Selected solo exhibitions

2022

The Cars We Drove Into Capitalism, photographs, objects and video. National Gallery / The Palace, Sofia, Bulgaria. Curated by Boryana Valchanova. 

2021

On The Track Of The Glorious Past, photographs and video. Pistori Palace, Bratislava, Slovakia. Curated by Eva Marlene Hodek.

2020

Two Rooms, photographs and video. Exhibition for a single visitor, One Night Stand gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria. Curated by Ivan Moudov. 

2018

Hunting Trophys, installation - Contemporary Space gallery, Varna, Bulgaria. Curated by Daniela Radeva.

2017

10 Snaps From Prague, photographs - Czech Cultural Center, Sofia, Bulgaria

2013

Missirkov/Bogdanov: Portraits '92-'13, Sofia City Art Gallery, Bulgaria. Curated by Walter Seidl.

4th Kilometer, Sofia Arsenal Museum of Contemporary art - SAMCA, Bulgaria. Curated by Nadezhda Dzhakova.

In The Beginning Was The Word, instalation, Sofia University (in collaboration with Kiril Kuzmanov)

30 Years Apollonia Festival, installation with vintage photographs - Vivacom Art Hall, Sofia

2010

Cvetana Maneva - An Actress' Portrait, Lucca Digital Photo Fest, Lucca, Italy. Curated by Enrico Stefanelli.

2009

The Unloading, photo-sculpture - Cervantes Institute, Sofia

2008

The Conductor, performance for video projection and 12 female folk singers – Schneider factory, Plovdiv, Bulgaria

2007

On the Tracks of the Brigh Future, Sofia City Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria

2005

VIU Life, Venice International University, Italy (on permanent display) 

2004

Photo Works, Etage Galerie, Erste Bank, Vienna, Austria 

Off Season, ATA gallery / Institute of Contemporary Art, Sofia, Bulgaria

2003

Portraits, Prague House of Photography, Czech Republic. Curated by Eva Hodek.

2002

43˚32’ N / 28˚36’ E, Beyond the alleY In the attiC art space, Sofia, Bulgaria; 

The Bulgarian Connection, 101 Gallery, Houston, TX. Curated by Wendy Wattriss and Fred Baldwin.

2000 

ID 2000, ABC Bogen building, Hamburg, Germany

ID 2000, Month of Photography, Bratislava, Slovakia

Selected group exhibitions

2019

24th Biennial of Humour and Satire in Arts - Museum of Humour and Satire, Gabrovo, Bulgaria.

2018

Cosmodrome, One Monev Gallery - Sofia, Bulgaria. Curated by Ralitsa Konstantinova.

2015

Art For Change 1985-2015, Sofia City Gallery. Curated by Maria Vassileva.

2012

A Possible History, Sofia City Gallery

Socialism's Material Residue, WM Gallery, Amsterdam

Imago Mundi - Bulgaria: Save the Dreams collection, Giordio Cini Foundation - Venice, Italy. Curated by Claudio Scoretti.

2010

The Big Wave, 7th Biennial of Visual Arts, City Gallery, Varna, Bulgaria. Curated by Maria Vassileva.

Persona, Gallery of the Institute of Contemporary Art, Sofia. Curated by Viara Mlechevska.

Projections of Reality, ex-Red October factory, Moscow. Curated by Liza Faktor and Jamie Wellford.

2009

Gaudenz Ruf Award - Shortlist 2009, Rayko Alexiev gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria

The Chalga Temptation, Sofia City Gallery. Curated by Vessela Nojarova and Svetlana Kuyumdjieva.

2007

A Better City, Frankfurt Book Fair, Germany. Curated by Arianna Rinaldo.

A la Recherche du Temps Perdu, Sofia City Gallery. Curated by Viava Mlechevska and Svetlana Kuyumdjieva.

2004

Cosmopolis, Thessaloniki, Greece. Curated by Magda Carneci and Maria Vassileva.

Breaking the Visual, Graz, Austria. Curated by Walter Seidl.

BPA and Friends, Municipal Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria

Discoveries of the Meeting Place, Houston Fotofest 2004;  

2003

In the Gorges of the Balkans, Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany. Curated by Rene Block.

People in the Eastern Border Country, Imatra Biennial of Photographic Art, Finland. Curated by Paivi Eeronen.

RADAR project, Giudecca, Venice, Italy. Curated by Angela Vettese (parallel programme to the 50th Biennial of contemporary art)

Discoveries of the Meeting Place, Stephen Cohen gallery, Los Angeles, USA

Export – Import, Contemporary Art from Bulgaria, Sofia Art Gallery. Curated by Maria Vassileva.

2002

White, Male, Straight, Sofia, Bulgaria. Curated by Ventzislav Zankov.

In Search of Balkania, Neue Galerie, Graz, Austria. Curated by Roger Conover, Eda Cufer and Peter Weibel.

Yalta Beach Portraits, Manej, Moscow, Russia. Curated by Regina gallery, Moscow.

Looming Up Munich, Aspekte Galerie, Munich, Germany. Curated by Walter Seidl.

Selected Filmography

2021

The Cars We Drove Into Capitalism, feature-lenght documentary

2019

The Sweetest Thing, documentary short

2018

Palace For The People, feature-lenght documentary and TV series

2015

The Ladino Ladies' Club, documentary short

2009

I Am a Bulgarian, documentary short

’94 Forever, documentary short

Awards

2014 Sofia Municipality Yearly Award for Outstanding Cultural Achievement, Visual Arts sector  

2012 Juror Award oh Honour, Grand Prix de la Decouverte, Paris, France

2009 Best Cinematography for a Non-Fiction Film, Bulgarian Yearly Film Awards

2007 Best Exhibition of the Year Prize of UBB and art.gbg.bg for On the tracks of the bright future in Sofia City Art Gallery

1995 The Light Award, IMAGES’95, Vevey, Switzerland (Boris Missirkov)