Biography
Desislava Dimova is an art critic and curator. She graduated in Art Studies at the Academy of Arts in Sofia and Philosophy at the Center for Research in Modern European Philosophy (CRMEP), London. As an art historian, she is part of the comparative art research project Confrontations, Sessions in East European Art History, organized by The Post-Socialist Art Center (PACT), Institute of Advanced Studies, UCL, London (2019-2022).
She is a co-founder of the Art Affairs and Documents Foundation, Sofia, with which she organizes and curates the Sofia Art Projects exhibitions as a team. She is the curator ofCircus of Truth - a collaboration between six international artists for Bozar, Brussels (2017-2019).
She is the author of numerous texts on contemporary art in various genres, including the novel "Portrait of the Artist as a Young Woman" (2009, „Развитие“).
Gallery
Interview. Valentina Sciarra and Iskra Blagoeva in conversation about their project 77 1/2. Video
Martian Tabakov
Opening performance of Sofia Art Projects, 2022.
Performance
Details
- Photographer: Teodora Dzherekarova
Oriol Vilanova
New Models, 2022.
Installation
Details
- Photographer: Teodora Dzherekarova
- Material: Varying in size display vitrines
- Description: Photograph of the exhibtion "New Models" by Oriol Vilanova at the Institute for contemporary art - Sofia curated by Dessislava Dimova. The exhibiton is part of the project "Superpositions 2 / Entanglement" (2022).
June 16 – July 23, 2022
Oriol Vilanova
New Models, 2022.
Installation
Details
- Photographer: Teodora Dzherekarova
- Description: Photograph of the exhibtion "New Models" by Oriol Vilanova at the Institute for contemporary art - Sofia curated by Dessislava Dimova. The exhibiton is part of the project "Superpositions 2 / Entanglement" (2022).
June 16 – July 23, 2022
Stela Vassileva
Shifting Colors, 2021.
Installation
Details
- Photographer: Teodora Dzherekarova
- Description: Site-spesific light installation пart of Sofia Art Projects (2021).
