Nina Pancheva-Kirkova

Nina Pancheva’s art practice encompasses paintings and installations. She completed her PhD at the University of Southampton in 2015. Her practice-based research looked at contemporary painting in relation to Socialist Realism. She received her MFA at the same university in 2011. Her BA in Painting she obtained at the Academy of Fine Arts, Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
Among the prizes that her works have received are: shortlisted for London Biennale 2021, selected for the final exhibition of Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize, London; first place prize for painting in the competition of “Anastas Staykov” Foundation and National Endowment Fund “13 Centuries Bulgaria”; shortlisted for the final exhibition of Beep International Painting Prize, Swansea, Wales, etc. Selected as one of the artists to represent Bulgaria at Henkel and KulturKontakt competition in Vienna, Austria. Co-organizer of series of seminars as part of the collaborative project “Looking at Images” between University of Southampton and Goldsmiths University, London. Her works can be found in many public and private art collections in the UK and abroad.

2011 - 2015 - PhD Fine Art, Winchester School of Art (University of Southampton)

2010 - 2011 - MA of Fine Arts - distinction, Winchester School of Art, UK (University of Southampton)

2002 - 2006 - BA of Fine Arts - distinction, Academy of Fine Art, Plovdiv, Bulgaria

1996 - 2002 - Specialized High School for Fine Arts "Tzanko Lavrenov", Plovdiv, Bulgaria

2023 - "Climate Changing" Exhibition, Las Laguna Art Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA, USA
2023 - "Art Masters January 2023" Competition, Top Art Awards, Award of Excellence
2022 - 6th Open Theme Competition, Art Show International Gallery, First place
2022 - Collectiva Contemporània, group exhibition, Abartium Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
2021 - The Stables In Exile Gallery, Featured artist, August 2021, London, UK
2021 - ALL Landscape Competition, Fifth place for the painting Fields, Contemporary Art Gallery Online
2021 - London Art Biennale, shortlisted for exhibition, London, UK
2021 - Las Laguna Art Gallery - Landscapes, shortlisted for final exhibition, Laguna Beach, CA, USA
2020 - ING Discerning Eye - shortlisted for final exhibition
2020 - Painter-Stainers Art Sale - The Lynn Foundation, online exhibition
2020 - Sunny Art Prize - shortlisted for final exhibition, London, UK
2020 - The Collective, A Way Gallery, Canada
2017 - ArtPrize - Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
2017 - Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize - shortlisted for final exhibition, Mall Galleries, London, UK

2016 - So Close, So Far - National Palace of Culture, Sofia, Bulgaria

2016 - Utopia:Dystopia - exhibition, part of FaB16 festival of contemporary art, Bath, UK

2014 - Por...