Krassimir Terziev
born 1969 in Dobritch, Bulgaria
1997
National Academy of Fine Arts Sofia, Bulgaria, MA in Painting
Since 2008
PHD candidate, Cultural Anthropology, Sofia University
Lives and works in Sofia, Bulgaria
Solo show
2008Missing Scenes, Eibank Gallery, Sofia
Background Action, Wuerttembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart *
2007
Making Movies, Galeria Noua, Bucharest
Background Action, Sofia City Art Gallery, Sofia
2006
Terziev, Serapionov, Suljevic, Beton Salon, MQ, Vienna
2005
Remote Resemblances, Goethe-Institut Sofia, Sofia
2004
Excuse me, which City is this?, ATA Center /Institute of Contemporary Art - Sofia;
Intervention in public space, Sofia *
2002
On the BG Track, Belgrade Cultural Center, Belgrade
2001
Reality Pixels, Irida Gallery, Sofia
1999
Everything seems to be all right, The Kitchen, NYC
1997
Let’s Dance. Clothes for Collective Life, XXL Gallery, Sofia
Group show
2008Zero Gravity, Contemporary Art Centre “Ancient Bath”, Plovdiv; curators: Bettina Steinbruegge, Vessela Nojarova
Lyon Septembre de la Photographie, IUFM/Confluences, Lyon
Stay, Stay, Stay, Central Bath, Sofia
Primary Ingredients, Threshold artspace , Perth, UK; curator Iliyana Nedkova
2007
Shortlist 07, Gaudenz B. Ruf Award for New Bulgarian Art, Sofia City Art Gallery, Sofia
The Projection Project. Budapest Episode, Mucsarnok/Kunsthalle, Budapest;
curator Mark Kremer
Reale Sensationen, HVB Kunstpalais, Munich, DE; curator Lóránd Hegyi
Something Common. Something Personal, Art Vienna, ICA-Sofia booth, Vienna
Searching for an Ideal Urbanity, Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart;
curators: Fabrizio Galanti, Jean-Baptiste Joly
Kino wie noch nie, Akademie der Ku_nste, Berlin;
curators: Antje Ehmann, Harun Farocki *
Suitcase Illuminated #5. On Parallel Economy. P74 Center and Gallery, Ljubljana;
Musee d'art Contemporain du Val de Marne, Paris;
curators Katia Anguelova, Alessandra Poggianti *
We Love Cinema, Hessel Museum of Art /Center for Curatorial Studies,
Annandale-on-Hudson, New York; curator Ozkan Canguven
Odysseus in Search of Europe, Online project by Goethe-Institut Network
10 Years Video Art in Bulgaria, travelling exhibition, Sofia, Plovdiv, Varna ...
2006
The Projection Project, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen (MuHKA);
curators Mark Kremer, Edwin Carels, Dieter Roelstraete *
Wildes Kapital II, Kunsthaus Dresden; curators Cristiane Menicke, Torsten Birne,
Sophie Goltz *
Kino wie noch nie, Generali Foundation, Vienna;
curators: Antje Ehmann, Harun Farocki *
New Video New Europe, The Kitchen, NYC
2005
Play Sofia, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna; curator Hedwig Saxenhuber *
Central. New Art form New Europe, BA-CA Kunstforum, Vienna *
New Video New Europe. A Survey of Eastern European Video, Stedelijk Museum,
Amsterdam; Museum of Art, Grand Forks
2004
New Video New Europe. A Survey of Eastern European Video, TATE Modern, London;
Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis; The Renaissance Society, Chicago;
curator Hamza Walker *
Extended Views, Centre Céramique, Maastricht;
curators Bart van den Boom, Jan Schuijren
2003
9th. Cairo Biennial - The Bulgarian participation, Ehnaton Art Center, Cairo;
curator Galina Dimitrova *
Blood Lines & Connections, Contemporary Art Museum, Denver;
curator Sydney Payton
Video Screening 04, travelling program, Galerie Martin Janda Raum fu_r Aktuelle
Kunst, Vienna; VTO, London; Zero, Piacenza; Kurimanzutto, Mexico City; ICA,
