VENTSISLAV ZANKOV

 

Address           P.O.BOX 223

1618 Sofia
Bulgaria

 

Contact            Mobile : +359 (0) 887 51 97 94
mail : vzankov[at]nbu.bg
vzankov[at]yahoo.com

 

URL                  http://zankov.info

 

 

 

 

CURRICULUM VITAE

 

EDUCATION

 

2016                 Certified Master Film and Television Arts, New Bulgarian University

2014                 psychodrama-assistant (consultant) training programme in psychodrama, sociometry and group therapy, diploma ¹ 222/13.07.2014, PSYCHOTERAPY 2000 FOUNDATION, member of the Federation of European  Psychodrama Training Organizations (FEPTO)

 

2013                 Ph.D in visual arts, New Bulgarian University

 

1988                 M.A. in Fine Arts, National Academy of Fine Arts, Sofia, Bulgaria, Department of Sculpture

 

 

professional experience

 

2017                 Associate Professor, New Bulgarian University, Visual Arts Department

2014                 Chief Assistant - New Bulgarian University

1997 – 2013      lecturer - New Bulgarian University – Sofia,

2010                 adjunct lecturer, National Academy of Fine Arts

                        established annual award IRON MEDAL FOR CONTEPORARY ART

2009                 founder of VENTSISLAV ZANKOV contemporary art foundation

2007-ongoing   Art and Bulgaria [online] - editor in chief

2008                 art section at ontheweb.bg - editor

2005-2008         39grama – bi-monthly /newspaper/ http://39grama.info, editor in chief

2004-2008         runs and moderates “Close-up“ Discussion Club at “Hambara“, Sofia

2004                 co-founder of E80 Association - Exit Strategies&Projects http://www.e-80.info

2003                 Creative director of Webstudio – New Bulgarian University

1999                      establishing [Zet_maG]- e-zine for art and culture in Bulgaria http://zetmag.org

co-founder of Interspace – Media Art Centre, Sofia

establishing [elektrik_bg] mailing list for art, culture, and communication in Bulgaria

 

1992                      president of AAA (Art-in-Action Association)

 

1990-1992        art teacher, High School of Applied Arts, Sofia, Bulgaria

 

 

 

residencies

 

1997                 Cite des Arts Internationale, Paris, France

 

 

 

additional training

 

1991                 course in “Use of Computer and Video Technology in Education,” Sofia University, Bulgaria

 

 

 

Workshops

 

2005                 VocINet workshop: Interactive Storytelling, July 8-10, 2005, ICNM Salzburg

2000                      communication front [crossing points] Plovdiv, Bulgaria
http://www.idea.org.uk/cfront

1997                 Net.shop, Fleshfactor Ars Electronica’97, Linz, Austria

 

 

 

MEMBERSHIPS

 

2009                 VENTSISILAV ZANKOV contemporary art foundation - president

2004                 Board Chair E80 Association - Exit Strategies&Projects
http://www.e-80.info

1997                 resident of Cite des Arts Internationale, Paris, France

 

1990                 elected member of the Union of Bulgarian Artists

 

 

projects

 

2011                 ‘IN*possible ideas for art in public” project, supported by programme “Culture” of Sofia; Central funds for strategic development –NBU, ‘Redhouse’ – centre for culture and debate

2009                 ‘ZERO Gravity’ supported by New Bulgarian University

2004-2008         All About Him project with Goethe-Institut Bulgarien & 39grama

2006-2007         4x4 off-road animals ‘close-up’ thematic discussions http://4x4.39grama.info supported by PROHELVETIA

2005 -2008        39grama newspaper supported by MATRA KAP (SMALL EMBASSY PROJECT) PROGRAMME Netherlands Embassy-Sofia; French cultural institute –Sofia; National fund “Culture’_Bulgaria,

2004-2008         ‘Close-up’ discussion club /every thurasday at 6.30 PM http://zetmag.org/na_tjasno

2004 2005         'GO & SEE' PROJECT the visual, the conceptual, the political - modus operandi ‘close-up” thematic discussions supported by PROHELVETIA

2004                 June Poetry Readings IN TRIBUTE TO HRISTO BOTEV

2001                 White Male Straight project, supported by PROHELVETIA

 

 

curatorial activities

 

