Nina Pancheva-Kirkova graduated from Specialized High School for Fine Arts Lavrenov, Bulgaria. She obtained her BA in painting at the Academy of Music, Dance and Fine Arts, Bulgaria. Her MA of Fine Art she received at University of Southampton in 2011. In 2015 she completed her PhD at the same university. Her practice-based research investigated at painting in post-communist Bulgaria and its relationship to Socialist Realism.
Among the prizes that her works have received are: shortlisted for Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize, 2017, Mall Galleries, London; first place prize for painting in the competition of Foundation “Anastas Staykov” and National Endowment Fund “13 Centuries Bulgaria”; shortlisted for the final exhibition of Beep International Painting Prize, Swansea, Wales, etc. Shortlisted as one of the artists to present Bulgaria in the Henkel and KulturKontakt competition in Vienna, Austria.
Lives and works in Woking, UK.
EDUCATION:
2011 - 2015 - PhD Fine Art, Winchester School of Art (University of Southampton) 2010 - 2011 - MA of Fine Arts - distinction, Winchester School of Art, UK (University of Southampton) - http://wsama.wordpress.com/about/ 2002 - 2006 - BA of Fine Arts - distinction, Academy of Fine Art, Plovdiv, Bulgaria1996 - 2002 - Specialized High School for Fine Arts 'T. Lavrenov', Plovdiv, Bulgaria
EXHIBITIONS: (*solo shows marked by asterisk)2017 - ArtPrize - Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA2017 - Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize - Mall Galleries, London; Guildford House Gallery2016 - So Close, So Far - National Palace of Culture, Sofia, Bulgaria2016 - Utopia:Dystopia - exhibition, part of FaB16 festival of contemporary art, Bath, UK2014 - Portraits of the opera singer Boris Christoff as part of the event dedicated to his anniversary, Bulgarian Cultural Institute, London. 2014 - "Image-Text-Object", exhibition of PhD students, Hartley Library, Southampton2013 - RAW, exhibition of PhD students, 5th Base Gallery, London2013 - "Painting as Research", The Paint Club, Beaconsfield, London 2013 - Postgraduate Research Exhibition, the Winchester Gallery, Winchester School of Art2012 - *'Utopias', The Y, Leicester2012 - 'Roy's Salon Tea Party', the Fountain, London2012 - Winchester School of Art Graduate Research Exhibition2012 - 'Mull It Over', Brighton -www.collatepresents.com/mull-it-over-jan-12.html2009 - *Gallery Altera, Sofia2006 - *Art cafe, Bulgaria, Sofia2005 - International Fair, Plovdiv, student exhibition “Impression”2004 - Gallery “Balaban house”, Bulgaria, student exhibition2003 - Library “Ivan Vazov”, Bulgaria, painting2001 - *Communal gallery, Peruchtica, Bulgaria, student exhibition2001 - „German-Bulgarian centre Sachsen-Anhalt”, Bulgaria2001 - “Life without AIDS” exhibition, Bulgarian Red Cross1999 - *Gallery “House of the Teacher”, Bulgaria, Plovdiv
