerp, Belgium)

A Touch of Steel- Travelling exhibition (Solingen, Hanau, Brussels, Liege)

Master miniature- Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Antwerp, Belgium)

It’s good to be a Jewel!- Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Antwerp, Belgium)

Marry Ted Noten (Munich, Germany) 

2013    

International Jewellery Art Fair Sieraad (Amsterdam, The Nederland)

The Muses’s Papers- medal sculpture-Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Antwerp)

3BA Jewellery Graduation Exhibition- Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Antwerp)

2012    

International Jewellery Art Fair Sieraad (Amsterdam, The Nederland)

2011    

Bachelor Graduation Exhibition- National Academy of Arts (Sofia, Bulgaria)

2010

Annual Students Exhibition for medallic sculpture- National Gallery (Sofia, Bulgaria)

Fifth Biennial of Small Form-paintings and medallic sculpture ( Pleven, Bulgaria)

2009          

Sixth International Triennial of Stage Poster-medalic sculpture ( Sofia, Bulgaria)

Metal art exhibition- Altera Gallery ( Sofia, Bulgaria)

 

Workshops:

2013    

Merry Ted Noten – Ted Noten

Meet a stranger – Timothy Carson

Gold – Giovanni Corvaja

Medals workshop – Jane McAdam Freud

2012  

Traditional Jewellery Drawing – Lucia Massei

Is it yours or is it mine? – David Bielander and Helen Britton

2011      

Collection of the Present – Tabea Ruelecke

 

Prizes:

2014   

Prize for digital portfolio- Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Antwerp, Belgium)

2009

First prize for sculpture in exhibition-competition The stone speaks (Sofia, Bulgaria)

2007  

First prize for sculpture- National High School of Fine Arts Ilia Petrov (Sofia, Bulgaria)

 

Publications:

2016

JOYA 2016- book

2015

Tweex 3- catalog

2014

Kwintessens- magazine

Prijzen Wim Ibens- catalog

Zilvertalenten 2014-catalog

Autor- magazine

A Touch of Steel- book