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ABOUT

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Kalina Terzieva /b. 1984/ works multidisciplinary. In recent years, he has been working mainly in the field of contemporary drawing and performance. Her projects include photography, video, installations, situational and conceptual art. Kalina Terzieva graduated "Stage and Set Design" at the National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts, Sofia, Bulgaria, later studied "Fine Arts" for short period in Amsterdam and returned to Bulgaria. She worked as an art director in television productions, also in the field of cinema and theater. In her own projects, she realized a number of solo and group exhibitions.

Part of her signature are appearances in informal environments and non-standard spaces. Searches for points of contact between different social groups and spheres of life through the prism of art. Her works are owned by the Sofia City Art Gallery and the City Art Gallery in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria, as well as private collections.

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ARTIST STATEMENT

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FORM, SOUND OR VISION ALIGNED WITH CONTEMPORARY AESTHETIC CRITERIA. MY WORK IS EXPRESSION OF THAT ACCESSIBLE INSANITY, FORCED OR PROVOKED THROUGH IMAGINATION. I PAY ATTENTION TO MY OBSERVATIONS AND PLAY WITH INTERPRETATIONS. AESTHETICS, CIRCUMSTANCES OR SITUATIONS FOLLOW MY THOUGHT TO FIND A WAY BACK TO NATURAL BEAUTY OR BALANCE BETWEEN IDEA AND REAL LIFE.

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“Guerrilla” Drawing performance using both hands made during Manifesta 14/ art biennial, Pristina, Kosovo, 23. 07. 2022 artist: Kalina Terzieva kaval player and post production: Dobromir Doskacharov place: Zahir Pajaziti square “In the heart of the city center, during the opening days of Manifesta 14, in the natural habitat of city dogs, I am drawing live, large scale drawing, engaging both hands, in the context of contemporary art. I am expressing my will to do art, to contribute to the contemporary visual and performing scene with my newest and most exciting thing. I call it “guerrilla” because it was closer to the street art than to something else. Not being part of the official program, but doing it on my own. Drawing using the two hands is something I discover last years and since than I can not imagine stop doing it. It is natural, it's more real and it does not serve the image itself but it is engaged with the movement and things much closer to real life. To let go the “image” is such a relief. The future of this method is to work and explore more the body mechanics and it's possibilities. Bold, raw lines are welcome in a new kind of abstract drawing style of mine.

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4.Bid Gallery Amsterdam 2023/ B:based
It is Based on the body: how is this a source for work

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