Slav Nedev

1967 Born in Sofia, Bulgaria. Works and lives in Sofia.

The most essential thing about a visual work of art is actually invisible.

High school

Awards and Scholarships

2019 Second Prize and Realization. Competition for a Work in Public Space for Rosarium Park, Kazanlak, Bulgaria
2017 First Prize. Competition for a Work in Public Space for Rosarium Park, Kazanlak, Bulgaria
2016 Grant (as a curator) for Organizing a Group Exhibition, Gaudenz B. Ruf Award for New Bulgarian Art
2012 Certificate of Honor, Nepal Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA), Kathmandu, Nepal
2011 Residency at Oberpfälzer Künstlerhaus, Schwandorf, Bavaria, Germany
2009 Residency at Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France


Works in Publics Space

2019 The Evergreen Twig (sculpture), Rosarium Park, Kazanlak, Bulgaria
2018 Rose Flower (sculpture), Rosarium Park, Kazanlak, Bulgaria


Curatorial Projects

2019 C (Carbon), The Red Dot Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2016 τόπος - topographies - ...topias, Rayko Alexiev Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria

Selected Solo Shows

2018 Objects, Arosita Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2016 Water Prints, Artur Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2015 Biotope 17, Arosita Gallery (Stick Space), Sofia
2010 Biotope, Sofia Press Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2008 Images from Nowhere, Agrion Gallery, Sofia
2006 Remains, Credo Bonum Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2005 Elements, Rakursi Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2003 Creation, Kozhuharovi Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
Between Two Dreams, Triadiss Gallery, Sofia
1999 Works on Paper, Dritta Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
1996 Remains, Ata-ray Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
1995 Selected Works, Vitosha Gallery, Sofia.


Selected Group Shows

2019 Thank You Mr. Ruf, Credo Bonum Gallery, Sofia,
Bulgaria
C (Carbon), Red Dot Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
While Walking about the City, Red Dot Gallery,
Sofia, Bulgaria
2018 The Gift, ICA Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
Ilindentsi. An Art Zone, Sofia City Art Gallery,
Sofia, Bulgaria
2017 7th Beijing Art Biennale, Beijing, China
Bistrichki, Valchev, Nedev, Stubel Gallery, Sofia
2016 τόπος - topographies - ...topias, Rayko Alexiev
Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2015 Map of the New Art, Palazzo Cini, Venice, Italy;
2014 Snap to Grid, LACDA, Los Angeles, USA;
What Happened?, Shipka 6 Gallery of UBA,
Sofia, Bulgaria;
To Be Continued… (Gaudenz B. Ruf
Collection), Sofia City Art Gallery, Sofia;
The Untold Abstraction, Shipka 6 Gallery of
UBA, Sofia, Bulgaria;
2013 Open Monument, Berlin, Germany;
2012 Earth | Body | Mind, Kathmandu International
Art Festival 2012, Kathmandu, Nepal;
Chances, Choices, Changes, National Palace
of Culture, Sofia, Bulgaria;
Communications, VIVACOM Art Hall, Sofia;
Magnet & Antimagnet, ICA Gallery, Sofia;
2011 Zone URBAN, Shipka 6 Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria;
2010 Section 13, Industrialna 11 Gallery, Sofia;
2009 Two Brothers, Bratislava, Slovakia;
Reality & Fiction, Shipka 6 Gallery, Sofia;
T-A-P-E INVITES at Made in Arnhem 2009,
Arnhem, the Netherlands;
Environmental Justice, Kunsthal
Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark;
2008 Uninhibited Contacts, Argos Gallery, Sofia;
Close Distance, Shipka 6 Gallery, Sofia;
2007 Traffic, Shipka 6 Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria;
Cultural Identity, Sofia Press Gallery,
Sofia/Alexey von Schlippe Gallery, CT, USA;
Balance, Shipka 6 Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria;
2006 The Body, Shipka 6 Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria;
2005 Personal Mythologies, Shipka 6 Gallery,
Sofia, Bulgaria;
2004 Landscape, Shipka 6 Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria;
2003 10 Years Izkustvo/Art in Bulgaria Magazine,
Shipka 6 Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria;
Five Bulgarian Artists, Bulgarian Embassy,
Copenhagen, Denmark;
2002 Bulgarian Painting after 1989, National
Palace of Culture, Sofia, Bulgaria;
2000 Young Bulgarian Artists, Shipka 6 Gallery;
1995 Spiritual Messages, Vitosha Gallery, Sofia;
1994 New Names, Shipka 6 Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria.