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01.09.2024 September-October 2024 The newsletter for September and October 2024 is out now. View it in your browser here , including images and more info. Dear friends, We are excited to kick off the new art season at Sarieva/Gallery with some thrilling updates! This fall, we will host two exhibitions in Plovdiv and Sofia, and participate in the international art fair viennacontemporary... Read more
08.05.2024 May-June 2024 The newsletter for May and June 2024 is out now. View it in your browser here , including images and more info. Dear friends, We're excited to share all the Sarieva/Gallery art news for May and June with you. In May, we're celebrating the finissage of our two current exhibitions in Plovdiv and Sofia, featuring the incredible works of Dimitar... Read more
05.03.2024 March-April 2024 The newsletter for March and April 2024 is out now. View it in your browser here , including images and more info. Dear friends, We are eager to share that we have two exhibitions coming soon under the Sarieva/Gallery label: one in Plovdiv and one in Sofia! On March 15 at 6 pm at Sarieva/Gallery, Plovdiv we will open the exhibition of the... Read more
22.12.2023 Annual Newsletter 2023 The Annual newsletter is out now. View it in your browser here , including images and more info. Dear Esteemed Friends, Warm wishes for a season of Joyful Holidays and a New Year filled with Health, Peace, and abundant Inspiration in 2024! Our sincere gratitude goes out to the incredible artists, art experts, collectors, dedicated art enthusiasts, and... Read more
16.12.2023 Sarieva/Gallery Annual Report for 2023 2023 Highlights As we approach the end of 2023, we take a moment to reflect on the dynamic and exciting year that has unfolded—a journey marked by changes, new beginnings, and thrilling adventures. Throughout this time, we have passionately expressed ourselves creatively, embracing initiatives like newly opened Sarieva @ DOT Sofia, and had the honor of collaborating with a... Read more
05.11.2023 November-December 2023 The newsletter for November and December 2023 is out now. View it in your browser here , including images and more info. ARTISTS NEWS Luchezar Boyadjiev Sarieva/Gallery proudly announces Luchezar Boyadjiev's prestigious recognition by the Ministry of Culture, Bulgaria, honoring his outstanding creative achievements in the realm of fine arts.... Read more
05.10.2023 October 2023 The newsletter for October 2023 is out now. View it in your browser here , including images and more info. ARTISTS NEWS Nedko Solakov Seven Deadly Sins group show curated by Andreas Hoffer and Elisabeth Kainberger October 14, 2023 - April 1, 2024 Nathalie Djurberg, Nedko Solakov, Dan Perjovschi, Teresa Margolles, Julia... Read more
14.09.2023 Sarieva @ DOT Sofia Opening Do you remember our exhibition Under Deconstruction , curated by Veselin a Sarieva as part of the project Future Unforgettable, which we presented in a building under construction at the Women’s Market in Sofia in the fall of 2021? In September 2023, after a painstaking construction process and long preparation, the building named DOT Sofia... Read more
01.09.2023 September 2023 The newsletter for September 2023 is out now. View it in your browser here , including images and more info. Dear friends, We are happy to welcome the new art season with an exiting and full program of events and shows! In our main space in Plovdiv we just opened the first exhibition in Bulgaria by the Kosovo based artist Artan... Read more
01.07.2023 July - August 2023 The newsletter for July - August 2023 is out now. View it in your browser here , including images and more info. ARISTS NEWS Kamen Stoyanov Svesda Abramovich The project for a feature film titled Svesda Abramovich, with screenplay writer and director Kamen Stoyanov and produced by Zornitsa Sophia, MQ Pictures Ltd. / PLAN B... Read more
