Petya Deneva

Awakening - Oil Painting Colors White Yellow Blue

2018

Maestro Petya Deneva was born in 1981 in Sofia, Bulgaria EDUCATION 2000 - 2006 National Academy of Fine Arts, Sofia, Bulgaria Master of Fine Arts degree Field of Specialization: Painting 1995 - 2000 High School of Fine Arts “Dobry Hristov”, Varna PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Solo Exhibitions: 2019 - "Garden", Tea Alba Gallery, Sofia 2018 - "Forest and Town", collaborating project with Teodora Doncheva-Techwoo, Labyrinth Gallery, Plovdiv, Bulgaria 2018 - "Light", Le Papillon Art Gallery, Varna, Bulgaria 2016 - Exhibition in U Park Gallery, Plovdiv, Bulgaria 2015 - "Conversations", collaborating project with Teodora Doncheva-Techwoo, Underground Gallery, Sofia 2014 - "Town-Palace", "The quiet nest" Gallery, The Palace, Balchik, Bulgaria 2012 - “The living sea above me”, “mini ARt fest fo”, Sofia, Bulgaria 2012 - “Ways”, Bułgarski Instytut Kultury, Warsaw, Poland 2012 - „Ways”, “4 Strony Swiata” Gallery, Pultusk, Poland 2011 - “Mountain”, Sofia Press Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria 2010 - “Green world”, Astry Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria 2007 - Public Art Gallery, Balchik, Bulgaria Group Exhibitions: 2006-2018: "Size 30/30", Astry Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria 2016: Interior and Still life", Union of Bulgarian Artists, Sofia, Bulgaria 2013: National competition Allianz Bulgaria for fine arts, Union of Bulgarian Artists, Sofia, Bulgaria 2012: “The Tree of Life” Vivacom Art Hall, Sofia, Bulgaria 2011: “Premio Internazionale di Pittura e Grafica “Natale di Roma”2011, Cascina Farsetti Gallery, Rome, Italy 2009: “Two brothers” – participation in exhibition of contemporary Bulgarian and Slovakian fine art, Bratislava, Slovakia 2008: “Near distance”, exhibition organized by the Union of Bulgarian Artists, Sofia, Bulgaria 2007: Exhibition of the artists, awarded in the National competition for young artists, curators and art critics “25 years International Foundation “St. Cyril and St. Methodius”, Sofia, Bulgaria 2006: Curatorial project “10X5X3 Achromatic”, Union of Bulgarian Artists, Sofia, Bulgaria 2005: Youth Art Exhibition, “Solers” Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria 2004: Autumn Exhibition, Hosted by the Institute of Oceanography, Varna, Bulgaria 2002: Travelling exhibition: “Visual captures of the Balkan Architectural Heritage”, Turkey, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Greece, organized by APARE, France Mural Painting Projects: 2019 - Medieval ceiling, Private Residence, Ireland 2018 - Medieval ceiling, Private Residence, Ireland 2017 - Private Residence of Christian Louboutin, Lisbon, Portugal 2010 - Private Residence, Sofia, Bulgaria 2009 - Residence of Lucien Arkas, Sefakoy, Turkey 2008 - Camondo Residence, Istanbul, Turkey 2007 - Ciragan Palace Hotel Kempinski, Istanbul, Turkey 2005 - “Rizo” Residence, Istanbul, Turkey Additional Information: From January 2010 – Member of the Union of Bulgarian Artists, Fine Arts Department Prizes Awarded: 2004: First prize for Fine Art – National competition for young artists, curators and critics of “St. Cyril and St. Methodius” International Foundation 2002: One-year scholarship for Fine Art, granted by “Rayna Kabaivanska” Foundation