Sofia; curator of the Bulgarian program Iara Boubnova
The Last East-European Show, Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade;
curators Stevan Vukovic/Dragan Todorovic *
Export-Import. Contemporary Art From Bulgaria, Sofia Art Gallery, Sofa;
curator Maria Vassileva *
Grants and prizes
2007Gaudenz B. Ruf Award for New Bulgarian Art *
2005-07
Fellowship, Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart
2004
Fellowship, Visual Seminar, ICA-Sofia & CAS Sofia
2002
KulturKontakt Guest Studio Program, Vienna
2001
Annual Award, Irida Gallery, Sofia
1998
Artist in Residence, ARTS LINK, Thundergulch New Media Art Center, NYC
Artist in Residence, De Fabriek Gallery, Eindhoven
publications
Texte:
2008
Radeva, Daniela. “Reality as a favorite victim. Interview with Krassimir Terzie”, Kultura weekly, issue 23 (2506), 18.06.2008, Sofia
2007
Joly, Jean-Baptiste. Ed. “Extra Work. Krassimir Terziev. Taking the figure of extra in cinema production as a metaphor.”, Merz&Solitude, Stuttgart
Genova, Irina. Tempus fugit / Time is Flying. On Contemporary Art
and the Visual Image, Zevgma, Altera, Sofia
Bidoun magazine, Winter, Issue 13, New York
Catalog: Short List 07, Gaudenz B. Ruf Award for New Bulgarian Art, Sofia
Romy Straßenburg, “2007: A Space Odysseus”, Café Babel.com
Jähner, Harald. “Geku_sst und weggetragen. Kino wie noch nie: in einer
Ausstellung der Akademie der Ku_nste wird die Filmsprache seziert”,
Berliner Zeitung, May 1
Mayers, Antje. “Art-Guide: Sofia,” Spike Art Quarterly, Issue 11, February
2006
Projectie. Technologie als Metafoor, MuHKA, Antwerpen, NAi Uitgevers, Rotterdam;
_d. Mark Kremer, Edwin Carels, Dieter Roelstraete
Kino wie noch nie. Generali Foundation, Walther Koenig Verlag, Cologne
Wildes Kapital, Kunsthaus Dresden, relations, Verlag fu_r moderne Kunst
Nu_rnberg; ed. Cristiane Menicke, Torsten Birne, Sophie Goltz
Ditchev, Ivaylo. “Globale Statistenströme,” Lettre international, Issue 72
Popova, Diana. “The Battle for the Real,” Altera Magazine, Issue 2, February
Alexandrova, Petya. “Close Encounters with Cinema of the Third Type,” Altera
Magazine, Issue 2, February
Hitzemann, Christiane. “Bilder durch Bilder erklären,” Freitag, Issue 3, January 20.
2005
Katrin Feßler, Anne. “Frischer Wind im Keller: Der alltägliche Wahnsinn,”
Der Standard, May 26.
Kostadinov, Boris. “Battles of Troy,” Intro Magazine, Issue 12
Catalog: “Play Sofia,” Springerin, Vienna
Catalog: Donumenta. Ars Danubiana, Regensbourg
2004
Koissev, Alexander.. “An Eye For The Pale City,” Visual Seminar II, Sofia,
Revolver Archiv fu_r aktuelle Kunst, Frankfurt/Main
Popova, Diana. “A Forecast For Sofia,” Visual Seminar II, Sofia, Revolver Archiv
für aktuelle Kunst, Frankfurt/Main
Kacunko, Slavko. Closed Circuit Videoinstallationen. Ein Leitfaden zur Geschichte und
Theorie der Medienkunst mit Bausteinen eines Ku_nstlerlexikons, Logos-Verlag, Berlin
Catalog: Central. New Art from New Europe, Galerie Hilger, BA-KA Austria
2003
Stefanov, Svilen/Popov, Chavdar, Between Traditions and Innovations. The
Bulgarian Art of the 90's, LIK, 2003
Gavulova, Lucia. “Upside-Down,” Umelec.
Contemporary Art and Culture Magazine, March
Catalog: 9th. Cairo Biennial, Ehnaton Art Center, Cairo
Catalog: The Last East-European Show, Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade
Catalog: Export-Import. Contemporary Art From Bulgaria, Sofia Art Gallery, Sofa
2002
Catalog: Urban Cycles, Kornerhouse, Manchester
D’Agostino, David. “International News, Sofia,” Contemporary, March