VALIO TCHENKOV
Born in 1966 in Svistov, Bulgaria Works and lives in Munich
Education 1987 – 1990 - Academie of Fine Arts, Sofia Bulgaria, 1992 -1998 - Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Munich Germany
Solo Exhibitions
2022 SOMA, Gallery Sarieva, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
CREAM DREAM, BELLEPARAIS_raumfürkunst, Munich, Germany
2021 Plünderkammer ( with F.Vogl ), Augustenstr.95, Munich, Germany
2018 JUMPING OVER THREE SEAS... INTO THE FIFTH ONE, Credo Bonum Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
TRAUMRAUM, Gallery Royal, Munich, Germany
2017 The Day After Easterday ( with Vincent Mitzev), Kunspavillon Munich, Germany
2016 Minga - Moon, Gallery Florian Sundheimer, Munich, Germany
2015 V&V TV, 56 Venice Biennale (with Vincent Mitzev), Gallery Royal, Munich, Germany
2014 Kuschelecke, raue Decke, Projectroom Nagel-Draxler, Cologne, Germany
A Sunny Day: Sandpaper on One`s Back, Sariev Contemporary, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
2013 Air Hunters, with V. Mitzev, Gallery Royal, Munich, Germany
2012 …In a trice and for a wille…, Sariev Contemporary, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
2008 Koalaroboation, Gallery Royal, Munich, Germany
2007 Double Trouble, with Pravdoliub Ivanov, Gallery Steinle, Munich Germany
2006 Temptation, work In Progress, Pick-Pocket courses by Bulgarian Gypsies, Bulgaria
Was wäre wenn…, with K. Daxenberger Gallery Royal ,Munich Germany
2005 Schau, Schau! Show!, Gallery Steinle, Munich, Germany
2003 Featuring, Curated by Chr. Kramatschek, Gallery Plattform, Berlin, Germany
2002 Fake, Mistake und Andere Möglichkeiten, Foe 156, Munich, Germany
Group Exhibitions
2022 DENKRAUM DEUTSCHLAND, Curator Miro Craemer, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany
Jahresgaben, Kunstverein Munich, Germany
An den Zäunen rüttelnd... ( mit S. Conrady, P. Ivanov, B. Gahl, L. Walker) , BELLEPARAIS_raumfürkunst, Munich, Germany
2021 En Passant, BELLEPARAIS_raumfürkunst, Munich, Germany
2020 Seltene Gewächse, BELLEPARAIS_ raumfuerkunst, Munich, Germany
Personal Utopias, +359 Gallery, Curator Irina Batkova, Sofia, Bulgaria
Stateofexception, online exhibition hosted by +359 Gallery, Art Project Depot, Critique & Humanism Publishing Hous, Sofia, Bulgaria
2019 Open Art Files, Notes and footnotes, initiated by Open Arts Foundation, Curator Vera Mlechevska, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Jahresgaben, Kunstverein Munich, Germany
Art Brussels with Sariev Contemporary, Brussels, Belgium
2018 Everything Was Forever Until it Was No More, Riga International Biennial of Contemporary Art, Curator Katerina Gregos, Riga, Latvia
2016 Let Them Draw, Sariev Contemporary, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Art Brussels, Art Cologne with Sariev Contemporary, Brussels, Belgium
2015 Group Show, Sariev Contemporary,( Curator Vesselina Sarieva), Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Art Brussels with Sariev Contemporary , Brussels, Belgium
2014 SUPER/ALTE/MEISTER, with Heribert Heindl and Stephan Conrady, Galerie Royal, Munich, Germany
Beyond beyond the Brillo Box, Gallery Royal, Munich, Germany (Curator Frank Hornung)
Eingebunkert, with K.Daxenberger, E.Fichter R. Hensen, V.Mitzev, SOMYOT, LaborARTorium, Adelgunderstr, Munich, Germany
Super, alte Meister, (mit H. Heindl, S. Konrady), Gallery Royal, Munich, Germany
2013 Our Own Pavilion, with V. Mitzev Venice, Italy
Talks, video-naratives with Bulgarian contemporary artists., Cultural Center “St. Kliment Ochridski” university of Sofia, organised by Art
Project Depot and Gallery “Vitosha”,Bulgaria
Saisonbedingt, with S. Balkenhol, K. Daxenberger, G. Förg, H. Heindl,M. Kippenberger, Gallery Royal, Munich, Germany
2012 Why Duchamp, From Object To Museum And Back (125 Years), Curated by Maria Vassileva, Museum for Contemporary Art Sofia, Bulgaria
2011 Condotto C per reload, Roma, Italy
Monumental Privacy, Antonello Bulgini, Matthias Dornfeld, Pravdoliub Ivanov, Rossencho, Gallery Royal, Munich, Germany
Unlimited, M-Tel Award for contemporary art, Sofia, Bulgaria
Biennale for one, Curated by Dr. Cornelia Osswald- Hoffmann, Munich, Germany
2010 Chasing the blickwinkel, Kunstarkaden, Munich, Germany
Convection, Dafen Art Museum, Shenzehen, China
2009 Biennale di Venezia, with Vincent Mitzev, Bulgarian Pavillion,Venice, Italy
2007 Suitcase Iluminated, Museum Mac/Val, Curated by Katia Anguelova, Paris, France
B. Line, TC M, Curated by E. Vroonen, Niewkerke, Belgium
2006 Acht So, Stadtmuseum Deggendorf, Germany
2005 Fuori Uso, Curated by Agnes Kohlmayer, Pescara, Italy
2004 Carbon Club, Reithalle, Munich, Germany
2003 Springtime, Luitpold Lounge, Curated by E. Hartung, Munich, Germany
Poeziezomer, Curated by Jan Hoet, Watou, Belgium
2002 Confrontation Ii, Praterinsel, Curated by Erno Vroonen, Munich, Germany
2001 Mentalscape – Eine Bibliothek, Forum Foe 156, Munich, Germany
2000 Jahresgabe Plus, Kunstverein, Munich, Germany
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