20.06.2023 Save the date: Sarieva @ DOT Sofia Sarieva/Gallery is a third generation gallery, considered to be one of the main driving forces for the development of contemporary art in Bulgaria and its popularization abroad. In September 2023, Sarieva/Gallery officially announces its collaboration with the new building DOT Sofia, on which it has been working since 2019 to put together a collection, art concept and event program. The... Read more
01.06.2023 June 2023 The newsletter for June 2023 is out now. View it in your browser here , including images and more info. ARISTS NEWS Luchezar Boyadjiev Autostrada Biennale – All Images Will Disappear, One Day curated by Joanna Warsza and Övül Ö. Durmuşoğlu July 7 – September 9, 2023 Artists: Agnes Denes,... Read more
01.04.2023 April 2023 The newsletter for April 2023 is out now. View it in your browser here , including images and more info. ARISTS NEWS Nedko Solakov Peyrassoldoodles among Philippe Austruy Collection Solo project March 23 – November, 2023 Commanderie de Peyrassol, Flassans-sur-Issole, France Learn More - Nedko Solakov, Stefan Nikolaev,... Read more
01.01.2023 January 2023 The newsletter for January 2023 is out now. View it in your browser here , including images and more info. Dear friends , Thank you for being with us in 2022! Sarieva/Gallery has prepared for you exciting art in 2023! The first exhibition for this year at Sarieva/Gallery , Plovdiv will be in February, showcasing works by the... Read more
01.12.2022 December 2022 The newsletter for December 2022 is out now. View it in your browser here , including images and more info. AQUIRE WORKS UNDER 1K This December we’re offering you the opportunity to enrich your collection with new artworks. E-mail us and we will shorty get back to you with a list of works under 1000 euro! The selection includes works by... Read more
15.10.2022 Stefan Nikolaev – L’ami·e modèle – Mucem Stefan Nikolaev L’ami·e modèle Group Show October 15 – December 12 2022 Antide, Boris Achour, Saâdane Afif, Wilfrid Almendra, Virginie Barré, Martin Belou, Pierre Beloüin, Julien Beneyton, Olivier Blanckart, Lara Bloy, Rebecca Bournigault, Jean-Baptiste Boyer, Guillaume Bresson, Alain Bublex, Julien Carreyn, Jean-Charles de Castelbajac and... Read more
01.10.2022 October 2022 The newsletter for October 2022 is out now. View it in your browser here , including images and more info. ARTISTS NEWS Stefan Nikolaev L’ami·e modèle Group Show October 15 – December 12 2022 Antide, Boris Achour, Saâdane Afif, Wilfrid Almendra, Virginie Barré, Martin Belou, Pierre Beloüin,... Read more
01.08.2022 August 2022 The newsletter for August 2022 is out now. View it in your browser here , including images and more info. ARTISTS NEWS Kamen Stoyanov What Can Be Done? Group show July 7 – August 25 2022 Anatoly Belov, Aldo Giannotti, Anna Jermolaewa, Dariia Kuzmych, Alicja Rogalska, Kamen Stoyanov, Rayyane Tabet, Anna Witt, William Kentridge... Read more
28.07.2022 Luchezar Boyadjiev, Stefan Nikolaev, Nedko Solakov, Pravdoliub Ivanov – Manifesta 14 Institute of Contemporary Art – Sofia partnered with Manifesta 14 Western Balkans Project: Co-Producing Common Space and Shaping Formations of Solidarity in the Western Balkans and beyond. The Institute of Contemporary Art – Sofia organized events both in Sofia and in Prishtina. Loosely described as “visual talks”, these will encompass theoretical,... Read more
01.07.2022 July 2022 The newsletter for July 2022 is out now. View it in your browser here , including images and more info. ARISTS NEWS Luchezar Boyadjiev, Pravdoliub Ivanov, Stefan Nikolaev, Nedko Solakov / ICA-Sofia Manifesta 14 Group show July 22 – October 30 2022 University of Prishtina, Faculty of Arts Gallery Learn More - Kamen Stoyanov What... Read more
01.06.2022 June 2022 The newsletter for June 2022 is out now. View it in your browser here , including images and more info. ARISTS NEWS Stefan Nikolaev Here You Come Again Exhibition, alongside works by Jan Vercruysse and Philippe Wolthuis. June 26 – September 9 2022 EMERGENT, Belgium Learn More - Nedko Solakov Lenin Was a Mushroom: Moving... Read more
