TONEV KOSTA

Born in 1980 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.  Lives and works in Vienna and Plovdiv.

EDUCATION 

2004 – 2007 Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna
2004  Graduated from National Academy of Fine Arts, Sofia

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2007 “The Day Is Not Over – A New Day Is Coming”, Kunsthalle Meidling, Vienna, Austria
2004 “The Full Picture”, Sofi a City Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2003 “Dimensions of Personal Comfort”, XXL Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 

2007  “Franz West – Souffl e, eine Massenausstellung”, Kunstraum
Innsbruck, Austria / “Body Language”, Threshold artspace, Perth, Scotland / “In search of lost time”, Sofia Art Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria /  “Editing”, Zerynthia – Association for Contemporary Art, (curators Lorenzo Benedetti & Cecilia Casorati) Rome , Italy  / “European re-Union”, Galerie ArtPoint, (curator Maria Vassileva) Vienna, Austria / “Kraftwerke”, Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien, Vienna, Austria
2006 “Important Announcement. Image and Text in Bulgarian Art”, Sofia City Gallery, (curator Maria Vassileva) Sofia, Bulgaria / “Urban Legends”, Sofia City Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2005 “Play Sofia”, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienne (curator Hedwig Saxenhuber) / Donumenta, Regensburg, Germany / “Belgrade in the Past and Present”, Prodajna Galerija “Beograd”, (curator Marko Stamenkovic) Belgrade , Serbia / “I can see clearly now”, Krinzinger Projekte, Vienna, Austria.
2003 “Reflections”, Art Today Association. Center for Contemporary
Art, Plovdiv, Bulgaria

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Sofia Art Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Threshold artspace, Perth, Scotland.

RESIDENCIES

2006 Editing Workshop #4, Zerynthia – Association for Contemporary
Art, Gorizia, Italy / “rotor” Association for Contemporary Art, Graz, Austria
2005 Oberpfälzer Künstlerhaus, Schwandorf, Germany