Biography
Kaliya Kalacheva was born in 1986 in Sofia, Bulgaria, where she still lives and works. She is an MA graduate from the National Academy of Art in Sofia, Bulgaria. In 2011 she won the Prize for promising young artist of the Edmond Demirdjian Foundation. She was shortlisted for the 2012 MOST award. In 2017 Kaliya won the International Artist recognition at Women in the Arts Awards "Celebrating the Genius of Women" exhibition and competition in Orlando, Florida.Her paintings are part of the collections of Art center Hugo Voeten, Belgium, Luciano Benetton collection, Italy, National Art Gallery and Sofia City Gallery, Bulgaria. Kaliya Kalacheva was a resident artist in the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris, France in 2014 and Oberpfälzer Künstlerhaus, Schwandorf, Germany in 2016.
Selected Solo exhibitions
- 2018 "Light" A+ Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
- 2017 "Air on Wood" Nuance Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria, "Tandem", [A]cube contemporary, Sofia
- 2016 "Pieces", str. Moskovska 11, Sofia, Bulgaria
- 2015 "Close/Open", "Rakursi" Art Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
- 2013 "Where do you go?" Modern Art Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
- 2012 "Wait!", "Rakursi" Art Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
Selected Group exhibitions
- 2017 "AlterEgo" Nirvana Gallery, curator Tsvetelina Anastasova
- 2016 Accessible Art Fair Brussels, Musee Juif de Belgique
- 2015 "Imago Mundi: Map of the New Art", Luciano Benetton collection, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice, Italy
"Image and likeness", National Art Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
"Caution: Wet paint!", Sofia City Gallery, Bulgaria - 2014 "My name is Artist", curator Vesela Nozharova, Art center Hugo Voeten, Belgium
Eurasia Art Express Project, MBC Gallery, Daejeon, South Korea - 2013 "Forcing up the choice", Plovdiv, Bulgaria, curator Galina Lardeva
Cotroceni National Museum, Bucharest, Romania
International painting biennial, Chisinau, Moldova - 2012 "Chances Choices Changes", Organized by the World Bank, National Palace of Culture, Sofia, BG
"Love" - project "Idea for Home", curator Maria Vassileva, "Raiko Aleksiev" Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria - 2010"Transform" - Tophane Cultural Center, Istanbul, Turkey
Gallery
Kaliya Kalacheva
Boxes I, 2018.
Painting
Details
- Material: Acrylic / Wood
- Width: 40.00 cm Height: 60.00 cm Depth: 2.00 cm
Kaliya Kalacheva
Boxes II, 2018.
Painting
Details
- Material: Acrylic / Wood
- Width: 20.00 cm Height: 60.00 cm Depth: 2.00 cm
Kaliya Kalacheva
Not every landscape that contains sea is a seascape I, 2016.
Painting
Details
- Material: Acrylic / Canvas
- Width: 120.00 cm Height: 120.00 cm Depth: 2.00 cm
Kaliya Kalacheva
Not every landscape that contains sea is a seascape II, 2016.
Painting
Details
- Material: Acrylic / Canvas
- Width: 120.00 cm Height: 120.00 cm Depth: 2.00 cm
