Magdalena Kalieva

I am an economist and film producer by education. I love watercolor and experiment with water media. The spirit of watercolor lived inside me. I love the water and the mysterious process of infusing the paint into the water, the controlled and accidental spills between the color and the water. Often jokingly called myself "balancer". Balance is a must for everyone and for me this is one way to achieve it.
Most often I draw when traveling. Illustrate my own travel notes. I have published 5 books entirely with my texts and watercolors. I love to say that the text illustrates my paintings rather than back - painting to reinforce the text. I let my hand feel the place where I am and through the drawings to convey my complex sense of time-space.
I am a member of the International Watercolor Society. In 2019-2025 my paintings were selected for participation in more 65 international watercolor exhibitions on 5 continents.
From 2022 I am a member of the Union of Bulgarian Artists.
Awards
2023 – Cityskape Honorable Mentions – I International Watercolor Contest 2022-2023, IWS
Atelier Gallery Santiago, Chile
2022 – Award in International Exhibition IWS Madrid, Spain
2022 – Merit Award in the International Watercolor Masters Contest in Engl...

2024-2025 - specialization animation at NATFA, Sofia, Bulgaria
2023-2024 - Film producer at NATFA, Sofia, Bulgaria
2016 - Atanas Matsurev Watercolor Course

1981-1983 - Economic Journalism, Sofia, Bulgaria

1979-1983 - The University of Economics in Sofia, Bulgaria

2025–Fabriano,Italy
2025–Russe,Varna,Sofia,Razgrad-Bulgaria
2024-Delhi, India
2024-Vratsa, Sofia, Gabrovo, Sliven, Burgas-Bulgaria
2024-IWS festival in Poland
2024-FABRIANO in Italy and Texas,USA
2023–Solo exhibition in Burgas, Bulgaria
2023–Watercolor Festival in Qingdao, China
2023-FESTIVAL FABRIANOINACQUERELLO, Italia
2023-Charity exhibition in Sofia, Bulgaria
2023-Japan Nadeshiko Watercolor Triennale, Japan
2023-International Plein Air Festival and Exhibition in Delhi, India
2022-2023-World Watercolor Contest Santiago Chile, Chile
2022-11th Biennale of Small Forms-Pleven, Bulgaria
2022-2023-International Exhibition Mexico
2022-Third International Triennial Varna, Bulgaria
2022-International Exhibition IWS Madrid, Spain
2022-Merit Award in the International Watercolor Masters Contest in England, Lilleshall
2022-International Festival of Watercolor Fabriano in Italy
2022-Tirana International Contemporary Festival, Albania
2022-Exhibition AQUAREL 2022 in the name of Nenko Tokmakchiev in Petko Zadgorski Gallery in Burgas, Bulgaria
2022-1st Pokhara International Art Biennale "Heart to Heart", IWS Hemkanti art Gallery, Nepal
2022-certificate for participation in an online event of IWS Philippines
2022-Selected in the top 20 in the...