Manya Vaptsarova, Professor, PhD
b. 1961, Sofia, Bulgaria
1986 Graphic Arts, National Academy of Art, Sofia, Bulgaria
Professor, Department of Schenography, National Academy of Art, Sofia, Bulgaria
Disciplines: Painting, Graphic Techniques
Doctor of Art History and Fine Arts
1994 Assistant Professor of Art, National Academy of Art, Sofia, Bulgaria
2005 Associated Professor of Art, National Academy of Art, Sofia, Bulgaria
2013 PhD of Visual Arts
2015 Professor of Painting and Graphic Art, National Academy of Art, Sofia, Bulgaria
2013 PhD of Visual Arts
2015 Professor of Painting and Graphic Art, National Academy of Art, Sofia, Bulgaria
2007–2015 Head of Department of Scenography, National Academy of Art, Sofia, Bulgaria
2018 Head of Exhibition Activity - National Academy of Art, Sofia, Bulgaria
Member of the Union of Bulgarian Artists
2020 Editor-in-Chief of ART & CRITIQUE, electronic journal published of the National Academy of Art, Sofia, Bulgaria
Since 1986 – Participations in many regional and international exhibitions, painting and graphic symposia and competitions in Bulgaria, Spain, Hungary, Italy, Germany, Mexico, Russia, Finland, Netherlands, Slovakia, Belgium, Turkey, Great Brittan, Austria, Japan, USA, Yugoslavia.
Participations in International Print Biennials: Varna, Krakow, Sofia, Guanlan, Kanagawa
Participation in scientific conferences with publications.
Compiler of scientific issues of the National Academy of Arts
Award1987 Print Biennial in Varna , Bulgaria
1989 Print Biennial in Lubin, Poland
1989 Award for exhibition “Ecologia-89”, Sofia, Bulgaria
1989 Award for exhibition “Ecologia-89”, Sofia, Bulgaria
2016 Excellence Jury Prize, Enter into Art, Cologne, Germany
2018 Nomination for overall presentation, FORUM SMALL GRAPHIC FORMS 2018
Solo exhibitions
1988 Sofia, Bulgaria
1989 Sofia, Bulgaria
1990 Sozopol, Bulgaria
1992 Sofia, Bulgaria
1994 Krems, Austria
1999 Varna, Bulgaria
2000 Sofia, Bulgaria
2005 Sofia, Bulgaria
2009 Erfurt, Germany
2010 Following the Bird of God (paintings), Festa Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
1989 Sofia, Bulgaria
1990 Sozopol, Bulgaria
1992 Sofia, Bulgaria
1994 Krems, Austria
1999 Varna, Bulgaria
2000 Sofia, Bulgaria
2005 Sofia, Bulgaria
2009 Erfurt, Germany
2010 Following the Bird of God (paintings), Festa Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2010 Exhibition of graphics and drawing - Eisenach, Germany
2011 Sofia, Bulgaria, exhibition installation "Verticals - Shelters of Light" in the gallery "Alma Mater" Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski”
2011 Sofia, Bulgaria, exhibition installation "Verticals - Shelters of Light" in the gallery "Alma Mater" Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski”
2015 Sofia, Bulgaria exhibition "Reflected surface" in the gallery "Alma Mater" Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski”
2015 Sofia, Bulgaria exhibition of paintings "Beyond the Visible" at the Art Alley Gallery
PUBLICATIONS:
The Role of Children's Art for the Development of Abstract Painting "in the collection of reports" The Child of the XXI Century "National Academy of Arts 2009
"Visual possibilities of graphic techniques as a means of enriching the pictorial language in visualizing the scenographic idea" in a collection of reports "Achievements and trends in the development of contemporary design and decorative arts" National Academy of Arts 2010
"Compositional Experiments of Cubism", collection of reports, National Academy of Arts 2011
"Subordination as a conscious purposeful approach in the organization of pictorial composition", collection of reports, National Academy of Arts 2012
"Eclectic Fine Pictorial Means and Visual Quotes" in the collection "Design & Applied Arts" National Academy of Arts 2018
Introductory article in issue 1 of the electronic magazine "ART AND CRITICISM" 2020
Works in art collections
Art galleries and private collections in Bulgaria, Italy, Austria, France, USA, Belgium, Australia, Japan, Yugoslavia, Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Germany, Portugal, Sweden, Slovakia
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