Ventsislav Zankov

Ventsislav Zankov is a Bulgarian artist and sculptor born in 1962 in Sofia. He is one of the first Bulgarian avant-garde artists and works in various fields of art, including painting, sculpture, video, installation, performance, and new media. Zankov graduated from the National Academy of Fine Arts and has been a member of the Union of Bulgarian Artists (UBA) since 1991.

He is known for his ability to master the plasticity of form and achieve modern implications and conceptualism even with traditional and classical techniques such as painting and sculpture. Ventsislav Zankov is uncompromising in his art and refuses to paint in a convenient and marketable style, preferring to remain true to his artistic principles.

Over the years, Zankov has participated in numerous exhibitions and projects both in Bulgaria and abroad. His works have been exhibited in various galleries and museums, including the Harta Gallery in the fall of 2023. He has also taught at the New Bulgarian University, where he shared his experience and knowledge with young generations of artists.
The creative journey of Ventsislav Zankov is marked by continuous evolution and experimentation in various forms of art. Here are some key moments and stages of his career:
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EDUCATION
2017 - Associate Professor in the Department of Visual Arts, NBU

2016 Certified Master Film and Television Arts, New Bulgarian University

2014 psychodrama-assistant (consultant) training programme in psychodrama, sociometry and group therapy, diploma № 222/13.07.2014, PSYCHOTERAPY 2000 FOUNDATION, member of the Federation of European Psychodrama Training Organizations (FEPTO)


2013 Ph.D in visual arts, New Bulgarian University


1988 M.A. in Fine Arts, National Academy of Fine Arts, Sofia, Bulgaria, Department of Sculpture

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2024

WORKOUTS “Exits:- exercises 2024” HOSTGALLERY, Sofia, May 1–30, 2024.
2023

“30 years „Without Innocence” – relics from one exhibition” Charta Gallery, Sofia 01.09.2023-15.09.2023


2022

Still here: prospective exhibition,
sculpture, Credo Bonum Gallery, 01.05-28.05.2022

2021

V&V EPICRISES
Exhibition of Ventsislav Zankov at Vaska Emanouilova Gallery, Sofia

2020

IN FRONT OF ME, sculpture, painting, neon, the Raiko Aleksiev Gallery, Sofia

2016

THE LAST BURGHERS OF CALAIS, sculpture ONE gallery Artium – Serdika offices

THE LAST BURGHERS OF CALAIS sculpture, NBU

2014

Oh, Happy Days ‘Rayko Aleksiev’ gallery Union of Bulgarian Artists Sofia

2012

Out Of /The/ Time - Inappropriate Sculpture and drawing Vuzrazhdane gallery, Plovdiv

2011

The Last Boudoir 1991 -20 years later Sculpture, blood and video ‘Rayko Aleksiev’ gallery Union of Bulgarian Artists Sofia

New Ghostly Painings/ we are now all shadows/ „Rakursi“ Art Gallery, Sofia

Post-romanticism. Reloaded – Berlin, Bulgarian cultural center

2010

The road left rests behind us, drawing, Art 36 Gallery, Sofia