Samuil Stoyanov
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Samuil Stoyanov was born in 1975 in the city of Dobrich, Bulgaria. 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.

lives and works in Dobrich, Bulgaria

Education:

1989 - 1994 School of Fine Arts, Sculpture, Plovdiv, Bulgaria

1996 - 2001 National Academy of Arts, MA in Ceramics, Sofia, Bulgaria

Professional experiences:

2010 Residence at International Studio and Curatorial Program (ISCP), New York
2011 Participation in Art of Urban Intervention Project

One-person exhibitions:

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

2008

Abortion Kills Children, 7 days action as part of the Democracy Talks - Konsthall C in Sofia, at Meeting Point - project of Sofia Art Gallery hosted by Vaska Emanouilova Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria

2007

Kick the Time, Siemens_artLab, Vienna, Austria; Curator: Maria Vassileva

2005

30 Years Conceptual Painting, Art Gallery, Dobrich, Bulgaria

2004

Mine Field, Irida Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria

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

Selected group exhibitions:

2011

An Elusive Object of Art, part of curated by_vienna 2011: EAST by SOUTH WEST, Dana Charkasi Gallery, Vienna, Austria; Curator: Iara Boubnova
After the Flight, ICA-Sofia Gallery, Bulgaria; Curator: Iara Boubnova

2010

"Qui Vive?" 2nd Moscow International Biennale for Young Art

The Big Wave, 8th Biennial of Contemporary Art "August in Art", Varna, Bulgaria, Curator: Maria Vassileva

Sites of Memory: Architecture and Remembering, Stephan Stoyanov Gallery, New York; Curator: William Stover in collaboration with Stephan Stoyanov

Salon at ISCP, Goran Skofic and Samuil Stoyanov, Brooklyn, New York

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

con.tempo - weekend for contemporary art, Varna, Bulgaria; Curator: Dora Doncheva-Bulart

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

M-Tel Awards for Contemporary Bulgarian Art, Port of Varna, Bulgaria

BAZA Award for Contemporary Art, Sofia Art Gallery, Bulgaria; Curator: Daniela Radeva

ART POSITIVE-2009 "SWEET", The Ancient Bath, Center for Contemporary Art - Plovdiv, Bulgaria

Born Independent, Shipka 6 Art Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria

2008

ZERO GRAVITY The architecture of social space, The Ancient Bath, Center for Contemporary Art - Plovdiv, Bulgaria; Curators: Bettina Steinbruegge and Vessela Nozharova

THE COLLECTION. NEW ACQUISITIONS, Sofia Art Gallery, Bulgaria

Portrait/Self-portrait, Art Gallery, Dobrich, Bulgaria; Curator: Plamena Dimitrova-Racheva

2007

Shortlist-RUF Award, Sofia Art Gallery, Bulgaria

Europe.Art, Sofia Art Gallery, Bulgaria

Small Objekts/ Short Video, Corridor Gallery, Plovdiv, Bulgaria

IN SEARCH OF LOST TIME, Sofia Art Gallery, Bulgaria; curators: Vyara Mlechevska and Svetlana Kuyumjieva

Contemporary Bulgarian Paintings, Plastic/Conceptual, 2000-2005, Portchach Palace, Vienna, Austria

2006

Important message, Sofia Art Gallery, Bulgaria Bulgaria

Visual Immortality, Second International Biennial for Contemporary Art , Shumen, Bulgaria

Divided Nations, Festival of Contemporary Art-Product, Varna, Bulgaria

Urban Legends, Sofia Art Gallery, Bulgaria; Curator: Maria Vassileva

Contemporary Bulgarian Paintings, Plastic/Conceptual, 2000-2005, Warsaw and Wroclaw, Poland; Utrecht, Holland

2005/2006

CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST MARIBOR, PLACES OF TRANSITION, 7th International Triennial Ecology and Art, Art Gallery Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia

2005

Donumenta, Regensburg, Germany, Curator Regina Hellwig-Schmid

2007: WE GET-TO-CEASE TO BE? SIBANK Gallery,Sofia

Closed Spaces Project, Art Gallery, Dobrich, Bulgaria

2004

Donations 2001-2004, Sofia Art Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria

Social / Poetical Reality, Shipka 6 Art Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria

Second Hand, Art Gallery, Dobrich, Bulgaria

2003

The Last East European Show, Belgrade, Serbia

(R)evolution, Irida Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria

10x5x3 Exhibition, Sofia, Bulgaria

Discrimination, Nilon Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey

White, Male, Straight Project, Nish, Serbia

2002

White, Male, Straight Project, Sofia, Bulgaria

The Interior, Shipka 6 Art Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria

2001

Balkan Youth Festival, Litohoro, Pieria, Greece

2000

Second International Student Triennial, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey
Light House and Storm, Bath, UK and Sofia, Bulgaria

Selected awards:

2010 - Bulart gallery annual award

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