Stanislava Stoyanova

STANISLAVA STOYANOVA is a Bulgarian painter born 1971 in Sofia, where she lives and works. In 1990 she graduated the School of Applied Arts Sofia, Bulgaria and 1998 the National Academy of Art Sofia with Masters in Art degree. She has worked as Associate Professor in painting at the National Art Academy, Sofia /2007-2013/ and as Art- consultant in the Yuzina Gallery /2011-2014/ and Monev Gallery /2014-2015/ Sofia, Bulgaria.




Stanislava Stoyanova’s paintings have a boldness and otherworldliness entirely their own. Her electrifying abstractions are characterized by unrestrained gestures made with bright, saturated colors and black interventions like scorched earth. She explores such elusive themes as emotion, storytelling, imagination, and spirituality in her alluring dreamlike images. Stanislava’s passion for color, ornament, design, harmony, and feminine beauty permeates her art. Her canvases are sites of ongoing tactile exchange between abstract fields of color, intuitive streaks, drips, and scribbles, lyrical lines, thick brushstrokes, and layers of paint. The artist’s vibrant expressionism is life-affirming, and imbues the work with strength, perseverance, and renewal. Her visceral physical process becomes emblemati...

National Academy of Art Sofia

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
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

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
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,...