Biliana Velkova
Performance Work - Video Work - Photography - Drawings - Collaborations - Curatorial Projects - Contact Info & CV
Email
biliana.velkova@gmail.com

represented by: Jeffrey Boone Gallery

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Education
2008 - 2010
University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Masters of Fine Arts

2003 - 2004
Capilano College, North Vancouver, B.C. Art Institute Program

1996 - 1999
Concordia University, Montréal, Canada Bachelors of Fine Arts, Studio Arts Major. Graduated with Distinction

1994 - 1996
Capilano College, North Vancouver, B.C. Diploma in Studio Arts. Graduated with Honors

Selected Exhibitions
2008
Breathless by Biliana, (solo exhibition) Jeffrey Boone Gallery, Vancouver, BC
The Affordable Art Fair, Altman Building, New York, NY
Toronto International Art Fair, Toronto, ON
Recent Drawings, (solo exhibition) Capilano College Gallery, North Vancouver

2007
Homecoming, Plovdiv Contemporary Art Centre, Plovdiv Bulgaria - Catalogue
Black and White, CityScape Community Gallery, North Vancouver, BC
Must Haves, (solo exhibition) Tartooful Art Space, North Vancouver, BC
Put You Slippers on, You are Going to Catch a Cold, Vancouver Cultural Centre
Opa, Opa, Opa!  video screening, 899 Projects, Vancouver, BC

2006
Anonymous Art Show, CityScape Community Art Space, North Vancouver, BC
Fresh, Cabaret performance with Deborah Burlesson, Capilano Mall, North Vancouver, BC

2005
Glide Step, LIVE Biennial of Perfomace Art, Vancouver, BC. (presented by the Or Gallery)

2004
Totally Manipulated, CityScape Gallery, North Vancouver, Canada
knock offs, Capilano College Gallery, North Vancouver, Canada
Tabor Swing Band, CESTA Art Centre, Tabor, Czech Republic

2002
Help Wanted, collaboration with Rebecca Watt, Alternator Gallery, Kelowna, Canada
Peep Show, video installation, The Lusty Lady, Seattle, USA

2001
Family Portrait, Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, Canada
No Tragedy, curated by Seamus Kealy, Michaud House Gallery, Vancouver, Canada cyber and my sp@ce, curated by Dimitrina Sevova and Alain Kessi, Communication Front, Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
Super Natural British Columbia, curated by Majia Martin, Artropolis, CBC Building, Vancouver, Canada [Catalogue]
Help Wanted, collaboration with Rebecca Watt, Dynamo Gallery, Vancouver, Canada

2000
Long Ago and Far Ahead, CESTA Art Centre, Tabor, Czech Republic
Hold Your Breath, Plovdiv Art Gallery, Ancient Turkish Bath, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
petite envelope urbaine, International Book Fair, Leipzig, Germany
Star Sightings, Break 21, International visual and media art festival for emerging artists
SOU Kultura Ljubljana, Slovenia - Catalogue
Videoarchaeology, curated by Iliyana Nedkova, Zhivka Valyavicharska and Boris Kostadinov. La Traverse Art Centre, Paris, France
Video Vérité, curated by Dimitrina Sevova, TED Gallery, Varna, Bulgaria
Videoarchaeology, curated by Iliyana Nedkova, Zhivka Valyavicharska and Boris Kostadinov. ATA Centre for Contemporary Art, Sofia, Bulgaria [Catalogue]
Fabula, solo exhibition, curated by Dimitrina Sevova. TED Gallery, Varna, Bulgaria

1999
SuperSuburbanite, Contemporary Visual Art Festival, Eastern Edge Gallery, curated by Andrea Cooper. St. John's, Canada
Random, Leonard and Ellen Bina Gallery, Montréal, Canada
Merry-Go-Round, VAV Gallery, collaboration with Michelle Bush, Montréal, Canada
Encyclopedia Practica, curated by Danica Jojich Art Mure Gallery, Montréal, Canada

1998
Drawings and Paintings, VAV Gallery, Montréal, Canada
Tzirk, collaboration with Albanie Noël. VAV Gallery, Montréal, Canada

1997
Es-tête-tique, 200 rue Bourget, Montréal, Canada [Catalogue]
Spring Sprung, VAV Gallery, Montréal, Canada
Bunch, Espace 760, Montréal, Canada

1996
Closure, Seymour Art Gallery, Deep Cove, Canada
Modern Icons, Modern Images and Artifacts Gallery,Vancouver, Canada
Studio Arts Graduation Show, Capilano College Gallery, North Vancouver, Canada
Beyond Borders, Western Washington University Gallery, Bellingham, USA
Discovery, Seymour Art Gallery, Deep Cove, Canada

Curatorial/Editorial projects
2000
Hold Your Breath, Piscine St. Michel, Montreal, Canada
Intrigued and Seduced, video art from Bulgaria. Khyber Centre for the Arts, Halifax, Canada
Hold Your Breath, multi media installation project in Turkish bath. Plovdiv, Bulgaria

1999
petite envelope urbaine, International publication/envelope project.
Co-editor of the Bulgarian edition of the international petite envelope urbaine
SKOL Gallery, Montreal, Canada. Videoarchaeology, International video festival/symposium in Bulgaria
Curated Canadian video artists for the project Video Vérité. ATA Centre for Contemporary Art, Sofia, and TED Gallery, Varna, Bulgaria.

1998
Es-tête-tique, 200 rue Bourget, Montréal, Canada [Catalogue]

1997
Drawings and Paintings, VAV Gallery, Montréal, Canada
Spring Sprung. VAV Gallery, Montréal, Canada

Founder of BLUNT artist and curatorial collective