selected projects:
The Perspirationalists
Drama Class
Changes
Death at the Dinner Table
Gaslight, Gatekeep, Girlboss
A Place To Rest
Cool S
selected drawings
selected ceramics
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portfolio
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The main themes that shape Tsvetomira Borisova’s artistic practice are the individual’s connection with their environment and its deviations—through feelings of alienation, escapism, but also intimacy as a starting point for these phenomena. In her work, Tsvetomira addresses universal psychological processes that are often “unpopular” in the contemporary culture of hyperproductivity—such as the exhibition “Changes,” which deals with the decision to quit. Her work also comments on phenomena from popular culture and intertwines them with historical and mythological narratives, analyzing and speculatively reconstructing them in relation to present-day reality. Examples include the exhibitions “Gaslight, Gatekeep, Girlboss,” where the artist recreates the attributes of the successful woman, such as a leash on the three-headed dog Cerberus, and “Death at the Dinner Table: An Exploration of the Case of Johann Schobert and the Poisonous Mushrooms,” which examines the poisoning of the 18th-century French composer with poisonous mushrooms from the perspective of contemporary sciences. The artist uses recognizable images of the present in constructing her narratives, weaving into her work figures such as the Kennedy family, characters from the Bulgarian TV series “Dunav Bridge”, Dasha Nekrasova, Bella Hadid, Grimes, and others (text credit: Boyana Dzhikova).
In 2022, she was the resident artist at Sarieva Art Atelier, which concluded with her first solo show – “Cool S“ (2022). Some of her other solo shows are: “A Place to Rest“ (2022) at Dupka Contemporary – Plovdiv; “Death at the Dinner Table: An Exploration of the Case of Johann Schobert and the Poisonous Mushrooms” (2023) at ГАРА – Sofia; “Changes” (2023), curator Boyana Dzhikova at Charta, Sofia. Among her group shows are the editions of Sofia Art Week, “Market of Desire” (2021), an independent project of Boyana Dzhikova and Aaron Roth, “View With a Room” (2023), a pop-up of POSTA at Rosa Luxembourg str., Berlin.
Tsvetomira Borisova is the recipient of the 2024 BAZA Award for young contemporary artists in Bulgaria.
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Education
2016 BA in Ceramics - New Bulgarian University
Awards
2024 BAZA award
Solo
2023 Changes - Charta Gallery, Sofia; curated by Boyana Dzhikova
2023 Death at the Dinner Table: An Exploration of the Case of Johann Schobert and the Poisonous Mushrooms - ГАРА, Sofia
2022 A Place to Rest - DUPKA, Plovdiv
2022 Gaslight Gatekeep Girlboss - Punta, Sofia; curated by Boyana Dzhikova
2022 Cool S - Sarieva Gallery, Plovdiv; curated by Vesselina Sarieva
Group
2024 Music To The Eyes - Sarieva Gallery, Plovdiv; curated by Vesselina Sarieva
2024 Market Of Desire: Women’s Market - Punta, Sofia; curated by Boyana Dzhikova and Aaron Roth
2024 Exhibition of the nominated artists for the BAZA 2024 Award for Contemporary Art - Sofia City Art Gallery, curated by: Marina Slavova
2024 DRAMA CLASS with Valko Chobanov, Marina Genova - Charta, Sofia
2023 Dom Mechta - Ko-Op, Sofia; curated by: Vera Mlechevska, Boyana Gyaurova, Adriana Andreeva
2023 View With A Room - at Rosa Luxembourg, Berlin; curated by Vikenti Komitski and Boyana Dzhikova
2023 Onomatopoeia 13 - Offspace near Malevo, Plovdiv; curated by Valko Chobanov and Ivan Chobanov
2023 Urban Mythologies - City Gallery Plovdiv; curated by Art Today Association
2023 Ruins of Paradise - part of Buna, Varna, and curated by Mitch Brezounek and Martina Vacheva
2023 Bistro Maistora - part of Buna, Varna, and curated by Vessela Nozharova and Vera Mlechevska
2023 Yes, I Enjoy Chess - Lehaim, Sofia; curated by Lexi Fleur
2023 Sofia Underground, as part of the visual arts exhibition curated by Hristo Kaloyanov
2022 Re-Spirit, Trans Spirit - Re-bonkers, Varna
2022 MY HEAD IS A PHOTODUMP - Ko-Op, Sofia; curated by Vasil Vladimirov and Teodor Genov
2021 New Creative Academy - DOZA, Sofia
2021 School of Kindness - Æther, Sofia
2021 Future Oracles (Sofia Art Week 2021) - Ohliov, Sofia
2021 Market of Desire; curated by Boyana Dzhikova and Aaron Roth
2021 A B C Affair - Æther, Sofia
2020 Wild Wild Æest - Æther Hague
2020 Panacea - Castle Edition - edition with works collected and printed by Victoria Kieffer as part of Voin de Voin’s residency at Akademie Schloss Solitude
2020 Sofia Art Week SWAN SONG 2020; curated by Voin de Voin
2019 Period - ICA Sofia; curated by Ivan Moudov
2019 CLASSROOM - studio exhibition with Evgeny Batoev, Sofia
2018 LOVECRAFTING 3 with Evgeny Batoev - Æther, Sofia
Curatorial Practice
2023 - Soft Wrap - Roksana Markova at DUPKA, Plovdiv
2022 - Are we friends yet - Marina Genova at DUPKA, Plovdiv