2019                       Bodies, international videoart project: created by Magmart.Italy. curator for Bulgaria, screenings – University theatre, NBU

2015                 FOODS VIDEOART PROJECT created by Magmart.Italy, curator for Bulgaria – Plovdiv 2015

2014                 F.I.V.E VIDEOART PROJECT, ABOUT SENSES F.I.V.E. is the new international videoart project created by Magmart.Italy. curator for Bulgaria

2013                 100õ100=900 (100 videoartists to tell the century) curator for Bulgaria 

2007-2008         „All About Him” project Goethe-Institut Bulgarien & 39grama

2007                 ‘Zeitgeist –Face Control’ contemporary Bulgarian photography at the Photonic Moment 2007 Photon Gallery - Ljubliana, Slovenia

2006                 10 years videoart in Bulgaria idea A. Popnedeleva, curators – ventsislav zankov, adelina popnedeleva, Nadejda Ljahova, Boris Kostadinov supported by PROHELVETIA

2004-2005         ‘male in transition’ project ‘All about Him?’

2002-2003         ‘Aggression, Auto-aggression, Accident’ international art&theory project in collaboration with Goethe-Institut Bulgarien
http://zetmag.org/aggression

2001-2002         White, Male, Straight’ multimedia project - group exhibition, Sofia supported by Prohelvetia foundation http://zetmag.org/white

2001                 Sense of style *painting &fashion Irida gallery Sofia

 

 

 

ARTISTIC ACTIVITIES

 

 

FILMOGRAPHY

 

2017                 A Night with Boris Pavlovich Genre: Drama, Thriller, Short film Bulgaria, 2016 Director and writer: Georgi Svetlomirov, Operator: Andrey Asparuhov, C: Ventsislav Zankov, Niki Stoichkov

2016                 „Morning coffee” 2016 short 16’34’’ Director Ventsislav Zankov, producer No Blink! Studio – on 34 Bulgarian feature film festival ‘Golden rose” 2016

2015                 Family Relics Director:Ivan Tscherkelov producer Gala film

2013                 ‘1:1 – Rassim talks’ documentary,director, camera idea Ventsislav Zankov128 min, FullHD -6 June (Thursday) 2013, 7.30 p.m. – world premiere Red hall, The  Red House –Centre for culture and debate

 

 

 

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

 

2022                 Still here: prospective exhibition, sculpture, Credo Bonum Gallery, 01.05-28.05.2022

2021                 V&V epicrises Exhibition of Ventsislav Zankov at Vaska Emanouilova Gallery, Sofia

2020                 In Front of Me, sculpture, painting, neon, the Raiko Aleksiev Gallery, Sofia

2016                 THE LAST BURGHERS OF CALAIS, sculpture ONE gallery Artium – Serdika offices

THE LAST BURGHERS OF CALAIS  sculpture, NBU

2015                      “Visiting the store” - sculpture, showroom ‘Sklada’ 11 Benkovski st. Sofia

2014                 Oh, Happy Days ‘Rayko Aleksiev’ gallery Union of Bulgarian Artists Sofia

2012                 Out of /The/ Time - Inappropriate Sculpture and drawing Vuzrazhdane gallery, Plovdiv

2011                 The Last Boudoir 1991 -20 years later Sculpture, blood and video  ‘Rayko Aleksiev’ gallery Union of Bulgarian Artists Sofia

New Ghostly Painings/ we are now all shadows/ „Rakursi“ Art Gallery, Sofia

Post-romanticism. Reloaded – Berlin, Bulgarian cultural center

2010                 The road left rests behind us, drawing, Art 36 Gallery, Sofia

2009                 ‘ZERO Gravity’ - painting, sculpture Underground Hall – Modern Theatre, Sofia

2005                 “HIM” painting, sculpture, multimedia and [neo]romantism ‘Rayko Aleksiev’ gallery Union of Bulgarian Artists Sofia

2004                 Passion&fear painting, sculpture ‘Krag+’ gallery Sofia

2002                 Gadgets for Playing painting Irida Gallery, Sofia

The White Side of the Darkness sculpture ‘8’gallery, Varna, Bulgaria

2001                      [error]tica, painting, XXL Gallery, Sofia

A Sense of Style, Irida Gallery, Sofia

2000                 Porn? – a way to reach the plain truth, painting, Vision and Sound National Autumnal Exhibitions, Plovdiv, Bulgaria