01.05.2022 May 2022 The newsletter for May 2022 is out now. View it in your browser here , including images and more info. ARISTS NEWS Nedko Solakov A Cornered Solo Show #2 Solo exhibition 26 May – 25 September 2022 Curators: Hou Hanru, Monia Trombetta Project in collaboration with MUDAM, Museum of Modern Art, Luxembourg MAXXI Art, Rome... Read more
21.04.2022 Luchezar Boyadjiev, Stefan Nikolaev, Pravdoliub Ivanov – SPARKS OF IMAGINATION: on the Frequencies of Beuys – National Gallery, Kvadrat 500 In 2021, Germany and the world celebrated the 100th anniversary of the birth of Joseph Beuys. Beuys2021 was an initiative that took place in Germany which aimed to examine and question Beuys relevance today and his legacy for global contemporary art. In the local context the question was quite different: How was Joseph Beuys art important for Bulgaria? Beuys’ ideas were recognised in... Read more
01.04.2022 April 2022 The newsletter for April 2022 is out now. View it in your browser here , including images and more info. ARISTS NEWS Nedko Solakov Subterranean Group show 2 April – 21 August 2022 Roma Auskalnyte, Felipe de Ávila Franco, Per Barclay, Antoine-Louis Barye, Ursula Biemann, Louise Bourgeois, Tom Claassen, J. F. Clemens /... Read more
10.01.2022 January 2022 The newsletter for January 2022 is out now. View it in your browser here , including images and more info. Luchezar Boyadjiev, Pravodliub Ivanov, Nedko Solakov, Martina Vacheva THE TIME HAS COME TO TALK OF MANY THINGS… ART COLLECTION TELEKOM Contemporary Art from Eastern and South-Eastern Europe 14 December 2021 – 20 March 2022... Read more
28.12.2021 2021 Highlights 2021 was a beyond eventful year, which brought two huge changes. In August Katrin Sarieva took the decision to indulge in a well-deserved rest, retiring from the gallery’s activities, after 17 years of motivated and inspirational work. In September, SARIEV Gallery stopped existing and SARIEVA came to be , which marked the beginning of a gallery situation, program and art... Read more
03.12.2021 December 2021 Sarieva's newsletter for December 2021 is out now. View it in your browser here , including images and more info. ARTISTS UPCOMING Valio Tchenkov Jahresgaben 2021 group show 1 December - 12 December, 2021 Artists: Niko Abramidis & NE, Judith Adelmann, Yalda Afsah, Boban Andjelkovic, Florian Auer, Tim... Read more
05.10.2021 October 2021 Sarieva's newsletter for October 2021 is out now. View it in your browser here , including images and more info. ARTISTS UPCOMING Rada Boukova CORPS NOUVEAUX group exhibition curated by Marguerite Pilven 30 September - 20 November, 2021 Artists: Bruno Botella • Rada Boukova • Laurie... Read more
29.01.2021 Newsletter February 2021 Sariev's newsletter for February 2021 is out now. View it in your browser here , including images and more info. ARTISTS UPCOMING Pravdoliub Ivanov Coming to Voice group show Pravdoliub Ivanov invited as a guest artist to the project of collective ༎ຶД༎ຶ February 6 – March 23, 2021 K21... Read more
30.12.2020 2020 Highlights and 2021 Sneak Peek Dear friends, On behalf of Sariev Gallery, Katrin and Vesselina Sarievi, our team and artists we would like to wish you all the joys of this holiday season and cheerful new year celebration! May the new year be healthy, wise, cohesive and good! We want to thank you for being together in 2020 and finding ways to be with art, to enjoy and think with it! Thanks to all collectors who did... Read more
29.11.2020 Newsletter December 2020 and January 2021 Sariev's newsletter for December 2019 and January 2021 is out now. View it in your browser here , including images and more info. ARTISTS UPCOMING Luchezar Boyadjiev, Pravdoliub Ivanov, Stefan Nikolaev, Nedko Solakov, Martina Vacheva Souvenirs from the Future group show curators committee Online - 15 December... Read more
