Exhibitions

Known as an underwater photographer, I have spent years capturing the stories of the world hidden beneath the water’s surface. After 17 exhibitions dedicated entirely to underwater photography, I am honored to present to you my first above-water exhibition – “Devon.” The name is a nod to the geological period when life emerged from the...

DA FEST is an international digital arts festival organized by the National Academy of Arts in Sofia and the DA LAB Foundation. Established in 2009, it presents contemporary artistic practices in the field of new media through exhibitions, performances, screenings, and research formats. The tenth anniversary edition of the festival (2025) is held under the...

Exhibition of the graduates of the Master’s program in Photography, supervised by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ivan Kyuranov. The exhibition can be visited until July 30 during the working days and hours of ONE Gallery, 1A Dyakon Ignatiy St. The project “Exhibitions of the National Academy of Arts Graduates – Class of 2025” is realized with...

Nikolay Konstantinov’s exhibition “Quartet at the End of Time” is inspired by Olivier Messiaen’s composition of the same name—created in captivity, yet extending beyond time. Video installations and sculptures made from containers, adorned with traditional Bulgarian embroidery motifs, intertwine in a contemporary visual score exploring identity, boundaries, and memory. In this visual quartet of the...

A poetic series that confronts the banality and limitations of routine life and “common sense,” filtered through the creative imagination and sense of humor of the surrealist. Each of the eleven compositions/collages represents a unique, handcrafted work, combining watercolor, ink drawing, and found objects, including antique postage stamps and comics from the 1960s, as well...

“Hey, I am a protégé of muses, with whom my best illusions—about the prince and about freedom—are in a dark conspiracy.” This stanza from the poem “Draft for a Letter to the Beloved” by the late Miryana Basheva, although modified for the needs of the exhibition, became the primary inspiration for the creation of the...

Curator Dobromir Ivan presents the exhibition “Borderline States” (Border Mood), which addresses the theme of boundaries—not only physical and spatial ones but also those between us as human beings. The exhibition will open on March 25 at One Gallery in the capital and will remain there until March 31. Participants include Joseph Beuys, Sylvie Fleury,...

Shahriar Mazandi’s work concerns the visible and the invisible—that which lies beyond the boundaries of three-dimensional perception. His photographic work, which resembles what was known as solarization during the era of analog film, hints at the 4th, 5th dimensions and beyond what can be imagined but not perceived. As a product of Anglo-Iranian multiculture, the...

I am not certain whether we can fully trust a photograph as an authentic representation of a person or an event, as everything depends on the author’s perspective and the context in which the photo was taken. Every photograph can be manipulated in some way; it can direct the way we perceive it. Is even...