1999                 Tutti-frutti, or art as desert, paintings, sculptures, and drawings, Micheva’s fashion cafe

1997                      48 hours with Zankov, paintings, Admirer Gallery, Sofia

1995                      Without Innocence, paintings, Mix Gallery, Sofia

1994                 Works on Paper, Wittgenstein House, Vienna, Austria

1992                 Temples, series of sculptures and drawings, Lessedra Gallery, Sofia

1991                      Post-Constructive Intentions, paintings, prints, and sculptures, AAA Gallery, Sofia

1990                      Autumn Salon-Open Air, 10 sculptures in wood, metal and stone. Three metal sculptures permanently installed in the Doctor’s Garden, Sofia

1989                 Works on Paper, Shipka 6 Gallery, Sofia

 

 

 

performances/actions

 

2005                 "7 BRIDES SPITTING" at the opening of the exhibition ‘HIM ‘ Rayko Aleksiev Gallery, Sofia

2004                 2-nd of June / reading Botev, Murgash Gallery, Sofia

‘Symptom’ performance thogether with Adelina Popnedeleva, Irida Gallery, Sofia

2003                 A HOMELESS MAN, I BADLY NEED A MERCEDES BEC action 25-27dec 2003 Vitosha Blvd. Sofia

2002                 Bubble speech at the opening of Gadgets for Playing exhibition Irida Gallery Sofia

1997                 Make War Not Love performance, Kapelica gallery, Ljubliana, Slovenia

1992                     Limits of Agony, Action II, exhibition of blood prints, Shipka 6 Gallery, Sofia

Beefsteak and Fried Potatoes, one-man performance, Shipka 6 Gallery, Sofia

1991                     Limits of Agony - Action I, performance in state owned slaughterhouse, Sofia

Red, series of 4 performances

Red 1, Doctor’s Garden, Sofia

Red 2 and Red 3, Shipka 6 Gallery, Sofia Happy end, exhibition

Am I God, Proshek Brewery, Sofia, one-week happening with the Art in action association

Cream-art, action, Shipka 6 Gallery, Sofia

1ààà, happening with the Art in Action association and 1000 Days newspaper, Sofia

1990                 Island, action with the Art in Action association, Bougras

 

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS

2022                 "Biographical: places of experience, shadows of the past, shadows of the future" - annual joint exhibition of the "Painting" section of UBA, 04.05.28.05.2022

2021                 FORMS OF COMMUNICATION Doza gallery, Sofia

FOR FANS ONLY arosita, depoo.space

ROOTS: 16 Contemporary Sculptors on Galin Malakchiev 22 07–19.09.2021 THE NATIONAL GALLERY Sofia Arsenal – Museum of Contemporary Art

 

2020                 GLASS, GAS AND ELECTRICITY sariev gallery 2.12.2020 – 02.02.2021

PARALLEL Vienna 22.09-27.09.2020 Monev Contemporary

FOR FANS ONLY 17-31 DEC.2020 Arosita Gallery, Sofia

 

2019                 Invisible cities – Samples on Art in Public Space, Plovdiv part of the program of “Plovdiv – European Capital of Culture 2019″

OPEN ART FILES: NOTES AND FOOTNOTES The project is part of the program of “Plovdiv – European Capital of Culture 2019″

Painting Technology in Contemporary Art. City Art Gallery, Blagoevgrad

 

2018                 REALITY DISPUTED Union of Bulgarian Artists CURATORS: STANISLAV PAMUKCHIEV, PETER TSANEV. KIRIL VASILEV 05.12.17 - 12.01.18 | Gallery of UBA "Shipka" 6, Sofia

Youthexhibition Vol. 2, 13.02-03.03.2018, Red point, Sofia

Supermarket Independent Art Fair, 2018 12-15 04, Stockholm - www.supermarketartfair.com

Allianz – group exhibition, Union of Bulgarian artists, Sofia

 

2017                 At the beggining is nature NATIONAL SCULPTURE EXHIBITION 05.10.17 - 28.10.17 | Gallery of UBA "Shipka" 6, Sofia

Common Ground Arosita gallery, Sofia “ 27.04. – 5,05.2017,

 

2016                 «Silent image and Blind text» about the role of text in Bulgarian art after 1856, Sofia City Art Gallery (Municipal Gallery of Sofia)

Image and likeness – Municipal Gallery of Plovdiv, Bulgaria.

