D Tzankova

I have always admired nature and its forms - from the smallest - those that build bigger, to those that are vast to the human eye.
Natural or human, they are always present in one way or another in my work.

Through the forms I use I do not look for concreteness, truth in the literal sense of the word, narrative or sense of time and space.
Sometimes they decompose beyond recognition into small abstract parts or primary biomorphic forms, through which I seek their impact on our consciousness and the idea of the human and the eternal.
Sometimes they are deliberate searches for human or natural forms in space; of the various states which they suggest through their plasticity.
Sometimes they are simple, soft and associative, at times deliberately exaggerated to recreate the feeling of something unreal, but at the same time real and lasting.

But the forms are always real and eternal, they exist here and now.
They are a complex challenge - both to the abstract mind and imagination, to the sensitivity and the ability to orchestrate the senses.
Their diversity has many faces and one for each individual viewer.

MA History and Theory of Art at New Bulgarian University, Sofia, Bulgaria
October 2005 – June 2007

BA (Hons) Fine Art Sculpture at London, England
Wimbledon School of Art September 2002 – July 2005

Foundation Course in Art and Design at Bath, England
Bath Spa University College August 2001- June 2002

Specialised High School of Fine Arts Sofia, Bulgaria
“Prof. Nikolay Raynov” September 1997-June 2001

Selected Solo Exhibitions:

2016 - "In Wonderland". Gallery Keshan, Sofia

2013 – “Dreams made of fire (Among the Crimson Roses in the Forest)”, Gallery Keshan, Sofia

2012 – “Live forms in an unreal world.”, Gallery Keshan, Sofia

2004 – “Strings and red glitter”, WSA, London

Selected Group Exhibitions:

2021 - Third International Abstract Art Contest “21x21” 2020/2021, [a] cube contemporary, Sofia, Bulgaria

2012 – National exhibition of crafts and arts Oreshak, Troyan

2005 – WSA, London

2004 – Canizzaro Park, London

2004 – WSA, London

2003 – WSA, London

2000 - Specialised High School of Fine Arts “Prof. N. Raynov”, Sofia

1999 – Sofia City Fine Art Gallery, Sofia

1999 – Military Club, Sofia

1998 - Sofia City Fine Art Gallery, Sofia


En plein airs:

2012 – “The magic of clay”, National exhibition of crafts and arts Oreshak, Troyan