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ZHANA NEDELCHEVA

WEB www.artzhana.com

E-MAIL zhana_nedelcheva@yahoo.ca

TEL 604 521 8462

JOINT EXHIBITIONS

July 2007 Vallauris, France, "Fete Picasso- Small Art Objects" - Ceramics

January 2007 "Hycroft" Art Gallery, University Women's Club of Vancouver, Canada - Watercolor

April 2001 "Lubor Bayer" Art Gallery, Strara Zagora, Bulgaria - with Boncho Todorov - Ceramics

March 2001" Iliya Beshkov" Art Gallery, Pleven - with Boncho Todorov and Ivan Dimitrov - Ceramics

September 2000 "Mini Maritza Iztok" Art Gallery, Radnevo - with Boncho Todorov - Ceramics

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

January 2007 "Cambrige House International", Showcase for Visual Arts, Vancouver, Canada

November 2006 "Maple Ridge Art Gallery", Canada, "Honey I shrunk the artwork" - Watercolor

November 2006 "CityScape Comunity Art Centre", North Vancouver, Canada, The Anounimos Art Show - Painting

November 2006 The Art Gallery of the South Okanagan, Canada, "The 1st Annual Exhibition of Small Works" - Painting

June 2006 "Artperiscope", Poland, Internet Competition, www.artperiscope.com - Collage

March 2006 "Blackberry gallery", Port Moody Arts Centre, Vancouver, Canada - Ceramics

March 2006 "Radha yoga & Eatery",Vancouver, Canada - Collage

November 2005 "Roundhouse",Vancouver,Canada - "Out of the rain umbrella project" -Umbrella painting

January 2005 "Shipka 6" Gallery,Sofia, Bulgaria- 10 years of Faculty of Pre-scool And Primary School Education of University of Sofia - Ceramics

September 2004 Art Gallery, St.Nikole -Macedonia - Participation in a Plain Exhibition - Painting

April 2004 Art Gallery, Radnevo, Bulgaria- Participation in a Plain Exhibition - Painting

December 2003 "Shipka 6" Gallery,Sofia, Bulgaria - Participation in a Traditional Ceramics Exhibition

1999 - 2005 "Lubor Bayer" Art Gallery, Strara Zagora, Bulgaria- Participation in a Traditional Youth Exhibition - Ceramics, Collage, Painting

1999 - 2004 "Lubor Bayer"Art Gallery, Strara Zagora, Bulgaria- Participation in a Traditional Regional Exhibition - Ceramics

RESIDENSE/ WORKSHOPS

November 2005 "West End Comunity Centre",Vancouver,Canada - "Out of the rain umbrella project" -Umbrella painting

August 2005 "Roundhouse",Vancouver, Canada - Pottery class

July 2005 Granville Island, Vancouver, Canada - Raku

June 2004 St.Nikole , Macedonia - Painting

May 2004 Stara Zagora , Bulgaria - Painting

WORK EXPERIENCE

2001 - 2003 School of Fine Arts and Ceramics, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria - Teacher in Arts and Ceramics

1994 - 1995 Bork Design Co, Stara Zagora - Graphic Design

ARTIST'S BIOGRAPHY

Zhana Nedelcheva was born in Bulgaria, Europe. In 1994 she graduated from Kazanlak Art College with major in design. Sveti Kliment Ohridski University in Sofia has been her next educational endeavor. In 1999 she successfully completed her studies with specialization in Arts literacy and emphasis on sculpture, artistic ceramics and orthodox iconography. During the consecutive years Zhana taught ceramics and painting at Stara Zagora Fine Arts School.

Since 1999 the artist has been actively engaged in Traditional and Youth exhibitions of collage, painting, paper and ceramic sculpture. Ceramics has remained her ardent passion. A number of group exhibitions in cooperation with Boncho Todorov and Ivan Dimitrov depicted the monumentality and color vivacity of her sculptural ceramics and tiles. In 2004 she was awarded Young artist of the Year prize for her solo ceramics exhibition at Ikar gallery. The same year she attended two residenses in Bulgaria and Macedonia.

Since 2005 Zhana Nedelcheva has based her artwork in Vancouver, Canada. The cosmopolitan city has revealed the magic of the handmade paper and inspired her to create Moods collage cycle. In addition, a Kama Sutra cycle in paintings and ceramics was born as a result of her artistic experiments and reflections.