Habitat – international photo-exhibition „Synthesis” Gallery, Sofia

2015                 Image and likeness – National Museum of Bulgarian Arts (National Art Gallery)

IMAGO MUNDI  Fondazione Benetton Studi Ricerche-  2015- MAP OF THE NEW ARTFONDAZIONE GIORGIO CINI  SEP 1 - NOV 1 2015 Island of San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice

Art for Change Sofia City Art Gallery

 

2014                 CONTEMPORARY ISTANBUL 13-16 NOVEMBER 2014

What happened - Shipka 6 Gallery, Sofia

"that thing" the fridge by Boriana Ventsislavova

For Fans –Arosita gallery, Sofia

New Shades in Contemporary Art, Blagoevgrad, Sofia

DEL+REW  Goldsmiths College, Postgraduate Art and Curatorial Studios, Laurie Grove Baths, New Cross, SE 14 6 NW, London.
Allianz – group exhibition, Union of Bulgarian artists, Sofia

 

2013                 NetRrjet  Exhibition, Prishtina, Kosovo (December 2013)

 

2012                      Clair, Madam, Solange - stage design 2012-2013

Sporadic Biphocality - A project by Dr. Gatev - Museum for Contemporary Art – SAMCA With the special participation of Prof. Stanislav Pamukchiev, Ventsislav Zankov and Rassim

ArtUp - Media Art in Bulgaria Greece and Turkey a project of Goethe Institut

A POSSIBLE HISTORY.Bulgarian Art Through the Sofia City Art Gallery Collection
The exhibition is dedicated to the 60th anniversary of the foundation of of the Sofia City Art Gallery as an independent institution

Allianz National exhibition Union of Bulgarian artists gallery

THE COLLECTION. NEW ACQUISITIONS 2010-2011 Sofia City Art Gallery 14 June 2012 - 26 August 2012

Sofiaunderground 19.05.2012 Union of Bulgarian artists gallery

Allianz Regional exhibition Union of Bulgarian artists gallery

Sexpression – Winter salon, Museum of Contemporary Art, Skopie, Macedonia

 

2011                 ENERGY 07 December 2011 - 13 January 2012 Yuzina Art gallery, Sofia

Re-production - 09.09. – 02.10.2011, Sofia Arsenal –Museum for Contemporary Art

Tabuscript Robert Bosch Stiftung

Tabuscript Gedok Gallery, Stuttgart, Germany 2011

Tabuscript Karton gallery Budapest, Hungary

“20 years the fridge” - the fridge, Sofia

“SGUARDI SONORI 2011” festival of media and time based art

CLAC - CENTRO LABICANO ARTE CONTEMPORANEA in ROME

“SGUARDI SONORI 2011” festival of media and time based art PALAZZO ORSINI -BOMARZO ( VITERBO) ITALIA DAL 19 FEBBRAIO AL 20 MARZO

National exhibition “Small sculpture and drawing”2011 Union of Bulgarian artists

 

2010                      MADATAC (Muestra Abierta de Arte Audiovisual Contemporáneo) 5.12.2010 Madrid, Spain –official selection

Infinite Spaces Squardi Sonori- 2010-2011 - Festival of media and time based art , Museo della Civilta Romana – Italy(official selection)

National Sculpture Exhibition 2010 Sofia, Bulgaria

Video Art from Bulgaria Screening in 3H+K Gallery, Pori, Finland

Videoarte de la Europa del ex-Este / Ex-East Europe Video Art „Transfera” Madrid, Spain

TabuScript project - Cultural Center „CK" Skopie, Macedonia

The other eye Municipal gallery of Sofia project

Section 13 Union of Bulgarian artists “Industrialna” Gallery 11 Sofia

Third international Bad taste festival „Death in Sofia” - atelier “Plastelin”

 

2009                      Casoria Contemporary Art Museum / Italy  permanent exposition http://www.casoriacontemporaryartmuseum.com/ita/
Sguardi_Sonori/index.html

