KRASSIMIR TERZIEV

KRASSIMIR TERZIEV was born in Dobritch (1969). He completed his doctoral thesis in Cultural Anthropology at Sofia University in 2012, and graduated painting at the National Art Academy in Sofia in 1997. His solo shows include: Between the Past that is About to Happen and the Future that has Already Been, the National Gallery, Sofia / Dobritch Art Gallery (2015); Cosmopolis, ICA-Sofia, Sofia (2013); Background Action, Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Sofia City Art Gallery (2008/2007). Selection of his international exhibitions: Grammar of Freedom / Five Lessons. Works from the Arteast 2000+ Collection, Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow; Art for Change 1985-2015, Sofia Art Gallery, Sofia; Disconsent, Center for Contemporary Art The Ancient Bath, Plovdiv (2014); Rencontres Internationales, Cineteca of Madrid; Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin; Extras & Actors, Argos vzw Centre for Art and Media, Brussels (2009); The Projection Project, MuHKA, Antwerp; Mucsarnok/Kunsthalle Budapest (2006); Cinema like never before, Generali Foundation, Vienna, Akademie der Kunste, Berlin (2006-07); New Video, New Europe, TATE Modern, London, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Renaissance Society, Chicago, The Kitchen, NY (2003-05). In 2012 Krassimir was awarded Special Prize for Contemporary Art Unlimited (with Daniela Kostova) and in 2007 the Gaudenz B. Ruf award for new Bulgarian art. Courtesy of SARIEV Contemporary, Plovdiv.