Biography
Valentin Stefanoff is born 1959 in Sofia. He lives and works in Paris, France. In 1985 Valentin Stefanoff graduated from The National Art Academy, Sofia, Bulgaria. Some of his exhibitions includes as: 0 for Black 1 for White, Sofia City Art Gallery, Bulgaria 2018 (solo exhibition) / The temptations of ninavale, Sofia Arsenal - Museum of Contemporary Art, Bulgaria, 2018 (solo exhibition ninavale) / The temptations of ninavale , National Gallery of Macedonia, Skopje, Macedonia 2017 (solo exhibition ninavale) / Le Musée a 30 ans! Musee d'Art Modern et Contemporain, Saint Étienne, France, 2017 / Distinction, Guo Zhong Art Museum, Beijing, China, 2017 / Art for Change 1985-2015, Sofia City Art Gallery, Bulgaria, 2015 / Physics and Metaphysics of the Dark Spot, Arosita Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria, 2012 (solo exhibition) / A Possible History, City Art Sofia Gallery, Bulgaria / Why Duchamp? From object to museum and back, Sofia Arsenal - Museum for Contemporary Art, Bulgaria, 2012 / Close Encounter, Jeju Museum of Art, South Korea, 2010 / Surplus Enjoyment, Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei, Taiwan, 2010 (solo exhibition ninavale) / Shifting Identity, Li Space, 798, Beijing, China, 2008 / Micro-Narratives, Musee d'Art Modern et Contemporain, Saint Étienne, France 2008 / La 4eme biennale d'art contemporain de Québec, 2008 / European Attitude, Zendai MoMA Shanghai, China, 2008 / Face, ZONE Chelsea Center for the Arts, New York, USA, 2007 / Desire and Resistance Determine the Motion, Musée d’Art Modern et Contemporain, Strasbourg, France, 2007 / Micro-narratives, October Salon, The Museum of Modern Art, Belgrade, Serbia, 2007 / Play for Two Hands and Black, video installation on the facade of Academy of Fine Arts, Sofia, Bulgaria, 2006 (solo exhibition ninavale) / Phases of Accumulation and Extraction in a Limited Space, Musée d’Art Modern et Contemporain, Strasbourg, France, 2006 / ASIA – EUROPE Mediations, National Museum of Poznan, Poland, 2007 / Two Asias, Two Europes, Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art, China, 2005 / Au-delà visible, MNAC, Bucharest, Romania 2005 (solo exhibition ninavale) / Phases of Accumulation and Extraction in a Limited Space, National Art Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria, 2005 (solo exhibition ninavale) / Sometimes close is more open then open … Centre d'Art Contemporain, Anmas, France 2004 / Cosmopolis, Macedonian Museum of Contemorary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece, 2004 / Export - Import, Sofia Municipale Gallery, Bulgaria, 2003 / Currency, Galerie Mabelle Semler, Pars, France, (solo exhibition) / Die Beherrschung der Natur, Kunsthalle, Hannover, Germany 2002 / Open-Close, Museum for Modern and Contemporary Art, Belgrade, Serbia (solo exhibition) 2000. / Identifications of the Space II, Gallery Luc Queyrel, Paris, France, 2000 (solo exhibition).
Among the other prizes, Nina Kovacheva has been awarded (together with Valentin Stefanoff) The UNESCO Prize for the Promotion of the Arts 2002.
Gallery
Valentin Stefanoff
Organon, 2011.
Photography
Details
- Photographer: Cyrille Cauvet
- Material: lambda, photopa per on aluminium
- Sizes: 140 Ь 100 cm.
- Property of: Musée d'art Moderne et Contemporain, Saint-Étienne, France / Sofia City Art Gallery / private collectons
- Description: Editon of 5 + 1AP
Sofia City Art Gallery
Exhibition view from:
“Le Musée a 30 ans”, Musée d'art Moderne et Contemporain, Saint-Étienne, France, 2017 - Copyright: Valentin Stefanoff
- References: http://ninavale.com/valentin/photo/organon/
Valentin Stefanoff
Plastic Romanticism, 2018.
Photography
Details
- Material: inkjet print on photo paper stuck on aluminium
- Sizes: 100 X 150 cm.
- Property of: Sofia City Art Gallery
- Description: Cycle of 8 photos, 100 X 150 cm each
Editon of 5 + 1AP
Exhibition view from:
”0 for Black 1 for White”, Sofia City Art Gallery, exhibiti, 2018 - Copyright: Valentin Stefanoff
- References: http://ninavale.com/valentin/photo/plastic-romanticism/
Valentin Stefanoff
Phiysics of Freedom, 2012.
Sculpture
Details
- Material: Glass
- Width: 1790.00 mm Height: 2800.00 mm Depth: 600.00 mm
- Property of: Nikolai Nedelchev collection
Valentin Stefanoff
The world is too much with us, 2008.
Video Art
Details
- Property of: The world is too much with us / Sofia City Art Gallery / Collection Mtel
- Description: View from the video installation in MOCA Taipei, Taiwan, 2010
- Copyright: Valentin Stefanoff
Valentin Stefanoff
Open-Closed, 1998.
Object
Details
- Photographer: Branimir Karanovic
- Material: plexiglas 6 mm
- Sizes: Size: hight 80 cm, long - from 80 to 240 cm
- Description: Ten spatial drawings / objects, on plexiglas 6mm thick. The drawings are on both sides of plexiglas - text transfer, glass painting, transparent and opaque parts. The plexiglas is mounted at 5-6 cm distance from the wall; the drawing and the opaque parts are throwing a shadow on the wall. The drawing and the shadow together create an impression of three-dimensional object. The shadow is a part of the work.
Size: hight 80 cm, long - from 80 to 240 cm
Exhibition view from:
”Open-Closed”, Solo exhibition, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade, 2000