Water tower – 12.06- 19.06 Teahouse, Sofia

18. dokumentART European Film Festival for Documentaries Neubrandenburg, GERMANY/Szczecin, POLAND

Second international Bad taste festival „WC Vaptzarov” - atelier “Plastelin” - Sofia

Sculpture – national exhibition – Union of Bulgarian Artists Sofia

 

2008                      Current Scene Bulgaria - LUDWIG museum –Koblenz, Germany

Personal Moments, Toshina Art Galerie,
Leipzig, Deutschland/Germany/

VIDEOHOLICA - AUGUST IN ART BIENNIAL - VARNA

‘Pistolet” gallery on SWAB Art Fair, Barcelona

“20 õ 20”- 20 years of ‘8’ GALLERY - painting, sculpture and photography, Varna, Bulgaria

Squardi Sonori 2008 Itally festival of media and time based art

Close distance national exhibition of painting Union of Bulgarian Artists

“RED” The project “Video Salon” (March 07-21, 2008) Galerija10m2; Sarajevo, curator Nadia Timova

Photonic Moments III - Sarajevo Winter Festival - New Temple Gallery

New Collected works in Municipal Gallery –Sofia

 

2007                 Plastic / Conceptual - contemporary Bulgarian art collection - a selection of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Bulgaria, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria, Union of Bulgarian Artists

‘Zeitgeist –Face Control’ contemporary Bulgarian photography at the Photonic Moment 2007 Photon Gallery - Ljubliana, Slovenia

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About "The East" But Were Afraid to Ask Curated by Boryana Rossa Troy University USA

"COINCIDENCE I/2007 European cultural centre – Collogne, Germany

ESKIMO COZMETICS selection of works that treat the striving for
BEAUTY, HYGIENE and YOUTH April 26 - May 11 Pistolet Gallery –Sofia

 

2006                 National exhibition of sculpture 2006 Union of Bulgarian Artists, Sofia

10 years videoart in Bulgaria idea A. Popnedeleva

Eastern Neighbors, Utrecht, Holland

Important Announcement Municipal gallery Sofia

August in Art – festival of visual arts, Varna – 7.08-17.09.2006

Section 13 – Raiko Aleksiev gallery, Union of BG artists

The Body national exhibitionq painting Union of BG artists 6, Shipka st.

”1000 km Sofia - Vienna” Dauhaus independent art space, Sofia

 

2005                 “Actionism in Bulgaria” “Krag+’ Gallery Sofia

THE ART OF THE OVERHEAD Basement, Enghavevej 42, Copenhagen.

Capturing Utopia Fournos, Center for Digital Culture Athens, Greece

‘The Portrait’ painting – national exhibition, Union of Bulgarian artists, 6. Shipka str. Sofia

 

2004                 IDEA-NON-REALIZATION Exhibiton of Art gallery Pozega in the National Museum Kraljevo

BG top 5 – annual exhibition of Irida gallery

Poetic/social painting, Union of Bulgarian artists, 6. Shipka str. Sofia

ArteFiera – art has a point Bolognia, Itally 22 - 26.01.2004 Hall 34, B-21

 

2003                 Idea-non-realization Gradska galerija Pozega , Serbia&Montenegro

Medienturm,    Graz, Austria

3rd international bunkerfilm festival NL

13. internationales bochumer videofestival Germany

EUROSCREEN21 PAN MUSEUM Germany www.euroscreen21.de

EXPROT/IMPORT Municipal Gallery of Sofia

 

2002                       Art Vienna.02

Author/Size Rayko Aleksiev Gallery, Sofia

The Bulgarian Painting after 1989, National Palace of Culture, Sofia

Erotic Photography, National Palace of Culture, Sofia

Come, whoever you are, annual exhibit, Irida gallery, Sofia

 

2001                 Ostensive - contemporary art from Eastern Europe, participation with videoscreening, Leipzig, Germany, http://www.ostensiv.de/filmpro.htm

Archaeology of Desire, Videoarchaeology Festival of Videoart, Sofia, Bulgaria

Body &the East, Exit Art Gallery, New York, USA

 

2000                 Bulgaria-Korea. Joint exhibition of modern painting –Sofia Municipal gallery, Contemporary Art Museum of Hong-ik University, Seul

