Desislava Christova

Desislava Hristova Hristova-Tosheva, Associate Professor PhD

She was born on 23.01.1969, Sofia

National Art School Iliya Petrov"

NAA, Graphics, 1994

Associate Professor, Department of Graphics, discipline graphics and composition

Doctor of Art and Fine Arts

Member of UBA, Graphics and Illustration Section

Participates in numerous national exhibitions and international graphic forums, including: XI, XII, XIII, XIV and XV and XVI Graphic Biennale in Varna I and II Biennial for Ex-Libris, Sofia 2004 - "Contemporary Bulgarian Art - Traveling Museum" and "Process - Space" Festival, Balchik XII and XX International Competition "Maximo Ramos", Ferrol, Spain XXIV and XXV IMPACT Festival in Kyoto, Japan III Biennial of Arts - small format Hallsberg & Orebro, Sweden V International Triennial for Small Format, Lahti, Finland II and III International Biennial of Small Forms, Ceshtova, Poland Graphic triennial 2003 - Cairo, Egypt VII International Biennale CAIXANOVA, Orenes, Spain III Engraving Festival, Evora, Portugal II International Triennial of Graphics, Kochi, Japan II Biennial Graphics Review - Sfantu Djordje, Romania VII, VI, V, IV GrГ­fico Jesse NГЁzes Competition, Spain International Graphic Triennial Krakow - Istanbul 2012 II Triple Hall for the Kulisiewicz Prize - Warsaw, I ULUS Graphic Triennial - Belgrade, VI Triennial of Graphics - Sofia International Print Network - "Multiple matters-graphic concepts", K? Nstlerhaus, Vienna and others.

Solo exhibitions:

2012 - "New Beginning?", Art Gallery 55, NiЕЎ and

2012 - "New Start", "Metodi Meta Petrov" Gallery, Dimitrovgrad, Serbia

2011 - "Transparent Atelier", Arosita Gallery, Sofia

2008 - "Inside or Outside? - Aesthetics of Disintegration ", Arosita Gallery, Sofia

Awards and nominations:

2009 - Creative Stage Award in Schwandorf, Germany, from a competition of UBA

2012 - Nomination for the Schedule of the Regional Allianz Prize Contest

2012 - Short list selection from the MOST Contemporary Art Competition of Modern Art Gallery, Sofia

2012 - Nomination for Creative Stay in Munich from a competition of UBA