Tanya Angelova

"In creating a piece of art, I am inspired by the desire to transform, to confront, and to combine different materials. I stitch the canvas to assert my emotional presence."
Leaving traces is the key idea behind my paintings. Initially, these are traces of the memory on which are based the configurations of experiences lived, placed visited, and faces seen. Next is the trace as a line, a trait, a chromatic element, or a plastic fragment. The themes of my paintings reflect my inner experiences of the world. This is a neo-expressionistic concept torn between abstraction and presence, just like the material of which memories are made.

«BLACK AND TEN» SERIES
Inspired by Julio Cortázar’ poem «Black and Ten»

This is a series of medium-sized paintings which represent a search for the expressive capacities of the color black; how black captures all other colors and how it places them in relief.

Born 1972 in Sungurlare/Bulgaria

Dual citizenship: Bulgaria, France
Based in Paris, France

1991 – High school diploma from the D. Dobrovitch School of Decorative Arts, Sliven, Bulgaria
1994 – Present: participant in the “ANTS” art group
1997 – Master of Arts degree from the Academy of Fine Arts, Department of Decorative Arts (with a specialty in textiles ), Sofia, Bulgaria

EXPOSITIONS /selection/:
2017
Salon ARTS 19, Public’s Award, Paris, France
Salon "Les réalités nouvelles," Paris, France
2016
Exposition, Rakursi Gallery, Bulgaria
2015
Exposition, «Luna ot koreni» Gallery, Bulgaria
2014
Exposition, Natalie Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2013
«Ce geste» Art project, Normandy, France
“So close, so far,” 13 Centuries of Bulgaria Foundation, Bulgaria
2012
International Biennale of Abstract Art, Normandy, France
Almanac, Bulgrian artists around the world, Edition by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sofia
2011
Exposition, Rakursi Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2010
Exposition – Artcontract, Paris
Exposition, Blumann Gallery, Paris
2009
International Art Salon SARRIA, UNESCO Spain, with Autumn Salon, Paris
«Femmes créatrices de culture» project, France
Exposition - L’archipel sur le lac, Burgundy, France
Exposition - Cuadro Fine Art Gallery, Dubai
2008
Exposition – PREVOIR Group, Paris
«Loup» film project by Nicolas Vannier
2007
Installation in the 19th century building L'AVANT RUE, Paris
Exposition -Duban Léglise Gallery, Paris
2004
Exposition – Bulgarian Cultural Center, Paris
Exposition - «VOYAGES, VOYAGES», Be...