VA[media.doc]VA, Videoarcheology Festival of Videoart, Sofia

net.congestion, International Festival of Streaming Media, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, http://net.congestion.org

Actors and shadows – ATA Gallery, Sofia

Balkan Video federation festival of video art, Belgrade, Yugoslavia http://www.dijafragma.com/
nonflash/projects/bvf.htm

Communication front 2000, Plovdiv, Bulgaria

 

1998                      Commercial/non-commercial? Irida Gallery, Sofia

The Other Olympia, Irida Gallery, Sofia

 

1998                      Phothone Digital LAB, 150xSimbolo, Bern, Switzerland

e-mages'98 comme_exchange, Vevey, Switzerland

BODY & THE EAST - From the 1960s to the Present, Museum of Modern Art, Ljubliana, Slovenia

 

1997                 Ars Ex Natio, Annual Exhibition of the Soros Center for the Arts, Plovdiv, Bulgaria

EXPLOSIONS Kapelica gallery, Ljubliana, Slovenia

Menschenbilder, IFA Gallery, Berlin, Germany

Contemporary bulgarian art National art gallery selection at National Palace of culture -Sofia

 

1996                      International Triennial of Painting Sofia’96, Shipka 6 Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria

Evidence. The Real Diversity, Annual Exhibition of the Soros Center for the Arts, Municipal Gallery, Sofia

The Visual Image of the 90’s, National Palace of Culture, Sofia

Admirer, inauguration of Admirer Gallery, Sofia

Erotic Salon, Season’s Gallery, Sofia

 

1995                 VideoHart , December, Annual Exhibition of the Soros Center for the Arts, Archaeological Museum, Sofia

 

1994                 N Forms? Reconstructions and Interpretations, Annual Exhibition of the Soros Center for the Arts, Dossev Gallery, Sofia

 

1993                 A Personal View, May, 2nd Anniversary Exhibition of the Lessedra Gallery, Despred Hall, Sofia

 

1991                      Happy-end, Club of the (Eternally) Young Artists, Sofia

Cream- Art, ten art critics’ selection for young artists, Sofia

Light Machines, installation at the Creation happening, Proshek Brewery, Sofia, organised by the AAA

Island, action of the AAA, Burgas, Bulgaria

A stage design for The 199 Theatre, Sofia

1aaa, happening of the AAA, sponsored by 1000 Days newspaper, Sofia

 

1990                 Moderate Avant - Garde within the Framework of Tradition, Club of the (Eternally) Young Artists, Shipka 6 Gallery, Sofia

 

 

 

PRESENTATIONS / SYMPOSIA /CONFERENCES

 

2007                 Marginal Art – presentation National academy of Fine arts, Bulgaria

 

2002                 Digital Weekend international festival for digital art ‘Digital culture [uninstall]’ lecture –National Academy of Fine Arts-Sofia

 

2001                 Understanding the Balkans, International conference, Skopije, Macedonia

 

1999                 Panthograph, Centre for Metamedia, Plazy, The Czech Republic

10 years later, project, Communication Front, Plovdiv

 

1997                 Beauty & the East, Ljubljana, Slovenia

 

1996                 Performance, Ideology and the Future of Utopia Round Table, Second Annual Performance Studies Conference at Northwestern University, Chicago, USA

 

1995                 Artificial Environments as Artifact, International Symposium, Prague, The Czech Republic

 

 

VIDEO PROJECTS

 

2001                 Local Literacy, a series of three videos, as part of Videoarchaeology –3, The Archaeology of Desire, Sofia, Bulgaria

2000                 [error]tica, a series of three videos, Balkan Video federation festival of videoart, Belgrade, Yugoslavia http://www.dijafragma.com/nonflash/projects/bvf.htm

Dumb, a series of three videos

1999                      Homework, a series of five videos

1997                 Homo Sapience – reconstruction, 4 channel videoinstallation IFA Gallery, Berlin

1992-1995         The Last Supper, 13-channel videoinstallation, Archaeological Museum, Sofia

 

 

 

net/media projects

 

2007-ongoing     Art and Bulgaria [online]

ARTCHANNEL.BG video&audio online art-archive

1999- ongoing    [ELEKTRIK_BG] mailing list for art, culture, and communication http://zetmag.org/elektrik_bg

