Kaliya Ka

Kaliya Kalacheva is an MA graduate from the National Academy of Art in Sofia, Bulgaria. In 2011 she won the Prize for Promising Young Artist from the Edmond Demirdjian Foundation. She was nominated for the 2012 MOST Award. In 2017 Kaliya won the International Artist Recognition at the Women in the Arts Awards as part of the Celebrating the Genius of Women Exhibition in Orlando, Florida, USA. In 2021 Kaliya wins the Award of the participants for painting in the National Exhibition - a competition for painting and sculpture. 2020 brings her the Prize for an emerging artist at the Burgas Biennale for Contemporary art, Burgas, Bulgaria. Her paintings are part of the collections of the Hugo Voeten Art Centre, Belgium; the Luciano Benetton Collection, Italy; the National Art Gallery and the Sofia City Art Gallery, Bulgaria. Kaliya Kalacheva was a resident artist in the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris, France in 2014 and in the Oberpfälzer Künstlerhaus, Schwandorf, Germany in 2016.

2009-2011 National Academy of Arts, Sofia, Bulgaria, MA “Painting”
2007 specialization in Ecole Boulle, Paris, France
2005-2009 National Academy of Arts, Sofia, Bulgaria, BA “Painting”

Selected solo exhibitions:
2023 Mixed Reality, Little Bird Place Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2023 Weightlessness, Rakursi Art Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2022 Bio Center, Little Bird Place Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria;
2021 Zen/Kitsch, Credo Box part of Credo Bonum Gallery, Sofia
2020
• "Change The Scenery!" at Little Bird Place Gallery, Sofia, BG
• "Imaginary Constructions" at Rakursi art Gallery, Sofia, BG
2018
• "Light" A+ Gallery, Sofia, BG
2017
• "Air on Wood" Nuance Gallery, Sofia, BG
• "Tandem", [A]cube contemporary, Sofia, BG
2016
• "Pieces", Yuzina Gallery, Sofia, BG
2015
• “Close/Open”, “Rakursi” Art Gallery, Sofia, BG
2014
• “Golden Mean”, Blue Gallery, Varna, BG
2013
• National autumn exhibitions Plovdiv - “Forcing up the choice”, Curator Galina Lardeva, Balaban house, Plovdiv, BG
• “Addressless” Forum Art Gallery, Khaskovo, BG
• “Where do you go?” Modern Art Gallery, Sofia, BG
2012 “Wait!” – “Rakursi” Art Gallery, Sofia, BG
2011 “Escalation” - “Sofia-Press” gallery, Sofia, BG

Selected group exhibitions:
2024 "Volume" collaborative installation with Gergana Tabakova, Kapana Gallery, Plovdiv, BG
2023 "Volume" collaborative installation with Gergana Tabakova, Toplocentrala Gallery - Cube, Sofia and “Rebonkers" - Varna, BG
2023 "Bo...