01.11.2020 Newsletter November 2020 Sariev's newsletter for November is out now. View it in your browser here , including images and more info. ARTISTS UPCOMING Luchezar Boyadjiev and Voin de Voin Art and Politics Project of Goethe-Institut Bulgarien, within which a series of lectures, workshops and discussions raise questions about the links between art and... Read more
07.10.2020 25 years and 5 themes later ICA – Sofia Retrospective - group show at National Gallery, Sofia The Institute of Contemporary Art – Sofia is honouring its 25th anniversary with an exhibition presenting old and new works, as well as works made especially by its members Ivan Moudov, Kalin Serapionov, Kiril Prashkov, Krassimir Terziev, Luchezar Boyadjiev, Mariela Gemisheva, Nedko Solakov, Pravdoliub Ivanov, and Stefan Nikolaev. ICA – Sofia is one of the longest existing and... Read more
01.10.2020 Newsletter October 2020 Sariev's newsletter for October is out now. View it in your browser here , including images and more info. ARTISTS UPCOMING Pravdoliub Ivanov Banners at Ease,1997-2020 Forms, Art in Public Space project by MUSIZ Foundation 23 September - 2 October 2020 The pylons in front of National Palace of... Read more
01.09.2020 Newsletters September 2020 Sariev's newsletter for September is out now. View it in your browser here , including images and more info. ARTISTS UPCOMING Luchezar Boyadjiev, Pravdoliub Ivanov, Stefan Nikolaev and Nedko Solakov 25 Years ICA-Sofia group show Curators committee September 24 - November 22, 2020 National Art Gallery... Read more
31.07.2020 Newsletter August 2020 Sariev's newsletter for August is out now. View it in your browser here , including images and more info. ON VIEW - SARIEV GALLERY MAGIA NATURALIS by Boyan Manchev and Vesselina Sarieva Phase I Bignia Wehrli, Marta Djourina, L Texts: Boyan Manchev, Vesselina Sarieva June 26 – August 28, 2020... Read more
25.07.2020 Studio hopping with ... Stefan Nikolaev Every dedicated gallery owner and curator works daily in several realities. The audience knows mainly the reality of the exhibition space, when the work is completed, exhibited and contextualized. But there are many exciting stages before that, which are part of our work, reallity bites from the work between the galeriest and the artist, which you will probably be... Read more
16.01.2020 2019 Highlights and 2020 Sneak Peek It has been an exciting year for us from SARIEV Contemporary and an even more exciting one is ahead of us! See some of our highlights from 2019 as well as a 2020 sneak peek. EXHIBITIONS 2019 We started 2019 with artist Kamen Stoyanov's solo show "!" , which was part of the long... Read more
01.11.2019 Newsletter November 2019 Sariev's newsletter for November is out now. View it in your browser here , including images and more info. ARTISTS - UPCOMING Kamen Stoyanov Unstable Monuments. Remnants from Times of Ideology symposium Initiated by Kamen Stoyanov & Katharina Swoboda 1 November 2019 SKLAD, 16 Ekzarh Yosif... Read more
04.09.2019 Newsletter September 2019 Sariev Contemporary's newsletter for September is out now. View it in your browser here , including images and more info. ARTISTS - UPCOMING Luchezar Boyadjiev Words, images,places. 140th Anniversary of the Proclamation of Sofia as Capital Anton Mitov, Nikola Petrov, Ivan Getsov, Tsanko Lavrenov,... Read more
01.08.2019 Newsletter August 2019 Sariev Contemporary's newsletter for August is out now. View it in your browser here , including images and more info. GALLERY NEWS Sariev Gallery is pleased to announce its new identity! It was created by the Bulgarian graphic design studio PUNKT and is based on the gallery's experimental... Read more
02.07.2019 Newsletter July 2019 Sariev Contemporary's newsletter for July is out now. View it in your browser here , including images and more info. ARTISTS - UPCOMING Rada Boukova Orient 2 group show Curated by Michal Novotný Argišt Alaverdyan, Rada Boukova, Zuzanna Czebatul, Marek Delong & Anna Slama, Anna... Read more
