Val Kan

I have always been interested in the invisible in people.Their relationships, feelings and interactions. Art is my opportunity to explore them.
When I first started drawing, what I found most important in portraying live models was capturing their thoughts and feelings. It was as if the picture became much more accurate when I had managed to examine what’s intangible in the first site.

I have been drawing since the age of 16, but it wasn’t until I was 23 that I decided this will be my profession. I was admitted to the National Academy of Art in Sofia. I hold a Master’s Degree in Poster and Visual Communication. Ever since I graduated I’ve mainly worked in the field of graphic design and I have created a number of posters commissioned by major national institutions and some for international contests. Among all of them I am very fond of my work for the Plovdiv State Opera.

When I decided to apply for the Academy, my initial choice was Industrial design and it was back then when I first discovered clay and made my first sculptures. Taking up graphic design later on did not stop me from working on various self-commissioned projects with clay from time to time, but only recently did I go back to sculpture profoundly. It was the ...

Master’s Degree in Poster and Visual Communication from the National Academy of Art, Sofia - Fine Arts Faculty.

1. Participation in Erasmus international programme for student exchange – Cuenca, Spain, 2006.

2. Participation in “Visual fantasy” joint exhibition, Sofia, 2006.

3. Participation in “Hand drawn posters” joint exhibition, part of “Graphic Summer 2006” programme, Credo Bonum Gallery, Sofia, 2006.

4. Participation in “Kaliakra Rock Fest”, Kavarna, 2007.

5. Participation in “Eco Posters” joint exhibition, Sofia, 2007.

6. Participation in “Eco Posters” joint exhibition, Malko Tarnovo, 2007.

7. Participation in “Eco Posters” joint exhibition, Burgas, 2007.

8. Participation in “Young Poster Designers” joint exhibition, Sofia, 2007.

9. Participation in student joint exhibition at Studio 1, National Academy of Arts, Sofia, October 2007.

10. Participation in student joint exhibition at The Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, Poland, 2009.

11. Participation in “Young Poster Designers” joint exhibition, Istanbul, April 2008.

12. Participation in “The Newspaper” joint international project, Sofia, Strasbourg and Paris, 2008.

13. Participation in student graduation exhibition at The Union of Bulgarian Artists, July 2008.

14. Participation in outdoor drawing event, Poster department, Ahtopol, September 2008.
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