ARTIST NAME Borjana Ventzislavova
TEAM NAME
GROUP Group XXXII, Apr 2011 - Sep 2011
DISCIPLINE Art
WEBSITE www.borjana.net
BIO Born 1976 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Lives in Vienna

Education

Visual Art, Media / Digital Art, University of Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria

Selected Solo and Group Exhibitions

2011
- “Common Dreams - Different Realities,” bäckerstrasse4, Vienna

2010
- “Body Codes. Images from the Museum‘s Collection,” Museum der Moderne, Salzburg, Austria
- “Different Eyes,” part of “eyes - on” Month of Photography, bäckerstrasse4, Vienna
- “In The Name Of,” Thomas K. Lang Gallery, Vienna (solo / Mladen Penev)
ex-garage, Maribor, Slovenia (solo)
- “Central Europe Revisited III,” Esterházy Foundation, Austria
- “TRIENNALE LINZ 1.0,” Landesgalerie, Linz, Austria

2009
- "Contemporary photography. New positions from Austria.” MMKK, Vienna
- short list “Rufaward,” Rayko Alexiev gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
-“Common history and its private stories,” MUSA, Vienna
bäckerstrasse4, Vienna, A
- “Me, You and Them. No one is secure.” Phodar Biennial, Pleven, Bulgaria
- “The Temptation of CHALGA”, SGHG, Sofia, Bulgaria
- “We shall overswim,” Academia gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria (solo)

2008
- “Berwick Film and Media Arts Festival,” Berwick, United Kingdom
bäckerstrasse4, Vienna
- "Entre Bulgarie et Roumanie, un fleuve,” Gare au Théâtre, Paris

2007
- short list “Rufaward,” SGHG, Sofia, Bulgaria
- "Bulgaria?... Oh, yes, Bucharest!,” Banjata, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
- “Porno total, ilegal," füe eine Liebe, Mayerhof, Austria
- “Wohin denn ich,” area53, Vienna
- “Sexwork. Kunst Mythos Realität,” NGBK, Berlin
- “10 years video art in Bulgaria,” art alley, Sofia, Bulgaria

Selected Recent Festivals, Presentations, and Screenings

2011
- "Diagonale,” Graz, Austria
- “ZagrebDOX,” Zagreb, Croatia
- “International Film Festival,” Rotterdam, Netherlands

2010
- "YOUKI - FM4 film series,” Escape – utopia and youth culture, Wels, Austria
- "sixpackfilm,” Populäre Rituale, Topkino, Vienna
- Night of Museums and Galleries, “Coffee with suger”, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
- KOPENHAGEN CONTEMPORARY, “Coffee with Suger”, Denmark
- “Fullframe,” Gartenbaukino, Vienna, Austira
- “Diagonale,” Graz, Austria

Selected Recent Grants and Prizes

- Grant (Migration Standards), BMUKK, Video and Media Art, Vienna,
- Grant for independent project, CEC ArtsLink, New York
- Photo collection of BMUKK, Vienna
- Artist in Residence ArtsLink, USA
- Start stipend 2009, BMUKK, Vienna
- Grant (High blue mountains, rivers and golden plains), BMUKK, Video and Media Art, Vienna
- Collection of the City Vienna, Musa, Vienna
- Grant (Me, You and Them / No one is secure), BMUKK, Photography, Vienna
- Grant (We shall overswim), BMUKK, Video and Media Art, Vienna
- Artist in Residence, ISIS Arts, Newcastle, United Kingdom
- Artist in Residence, BKA, Rome
PORTRAIT
Borjana Ventzislavova portrait
© Borjana Ventzislavova
FINAL PROJECT
American Dream Acting
American Dream Acting image
© MAK Center / Vivian Babuts

Project Details...
JURY
László Földényi
Marie Therese Harnoncourt
Alanna Heiss
Hans Weigand
Peter Noever