04.06.2019 Newsletter June 2019 Sariev Contemporary's newsletter for June is out now. View it in your browser here , including images and more info. ARTISTS - UPCOMING Martina Vacheva 33rd Ljubljana Biennial of Graphic Arts “Crack Up – Crack Down" Curated by Slavs and Tatars Alenka Pirman with KULA, Amanda Ross-Ho,... Read more
04.05.2019 Newsletter May 2019 Sariev Contemporary's newsletter for May is out now. View it in your browser here , including images and more info. ARTISTS NEWS SARIEV Contemporary congratulates Martina Vacheva for the future participation at the 33rd Ljubljana Biennial of Graphic Arts (7 June - 29 September 2019), titled “Crack Up... Read more
07.01.2019 Program for the long weekend of the opening of Plovdiv - European Capital of Culture 2019 We are pleased to invite you to visit Plovdiv for the long weekend of the opening of Plovdiv – European Capital of Culture 2019 (11-13 January 2019). On 11 January, at 4 pm, join us for the opening of the solo show "!" by Sariev Contemporary represented artist Kamen Stoyanov in the gallery, in the presence of the artist. And at 6 pm, in SKLAD in the heart of the Tobacco... Read more
21.12.2018 2018 Highlights and 2019 Sneak Peek It has been an exciting year for us from SARIEV Contemporary and an even more exciting one is ahead of us! See some of our highlights from 2018 as well as a 2019 sneak peek. EXHIBITIONS 2018 We started 2018 with artist Luchezar Boyadjiev’s first solo show at... Read more
03.12.2018 Newsletter December 2018 Sariev Contemporary's newsletter for December is out now. View it in your browser here , including images and more info. ARTISTS NEWS SARIEV Contemporary, Plovdiv has the great pleasure to announce that the artist Martina Vacheva is officially joining the list of the gallery's represented artists.... Read more
15.11.2018 On a Clear Day You Can See Forever On Tuesday, 20 November, at 6.30 pm at Goethe-Institut Bulgaria will be presented the group show "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever", organised in partnership with SARIEV Contemporary. The exhibition is curated by London-based curator Carolina Lio in the framework of CLICK - International Curatorial Residency . 20 November - 14 December 2018 ... Read more
01.11.2018 Newsletter November 2018 Sariev Contemporary's newsletter for November is out now. View it in your browser here , including images and more info. ARTISTS - UPCOMING Rada Boukova Plasticus group show Associate curators: Rada Boukova & Baptiste Debombourg Boris Achour, Rada Boukova, Baptiste Debombourg & David Marin,... Read more
10.10.2018 Stefan Nikolaev at FIAC 2018 А monumental sculpture of the Bulgarian artist Stefan Nikolaev will be presented at the entrance of the Grand Palais in the historic part of Paris and will welcome the guests at the prestigious international forum for contemporary art FIAC . Nikolaev's sculpture is titled "Streetlight," 2018, and poetically invokes one of Marcel Duchamp's most important works... Read more
04.10.2018 Newsletter October 2018 Sariev Contemporary's newsletter for October is out now. View it in your browser here , including images and more info. ARTISTS - UPCOMING Stefan Nikolaev FIAC Projects Sculptures and installations in situ during FIAC week Dieter Appelt, Salvatore Arancio, Renaud... Read more
03.09.2018 Newsletter September 2018 Sariev Contemporary's newsletter for September is out now. View it in your browser here , including images and more info. ARTISTS - UPCOMING Pravdoliub Ivanov 24th Week of Contemporary Art METAPHORAI group show Curated by Katia Anguelova & Alessandra Poggianti Presented by Art Today Association ... Read more
06.08.2018 Newsletter August 2018 Sariev Contemporary's newsletter for August is out now. View it in your browser here , including images and more info. SAVE THE DATES SARIEV Contemporary at viennacontemporary International Art Fair solo booth by Luchezar Boyadjiev 27 – 30 September 2018 Preview and Vernissage: 26 September... Read more
