SLAVKA VELITCHKOVA
ART
Slavka is one of the few modern artists who are both influenced by and addicted to the classical values of fine art, despite the chaos of newly created art concepts nowadays.
A distinct attribute of Slavka Velitchkova’s art is the depiction of space through color, a consciously applied principle which becomes a measure of both quality and value of her style.
Whether she paints a landscape, a nude figure, or a still-live, she begins with the natural form, while synthesizing and transforming it into her own interpretation. Sometimes she works in a sparing, monochromatic tonality, but often you will find bold and unexpected color shifts and striking brush strokes. Slavka distills the subject into a simple symbol, which contains an emotional charge, intensely affecting the viewer, conveying a mood, rather than telling a story.
Artist with a distinct and expressive multi-tonal brushwork technique, Slavka paves her own way in the fine art. In time of sometimes degrading art values, her expressive style becomes easily identifiable while remaining rooted in the classic principles of fine art.
Professor Dessislava Mincheva,
National Academy of Art, Sofia
EDUCATION
1983 - 1988 The High School of Fine Arts i Plovdiv, Bulgaria
1990 - 1996 Pursuing graduate studies art painting at the National Academy of Arts i Sofia, Bulgaria
2014 - 2016 Medieinstitutet - Digital Content Design, Stockholm, Sweden
EXHIBITIONS
2024 Solo exhibition Galleri Risberg
2023 Solo exhibition Galleri Hind
2022 Grup exhibition THE ELEVENTH BIENNIAL OF THE SMALL FORMS - PLEVEN 2022
2022 Grup exhibition Konstveckan 2022 i Mariestad.
2021 Solo exhibition Gallery Grip, Stockholm
2021 Grup exhibition Spring salon Gallery Grip, Stockholm
2019 Grup exhibition First International Abstract Art Contest “21x21”- [a]cube contemporary gallery
2018 Student’s Nobel Nightcap 2018
2018 Grup exhibition HÖSTSALONG EDSVIK KONSTHALL
2016 Grup exhibition Konstnärshuset - Members exhibition LOGBOOK
2016 Grup exhibition EIGHTH BIENNIAL Å OF SMALL FORMS PLEVEN 2016
2014 Grup exhibition Konstnärshuset - Members exhibition Measuring II
2014 Soria Moria Gallery, Stockholm-solo exhibition
2013 Konstnärshuset - Members exhibition MeasuringI
2013 Solo exhibition Stråglans - Vostok gallery, Stockholm-solo exhibition
2013 Grup exhibition Gallery Art 36, Sofia, Bulgaria
2013 Midsommar, Galleri - Atelier 3K - Stockholm, Sweden
2012 ART FOR HOPE, Stockholm, Sweden
2012 Figures - La maison, Stockholm, Sweden-solo exhibition
2011 Gallery - Atelier 3K - Stockholm, Sweden
2011 Gallery TEDI - Varna, Bulgaria
2011 Vernissage - Stockholm, Sweden-solo exhibition
2011 Kvarnen - Hyssna, Sweden-solo exhibition
2009 Galleri B:Fors - Stockholm, Sweden
2009 WATERCOLOR SALON- Väsby Konsthall – Sweden
2009 Kristallen - Uppsala, Sweden-solo exhibition
2008 ”Miniatures”, Gimo herrgård - Uppsala, Sweden
2007 Lernia AB - Stockholm, Sweden
2003 Gallerie Kaleope - Paris, France-solo exhibition
2000 Museum och galleri Dechko Uzunov - Sofia, Bulgaria-solo exhibition
1997 (Cité internationale des Arts, Paris) - UBA - Sofia, Bulgaria
1997 Horgen, Switzerland
1996 Gallery Alexander - Sofia, Bulgaria
1996 ”Bulgarian landscap” UBA - Sofia, Bulgaria
1995 ”NUDE” UBA - Sofia, Bulgaria
1994 ”Prize” UBA - Sofia, Bulgaria
SYMPOSIUMS
1998 Open Society Institute - Smolian, Bulgaria
1998 Sozopol, UBA, Sofia, Bulgaria
1997 Open Society Institute - Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria
1994 Shtip, Macedonia
1998 - 2000 Teaches in the private art academy "Jule Pasquin" - Sofia, Bulgaria
2003 - 2005 lives and works in Paris, Frankrike
Since 2005 she lives and works in Stockholm, Sweden,
MEMBERSHIP
The Union of Bulgarian Artists – UBA
The Artists' National Organization, Sweden
The Association of Swedish Artists- KONSTNÄRSHUSET, Stockholm, Sweden
Her paintings are in the museums of the National Academy of Arts Sofia, Bulgaria, Iliya Beshkov Art Gallery Pleven, Bulgaria,
private collections in different countries.