Neno Belchev

About

Neno Belchev was born in Varna, Bulgaria. Lives and works in Varna. After graduation of National Academy of Fine Arts in Sofia, his works have been exhibited at wide range of international exhibitions at Moerenuma Koen Hidamari Museum (Sapporo), He Xiangning Art Museum (Shenzhen), White Box gallery and Apexart (New York), NCCA (Saint-Patersburg), Wichita Falls Museum (Texas), Today Art Museum, (Beijing) and many others. Neno works as freelance multidisciplinary artist as well as independent curator. He is one of the founders of the International Video-Art Festival VIDEOHOLICA. His works are possession of the He Xiangning Art Museum (Shenzhen), China; Varna City Gallery, private collections in the United Kingdom, Japan, Canada, Spain, Ukraine, etc. In his work as an artist, Neno tries to understand the way how humans perceive the world. How they interact with their surrounding environment. His video-installations provoke different point of view in the minds of the observers, in order to break their previous models of perceiving the world. … Read More

Location: Varna, Bulgaria
Website: http://www.nenobel.net/

Education

EDUCATION:1997 - Graduated from the National Academy for Fine Arts, Sofia. Awarded Master of Arts degree. Major: Mural Painting. Tutor: Prof. Dimo Zaimov. Thesis: Design & Performance of the Entire Mural Painting of the churches in Kumanovo and Turia. Performed part of the murals. 1990 - Graduated from the College for Fine Arts, Sofia.LANGUAGES:English fairly well. Completed the course in English PRE INTERMEDIATE at the British Council Varna, January 2005 April 2005 Russian very good.OCCUPATION:Now - Freelance artist Before - Since September 2000 until June 2008 A lecturer in drawing and oil painting at the Varna Free University Chernorizets Khrabar, Varna, Bulgariashort CURRICULUM VITAENENO BELCHEV BELCHEV2010SELECTED AWARDS & COMPETITIONS: August - November 2009 Grant at the OCAT (OCT Contemporary Art Terminal of He Xiangning Art Museum) International Art Residency 2009 (catalog), Shenzhen, China http://www.ocat.com.cn/Sept - Oct 2008 Grant - artist in residency by REDline'08_BORDERING ON US programmein Espao IMERGE of IDEIAS EMERGENTES (IMERGE) (catalog), (www.imerge.com.pt), Porto, Portugal http://redline08.wordpress.com/03-exposicao/ July 2007 Grant by European Culture Foundation - special guest of ESPACE 29 for contemporary art, Bordeaux and LES OUVRIERS DU CHAI, Sainte Foy La Grande, FRANCE; January - March 2007 Grant - artist in residency in ICC + S-AIR 2006 Exchange Programme(catalog), Sapporo, Japan, http://sair.exblog.jp/4583279/; April 2006 Prize of jury for best video at ON DIFFERENCE # 2(catalog), Sofia, Bulgaria, http://ondifference2.i-space.org/index_en.php?page; November 2003 First prize for experimental photography at the 1st NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC SALON(catalog), Varna, Bulgaria http://www.fotosalonvarna.org/en/winner5.htm; SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS:April 2010 Silicone Identity objects and drawings, in the frames of CONEMPO, gallery 8, Varna, Bulgaria November 2009 What Do You Want for Your Body? open studio in the frames of the International Art Residency 2009 at the OCAT (OCT Contemporary Art Terminal of He Xiangning Art Museum), http://www.ocat.com.cn/, Shenzhen, ChinaMay 2007 SEE HOW THE BULGARIAN DOES ART 3, Georgi Velchev Art Gallery Museum, VarnaApril 2007 SEE HOW THE BULGARIAN DOES ART 2, Gallery 8, Varna, Bulgaria; February 2007 Two men exhibition - video art, gallery HIDAMARI, Sapporo, Japan http://sair.exblog.jp/4583279/ http://a3.stalker.bg/index.htm; February 2005 Exhibition, video art and paintings, Gallery 8, Varna, Bulgaria; June 2004 Outdoor Sculpture Show, International Theatre Festival Varna Summer, Varna, Bulgaria; June 2002 MATERIAL EXPRESSION OF PRAYER, or Quintessence of Suffering, Plastic Works of Art of black dough, Art Gallery Artin, Varna, BulgariaSELECTED INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS:August 2010 OSTRALE 2010 International Contemporary Art Festival, curator Krzysztof Stanislawski, Dresden, GermanyAugust 2010 August in Art International Biennial for Visual Arts, curator Maria Vasileva, Varna, BulgariaJune 2010 ONE NIGHT STAND, video programme of The Dissolve, SITE Santa Fes Eighth International Biennial, curators Sarah Lewis and Daniel Belasco Santa Fe, USAMay 2010 grenzART 1 festival for performing arts, obART, Kirschau, Germany,October 2009 The Invisible Generation, OCAT, Shenzhen, China, curator Per Httner & Daniele Balit, http://theinvisiblegeneration.blogspot.com/October 2009 the exhibition Bulgarian Connection, curator Micelle Blume - Switzerland, gallery 44, Genoa, Italy June 2009 the exhibition TAKE ME TO THE RIVER - ISTANBUL, curator Cohn Drennan - USA, Wichita Falls Museum, Texas, USAMay 2009 NOPASSWD international festival for contemporary art Genoa, Italy http://www.nopasswd.com/ March 2009 international exhibition TAKE ME TO THE RIVER, curator Cohn Drennan - USA, Depo - Ttn Deposu, Istanbul, TurkeyDecember 2008 KAUNAS IN ART: CONTEXTS festival for contemporary art (catalog),curator Krzysztof Stanislawski, Kaunas, Lithuania, http://www.menoparkas.lt/kaunasinart/contexts/kia-en.htmlOctober 2008 REDline08_Bordering on Us - International Meeting of Contemporary ArtCommunity, Identity and Representation, IDEIAS EMERGENTES, Rua Santa Catarina, 777, Porto, Portugal (catalog) http://redline08.wordpress.com/03-exposicao/ October 2008 10th international panorama of independent films & video makers, Patras, Greece September 2008 Balkan Art Week What Is White?, Ada Street Gallery, London, England, curators: Jenny Lee and Piera Ravnikar, (catalog) http://terminal00.org/news/ August 2008 7th Biennial for Visual Arts August in Art, Varna, Bulgaria, curator Philip Zidarov, http://www.augustinart.com/ June 2008 World One Minutes exhibition, Today Art Museum, (catalog), Beijing, China http://www.theoneminutes.org/public/index.php?thissection_id=1 March 2007 International festival for visual arts, ICC fest - 2007, Sapporo, Japan; , … Read More