09.07.2018 Newsletter July 2018 Sariev Contemporary's newsletter for July is out now. View it in your browser here , including images and more info. ARTISTS - UPCOMING Luchezar Boyadjiev, Kamen Stoyanov and Voin de Voin Operaismo Naturale: Ecology of the Event Chapter 1 of Digital Ecologies group exhibition Curated by Dimitrina... Read more
09.01.2018 "Bulgaria and Romania: 10 Years in the European Union" Sariev Contemporary's represented artists Pravdoliub Ivanov and Stefan Nikolaev and the project Focus Bulgaria at viennacontemporary 2015 have been featured in the recently published book Bulgaria and Romania: 10 Years in the European Union - an extensive anthology for the 10-year anniversary of Bulgaria and Romania in the EU. The book, which is edited by Dimitar... Read more
29.12.2017 2017 Highlights and 2018 Sneak Peek It has been an exciting year for us from SARIEV Contemporary and an even more exciting one is ahead of us! See some of our highlights from 2017 as well as a 2018 sneak peek. EXHIBITIONS 2017 We started 2017 with young Berlin-based Bulgarian artist Vikenti Komitski’s solo show BASIC AND THE BEAST , curated by Vera Mlechevska. The... Read more
09.06.2017 I Walk a Labyrinth Which is a Straight Line - Interview with Vesselina Sarieva and Katrin Sarieva about Stefan Nikolaev's exhibition at SARIEV Contemporary and St. Joseph Church In May 2017 Sariev Contemporary presented the solo show "I Walk a Labyrinth Which is a Straight Line" by Stefan Nikolaev . The exhibition was presented in two spaces in Plovdiv – the white cube of Sariev Contemporary on 40 Otets Paisiy Str. and the Catholic Church from the 19th century St. Joseph 1 . This was the first exhibition in the history of... Read more
12.05.2017 Stefan Nikolaev at Palais Potemkine In the summer of 2017, Sariev Contemporary's artist Stefan Nikolaev will participate in the group show "Palais Potemkine: A selection of artists who have been nominees or winners of the Prix Fondation d’entreprise" at National Gallery / the Palace, Sofia, Bulgaria. 19 May - 20 August 2017 National Gallery / the Palace, Sofia, Bulgaria... Read more
08.05.2017 FLUCA: Austrian Cultural Pavilion - opening season 2017 FLUCA: Austrian Cultural Pavilion is an innovative project for a mobile cultural stage with a shipping container transformed into an art installation and an interdisciplinary open platform. It’s a collaborative project of Open Arts Foundation and Austrian Embassy in Bulgaria . Its original concept comes from FLUC – a well-known space for urbanism,... Read more
30.12.2016 Highlights 2016 and Sneak Peek 2017 It has been an exciting year for us from SARIEV Contemporary and an even more exciting one is ahead for us! See some of our highlights from 2016 as well as a 2017 sneak peek. EXHIBITIONS 2016 We started 2016 with the curatorial project Let Them Draw by our artist Pravdoliub Ivanov . In his show he presented 17 young and established artists... Read more
21.12.2015 Highlights 2015 аnd Sneak Peek 2016 It has been an exciting year for us from SARIEV Contemporary and an even more exciting one is ahead of us! See some of our highlights from 2015 as well as a small 2016 sneak peek. EXHIBITIONS 2015 We started the year with Voin de Voin 's show ἀ-μετά-καλύπτω at our project space. From... Read more
14.09.2015 Focus Bulgaria at viennacontemporary 2015 Open Arts Foundation and Sariev Contemporary are pleased to invite you to at viennacontemporary 24 - 27 September 2015 Vernissage: 23 September, 6-9 pm Vernissage Focus Bulgaria: 23 September, 7 pm Marx-Halle, Vienna Booth C16/C24 Focus Bulgaria at viennacontemporary 2015 is the first overview of Bulgarian contemporary art... Read more
13.07.2015 Beaux Arts on Stefan Nikolaev's exhibition 'Business, Model, Sculpture' In its July issue, Beaux Arts magazine features "Business, Model, Sculpture" , solo show by Sariev Contemporary's represented artist Stefan Nikolaev that took place at our gallery earlier this year. The article also traces Vesselina Sarieva's efforts into popularising Bulgarian contemporary art at the international scene through the activities... Read more