VENTSISLAV ZANKOV
Address 1618 Sofia P.O.BOX 223
Bulgaria
Contact phone/fax: (+359 2) 8 569 682
Mobile +359 (0) 887
51 97 94
vzankov[at]nbu.bg
vzankov[at]yahoo.com
URL http://zankov.net
1988 M.A. in Fine Arts, National Academy of Fine Arts, Sofia, Bulgaria, Department of Sculpture
2005-ongoing 39grama – bi-monthly /newspaper/ http://39grama.info editor in chief
2004 co-founder of E80 Association - Exit Strategies&Projects http://www.e-80.info
2003 Creative director of Webstudio – New Bulgarian University
1997 – present lecturer - New Bulgarian University – Sofia, videoart and performance courses, http://www.nbu.bg/theatre/videoart; http://www.nbu.bg/theatre/the345
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
additional training
1991 course in “Use of Computer and Video Technology in Education,” Sofia University, Bulgaria
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
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
2006 4x4 off-road animals ongoing http://4x4.39grama.info
2005 ongoing 39grama – /newspaper/
2004 ongoing ‘Close-up’ discussion club /every thurasday at 6.30 PM
2004 'GO & SEE' PROJECT the visual, the conceptual, the political - modus operandi http://zetmag.org/na_tjasno/2005/go_see_en.htm
June Poetry Readings IN TRIBUTE TO HRISTO BOTEV http://www.ctrl-z.org/zankov/projects/botev/events_en.html
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 [engl] [bg]
The Balkans belong to us, where do we, http://zetmag.org/balkan_ass/index.htm
2007 ‘lifestyle –sugar free’ [ongoing] contemporary Bulgarian photography - Ljubliana, Slovenia
2006 10 years videoart in Bulgaria idea A. Popnedeleva, curators – ventsislav zankov, adelina popnedeleva, Nadejda Ljahova, Boris Kostadinov
2004-2005 ‘male in transition’ project ‘All about Him?’ in progress
2002-2003 ‘Aggression, Auto-aggression, Accident’ international art&theory project in collaboration with Goethe
institut, Sofia
http://zetmag.org/aggression
2001-2002 White, Male, Straight’ multimedia project - group exhibition, Sofia supported by
Prohelvetia foundation
http://zetmag.org/white
2001 Sence of style Irida gallery Sofia
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 videosculptur, IFA Gallery, Berlin
1992-1995 The Last Supper, 13-channel videoinstallation, Archaeological Museum, 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, Slovenija
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 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
ONE-MAN EXHIBITIONS
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
1999 [error]tica, painting, XXL Gallery, Sofia
A Sense of Style, Irida Gallery, Sofia
1999 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
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS
2007 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 center – Collogne
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
1999 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
Balkan Video federation festival of video art, Belgrade, Yugoslavia http://www.dijafragma.com/nonflash/projects/bvf.htm
Communication front 2000, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
1997 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
Menschenbilder, IFA Gallery, Berlin, Germany
1995 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
1990 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
1996 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
PLAIN-AIRS
1992 International Painting Symposium, Galicnik Art Colony, Macedonia, participation by invitation
1990 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
2005 2-nd of June / reading Botev catalogue
2004 Encultura magazine , issue 2, Toledo, Espania
2002 Den Balkan verstehen Springerin, Hefte fuer Gegenwartskunst, Band VIII, Heft 1/02 , Wien, Seite.14-16
2001 Morning Funeral Agency – project, Lettre Internationale magazine
Metamorphoses of Utopia, a collection of texts and projects from 1991-2001, paperback, illustrated
F in Fire stands for Fear, catalogue, Sofia, 2001
[error]tica catalogue, Sofia, 2001
2000 The silence that invites no interpretation, Manifesta 3 catalogue, Slovenija
The silence that invites no interpretation, CF2000, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
1999 Dear… Album-magazine, Spring 1999, issue 5, year 2, Sarajevo
Because, Lettre internationale magazine, issue 21, 1999, Sofia
FAQ Lettre internationale magazine, issue 21, 1999, Sofia
1997 LIMES AGONIAE, catalogue
1995 Without Innocence, catalogue
press coverage/published materials find
online here>> http://new.heimat.de/home/ventsislav/press/index.html