

Nome: Silvia Valentino
Cognome: Karabashlieva
Data di nascita: 30/01/1970
Distretto: Brooklyn
Città: New York
Sito Web: www.silviavalentino.com
Galleria di riferimento:
SILVIA VALENTINO KARABASHLIEVA
Born 1970, Varna, Bulgaria
www.silviavalentino.com
Education
2009 Masters of Fine Arts, San Diego State University, San Diego, California
1996 Masters of Arts, English Philology, Kostantin Preslavsky University, Shumen, Bulgaria
1994 Masters of Arts, Bulgarian Philology, Kostantin Preslavsky University, Shumen, Bulgaria
Training and Residences
2008 Process-Space Artist Residence and Festival, Balchik, Bulgaria
2003 Emphasis in portraiture and human figure, Watt’s Atelier, Encinitas, California
1999 Nature in Oils, Plein air training, Columbus, Ohio
Scholarships and grants
2007 Windgate Scholarship, San Diego State University, San Diego, California
International Research Scholarship, San Diego State University, San Diego, California
Solo exhibitions
2009 DRIVE, Everett Gee Jackson Gallery, San Diego, California
2008 Quo Vadis, Homo Automobilous?, Balchik City Gallery, Balchik, Bulgaria
2007 Visits, Expressions of Mexico, Chula Vista, California
2006 A Tribute to My Muse, 4 Design Gallery, San Diego, California
Group exhibitions and curatorial projects
2009 On-a-Roll, Shipka 6 Gallery, International Triennial Inauguration, Sofia, Bulgaria, Curators: Silvia Valentino Karabashlieva and Penka Mincheva
2009 Social Climbing: Part One, Seminal Projects Gallery, San Diego, California, Curator: Luis De Jesus
4th M-tel Contemporary Bulgarian Art Award Exhibition, Varna, Bulgaria, Curator: Irina Batkova
11th Student Award Exhibition, San Diego State University Gallery, San Diego, California
2008 17th Annual Juried Exhibition at the Athenaeum, La Jolla, California, Jurors: Robin Clark, PhD, Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego and Deborah Klochko, Executive Director, Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, California
17th Process-Space Art Festival, Balchik, Bulgaria
Exhibition of the participants in the 17th Process-Space Festival, City Art Gallery, Rousse, Bulgaria
7th Annual Juried Art Exhibition and Auction, Everett Gee Jackson Gallery, San Diego, California
2007 16th Annual Juried Exhibition at the Athenaeum, La Jolla, California, Juror: Arthur Ollman, former Director of MPA, San Diego, Director of School of Art and Design, SDSU
MFA Graduate Review Exhibition: Better Than the Getty, Everett Gee Jackson Gallery, San Diego, California
6th Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition and Auction, Everett Gee Jackson Gallery, San Diego, California
Untitled, Four Walls Gallery, San Diego, California
2006 MFA Graduate Review Exhibition, Flor y Canto Gallery, San Diego, California
15th Annual Juried Exhibition at the Athenaeum, La Jolla, California, Jurors: Stephanie Hanor, Curator of the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, California and Roman de Salvo, artist
Adorn Art and Design Gallery, San Diego, California
2003 St. Cyril and Methodius Foundation National Competition,
Shipka 6 Art Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
1999 Columbus Community Festival, Columbus, Ohio
Hallways, Clintonville Academy, Columbus, Ohio
1998 J.A.Z.Z., Stauff’s Exhibition Space, pencil, ink, and music show, Columbus, Ohio
1996 Transitions: The New Face of Bulgaria, Herson Cinema Hall, Shumen, Bulgaria
1994 Symbol and Form, Shumen University Art Gallery, Shumen, Bulgaria
1992 Color, Shumen University Art Gallery, photography exhibition, Shumen, Bulgaria
1990 Small Genres: Haiku, The Art Café, Shumen, Bulgaria
Art and Poetry, Shumen University Art Gallery, Shumen, Bulgaria
Publications and catalogues
2009 Awards for Contemporary Bulgarian Art 2008 http://www.mtelart.com/dl/nagradi_2008.pdf
MFA Now Catalogue NY-LA-BEIJING, The Next Generation of Painting
2007 Nostalgia: a visual and verbal relic, The Pacific Review: A West Coast
Arts Review Annual, San Diego University Press