1999 - 2001         [Zet_maG] http://zetmag.org/magazine, online magazine for art, culture, and communications in Bulgaria, [engl] [bg]

1999-2001           [CTRL-Z RADIO] net radio – talks, interviews, reports…archive, http://zetmag.org/radio

[ZTV] - [ctrl-z television] interviews, reports, videoart...[engl] [bg] http://zetmag.org/tv

Close Encounters of the Third Kind, or what will become of Bulgarian culture [bg] interviews
http://www.ctrl-z.org/magazine/2001/projects/third_kind/index.html

2000                   Morning Funeral Agency [engl] [bg]
http://zetmag.org/morning

AUDIO_SOFIA [bg]
http://zetmag.org/sofia_map/index.html

The Art of Driving a LADA – or what’s up with Bulgarian culture /questionnaire/ [bg]

BALKAN_ ASS” (art streaming server) [engl] [bg] The Balkans belong to us, where do we

 

 

PLAIN-AIRS

 

 

1990                      International Painting Symposium, Galicnik Art Colony, Macedonia, participation by invitation

1991                      International Symposium for Wood Sculpture, Yasna Polyana, Bulgaria, participation by jury selection

1989                 International Symposium for Wood Sculpture, Yasna Polyana, Bulgaria, participation by jury selection

 

 

 

PUBLICATIONS

 

2021                 Ventsislav Zankov; In Front of Me,  exhibition catalogue ISBN 978-619-90518-3-2

2018                 Ventsislav Zankov; THE ENDS OF TIME  An attempt at self-reflexive archeology of the creative process  ISBN 978-619-90518-2-5

2017                 Ventsislav Zankov; THE LAST BURGHERS OF CALAIS” exhibition catalogue, ISBN 978-619-90518-1-8

Amy Bryzgel; Performance Art in Eastern Europe since 1960 ISBN: 978-1-7849-9422-8

2015                 Ventsislav Zankov; “Oh, happy days” exhibition catalogue ISBN 978-619-90518-0-1

2013                 Ventsislav Zankov; „THE LAST BOUDOIR” exhibition catalogue  ISBN 978-954-535-801-2 with the support fo  Gaudenz Ruf award and New Bulgarian University

2012                 Ventsislav Zankov; “Carne tremula” NBU “Sledva”magazine issue 27|2012 p20-33

Ventsislav Zankov; IN-possible ideas for art in public - catalogue, NBU ISBN 978-954-535-801-2

2011                 Ventsislav Zankov; The Last David - Yuzina Gallery exhibition catalogue

2009                 Ventsislav Zankov; Zero Gravity - catalogue 2009 NBU

2005                 2-nd of June / reading Botev project catalogue

2004                 Encultura magazine , issue 2, Toledo, Espania

2002                 Ventsislav Zankov; Den Balkan verstehen Springerin, Hefte fuer Gegenwartskunst, Band VIII, Heft 1/02 , Wien, Seite.14-16

2001                 Ventsislav Zankov; Morning Funeral Agency – project, Lettre Internationale magazine

Ventsislav Zankov; Metamorphoses of Utopia, a collection of texts and projects from 1991-2001, paperback, illustrated

Ventsislav Zankov; F in Fire stands for Fear, catalogue, Sofia, 2001

[error]tica catalogue, Sofia, 2001

2000                 Ventsislav Zankov; The silence that invites no interpretation, Manifesta 3 catalogue, Slovenia

Ventsislav Zankov; The silence that invites no interpretation, CF2000, Plovdiv, Bulgaria

1999                 Ventsislav Zankov; Dear… Album-magazine, Spring 1999, issue 5, year 2, Sarajevo

Ventsislav Zankov; Because, Lettre internationale magazine, issue 21, 1999, Sofia

Ventsislav Zankov; FAQ Lettre internationale magazine, issue 21, 1999, Sofia

1998                 Body and the East From the 1960s to the Present exhibition catalogue

Publisher Moderna galerija (Museum of Contemporary Art), Ljubljana

1997                      LIMES AGONIAE, catalogue

1995                 Ventsislav Zankov; Without Innocence, exhibition catalogue

 

press coverage/published

materials find online here>>

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