Boriana Pertchinska / Боряна Перчинска
Germany / Bulgaria
Born in Sofia, Bulgaria & lives and works in Berlin, Germany.
• 1988-1993 National School of Arts „Ilia Petrov“
• 1993-1999 National Academy of Arts in Sofia
• 1999 Master of Arts in Mural Painting.
Honored with various scholarships and awards, including:
• 2009 Award for special merits by the International d'Art Miniature Quebec/ Canada
• 2002 Competition winner for participation in the international exhibition "100 Faces" of UNESCO / IAA, Heidelberg, DE
• 2001 National prize of the Bulgarian Council of Ministers (jury: UBA)
• 2000 Award “Young Bulgarian Artists” from the Union of Bulgarian Fine Artists (UBA)
• 1996/ 1997/ 1998 National grant from the “Open Society Foundation
• 1993 Special Award in Painting by „The 13.Century Bulgaria Foundation“
• 1992 1st Prize in Painting „13.Century Bulgarian Foundation“, 2nd Prize in Painting „Europe Without Frontiers“ by Bulgarian National TV and Italian TV RAI
Her works are owned by the City Art Gallery Vidin, Bulgaria (Municipal Museum), the Museum of the National Academy of Fine Arts Sofia, Bulgaria, the Romanian Embassy in Sofia, the Oberhausmuseum Passau, Germany, and in private collections worldwide.
Solo exhibitions (selection):
• 2022 „TRANSit“, Pinnow Church, DE
"Beyond Insects" with M. Benczewski, Bulgarian Cultural Institute Rome, IT
• 2021 „TRANSFER“, PostArt Gallery, Berlin, DE
• 2020 „Weg - hin und zurück“, Kuker, Berlin, DE
• 2019 „Attraverso il tempo" with M. Benczewski, LUXart Gallery, Rome, IT
„TransPosition“, Saitenflügel L12, Berlin, Germany
• 2017 „TransFORM” Gallery of the Bulgarian Ministry of Culture, Sofia, BG
• 2015 „Emotional Mechanisms", Prima Center Berlin, DE
• 2011 „Tor“, Kultur Modell, Passau, DE
• 2003 „Gate“, Gallery Raiko Aleksiev, Sofia, BG
Since 1997 numerous international group exhibitions, art symposiums and art projects in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Spain, Malta, Canada, Italy, Croatia and Taiwan, including:
• 2022 „NordArt 2022“, DE
„Folding time and moving on“, Galerie feinart Berlin, DE
• 2020 „Corona Intra View“, Galerie feinart Berlin, DE
„Bella Vita“, Prima Center Berlin, DE
• 2019 Fondation STARKE, Löwen Palais, Berlin, DE
„Durchsichtigkeit“, Bulgarian Cultural Institute Berlin, DE
Art Symposium, Budapest, HU
• 2018 „Amüsement“, PostArt Gallery, Berlin, DE
„Unser Europa“, Bulgarian Cultural Institute Berlin, DE
Art Fusion Festival, Dudeștii Vechi, RO
• 2017 Fondation STARKE, Löwen Palais, Berlin, DE
„TRANSIdentity“, Arossita GalIery, Sofia, BG
„Modificating Singularity“, Lettrétage, Eastern Europe Days Berlin, DE
• 2016 „TransFORMing Identities“, Bulgarian Cultural Institute, Berlin Art Week, Berlin, DE
Art Symposium, Vesprem, HU
• 2015 „Home at the Crossroads“, Art Symposium, Kaiserslautern, DE
• 2014 „Das Wasser“, Bulgarian Cultural Institute, Berlin, DE
• 2013 Art Taipei, LDX Gallery, Taiwan
LDX Gallery, Malta
Artbook „Women in Art, Volume 1: Masterpieces of Visual Art The Great Female Artists - From The Middle Ages To The Modern Era“, Ed. R. Fuchs
• 2012 Berlin Art Week, LDX Gallery, Berlin, DE
Art Taipei, LDX Gallery, Taiwan
• 2011 München Residenz, Munich, DE
BBK (Berufsverband Bildender Künstler*innen), KULTUR MODELL, Passau, DE
• 2010 Hanse Art, Bremen, Hamburg, DE
Art Fair Ingolstadt, DE
BBK (Berufsverband Bildender Künstler*innen), KULTUR MODELL, Passau, DE
• 2009 Internationale d’Art Miniature - Biennale, Levis, Quebec, CA
Contemporary Monumental Art, National Art Gallery, Sofia, BG
International Biennale for Religious Arts, Velico Turnovo, BG
• 2008 International Art Symposium Cuclice, HU
• 2007 Internationale d’Art Miniature - Biennale, Levis, Quebec, CA
• 2006 International Art Symposium „Xuntanza VIII“, Pilono, Spain
• 2005 Internationale d’Art Miniature - Biennale, Levis, Quebec, CA
International Festival of Arts -„ Apolonia “, Sozopol, BG
• 2004 International Art Project „2 Cities - 3 Religions“, org. by the magazine „Enkultura“, Toledo, ES
• 2003 International Art Symposium, Split, HR
• 2002 International Exhibition „100 Faces“, UNESCO-IAA (4 participants from each country - chosen by competition), Heidelberg, DE
International Art Symposium, Gracac, HR
International Exhibition Painting, Wittgenstein-House, Vienna, AT
• 2001 International Art Symposium, Gracac, HU
• 2000 III. International Biennale of Drawing, Grafics, Painting and ExLibris, Raciborz, PL
International Art Project “Pax Danubia“, Weisses Kreuz Gallery, Breitenbach, CH
• 1997 International Art Symposium, Ohrid, MK
