Opening of a painting exhibition – “Touching Colours” by Stanislava Stoyanova

01.11.2017; 19:00; “Sofia” Gallery

Opening of a painting exhibition – “Touching Colours” by Stanislava Stoyanova and discussion with the author over a glass of wine

Curator of the exhibition: Diana Draganova – Stier

Special guest: Stanislava Stoyanova

STANISLAVA STOYANOVA /born January 30, 1971 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Stanislava Stoyanova graduated from the National Academy of Art, Sofia in 1998. She has participated in a number of collective and individual projects elated to contemporary visual art. Her artistic path started with а series of exhibitions in Italy – at Mentana Art Gallery, the Museum of Poetry, Florence, as well as numerous participations in Bulgaria- at galleries Triadiss, Arosita, Yuzina, Monev and [a] Cube Contemporary, all located in Sofia. Her more significant exhibitions were held at the Contemporary Art Fair in Hangzhou,China (2014) and at Contemporary Istanbul, Turkey (2014), presented by Yuzina Gallery, Sofia. In 2015 she took part in the Imago Mundi project of the Benetton Foundation, as an accompanying exhibition to the Venice Biennale (Venice, Italy). She was an Assistant Professor in Painting at the National Academy of Art in Sofia from 2007 to 2013, a teacher at children’s art academy Yuzina (2011-2013), an Art Consultant at private galleries Yuzina (2011 – 2014) and Monev (2014 – 2015). Stanislava Stoyanova was also an Administrative Director of the Contemporary Art Foundation (2014-2015). In 2016 she opened BLUESS art studio – platform for both children and adults.

 

“Touching Colours”

Exquisite colouring, freedom and expressiveness of rendition, chromatic harmony—these are the prime movers in the painting of Stanislava Stoyanova.

The exhibition, “Touching Colours”, transports us to a new world in which the beauty and fine sensitivity of the artist are partnered with the power and breadth of the brush.

Created with much emotion and creative intensity, her paintings are characterised by a strong artist’s vision, power of suggestion, spontaneity and balance in building the composition.

“Touching Colours” unites a series of abstract canvases saturated with an abundance of movement, light and dynamism.

Pictorially developed through graded applications of paint, tones, and the superimposing of forms and details, they are entirely subordinate to the idea of the multilayer transition through the complex spectrum of emotions and experiences.

At the same time, the main focus in Stanislava Stoyanova’s paintings is on colour. Dominating and imposing in places, tense and calming, suffused with much passion, it contributes to the overall impact of the artwork.

The artist’s canvases provoke with both the structure of the colour and the essence of the image. Her works are an expression of emotion and amplitude, of non-verbal, unspoken thoughts and moods, and, as she herself says, ‘I trust myself to the moment and the feeling to lead me.’

Art is beauty, individuality, style and energy.

Delicate and exquisite, the art of Stanislava Stoyanova is an inwardly experienced spiritual reality, a true ‘touch in colour’.

Diana Draganova – Stier

Curator

National Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2017 SAVE ME, [ a ] cube contemporary gallery, Sofia, curator Enil Entcev
2017 Conversation With Angels / Ellinor’s house gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2015 Painting / Monev Gallery, Sofia,Bulgaria
2011 Fantastic walk / Tandra Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2011 La Dolce Vita / Arosita Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2011 La Dolce Vita / Gallery 8, Varna, Bulgaria
2007 Eclecticism in images / City Art Gallery Boris Georgiev, Varna, Bulgaria
2005 Eclecticism in images / Lik Gallery, Sofia,Bulgaria
2004 Between Utopia / Art House Triadiss, Sofia,Bulgaria
2002 Metamorfosi e immagini / Museum of poetry, Arezzo, Italy, curator Perla Cacciaguerra
2001 Kadinovi Brothers Gallery / Sofia,Bulgaria
2000 Janet Gallery / Plovdiv,Bulgaria
1999 Palazzo commune Gallery,Arezzo, Italy
1998 Individuazioni / Mentana Gallery ,Florence, Italy, curator Nicola Nuti

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2017 Days of Bulgarian Culture in Israel, curator Ph.D. Rayna Damiani
2016 One year / Annual Exhibition / [ a ] cube contemporary gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2016 For Fans / Arosita Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2016 Annual Exhibition / 30/30 format / Astri Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2016 First Bulgarian Abstract Competition 42 abstract / [ a ] cube contemporary gallery,Sofia, Bulgaria
2015 “2” / [ a ] cube contemporary gallery,Sofia, Bulgaria
2015 For Fans / Arosita Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2015 Annual Exhibition / 30/30 format / Astri Gallery,Sofia, Bulgaria
2015 Participation in the project IMAGO MUNDI of Luciano Benetton Foundation Collection / exhibition
in the Giorgio Cini Foundation ,accompanying exhibition at the Venice Biennale 2015,
curated by Claudio Scorretti and Irina Ungureanu,Venice, Italy
2015 The faces of the landscape / Arosita Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2014 Contemporary Istanbul, 2014 Turkey / represented by Yuzina Gallery
2014 Art Fair, Huandzhou, China / represented by Yuzina Gallery
2014 Only for fans / Arosita Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2013 Project BREAKTROUGH / opening of Yuzina Art Center, atrium of Serdica Offices,Sofia,Bulgaria
2012 Breaking the masks, a joint project with Deyan Valkov, Niki Sotirov and Arabesque ballet
in support of Unicef, Bulgaria / Yuzina Gallery,Sofia,Bulgaria
2012 Paintings, Gallery artists ,Yuzina Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2008 Learning to Fly / Arosita Gallery,Sofia, Bulgaria
2007 20 years Gallery 8, Varna,Bulgaria
2006 Paintings, Art house Triadiss, Sofia,Bulgaria
2006 Art-center Altera ,Sofia,Bulgaria
2006 Ci Bank Gallery, Sofia,Bulgaria
2005 Venetian Mosaic / Bulart Gallery, Varna, Bulgaria
2004 Sacral / Murgash Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2002 Krida Art Gallery, Sofia,Bulgaria
2000 Irida Gallery, Sofia,Bulgaria
2000 ArteMisia- Le femmine nel ‘arte, Arezzo, Italy
2000 Iconographic route / Mentana Gallery , Florence, Italy, Curator Nicola Nuti
1999 Vitosha Gallery ,Sofia, Bulgaria