Krassimir Terziev

Date/ Place of Birth: 8 December 1969, Dobritch, BG

Address:

Tolstoy - 2 bl. 65, fl.15, ap. 110; Sofia 1220, Bulgaria
Tel: + 3592 375 844
e-mail: krassi@i-space.org
http://www.i-space.org/loop4ever

Education

1991-97 - National Academy of Fine Arts, Sofia, Bulgaria - MA in Painting

Professional experience

Since 1998 - founder & ARTISTIC DIRECTOR of interSpace Media Art Center

Oct. 1998 - Arts Link Program Artist residency Thundergulch New Media Art Center, NY, NY, USA

Sept. 1997 - Syndicate Net.Shop - Ars Electronica Festival Linz, Austria Internet Workshop

July 1997 - Polar Circuit - Muu Artists Association, Tornio School of Media Arts, Lapland University Tornio, Finland

New Media Art Workshop

Nov. 1996 - Crossing Over - SOROS Centre for the Arts Sofia, Bulgaria Video Art Mini-festival

Aug. 1996 - Master Class in Painting with Markus Lupertz Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Dec.1995, July 1996 - P.A.R.K. 4DTV-SOROS Centre for the Arts Sofia, Bulgaria Video Art Workshop

Projects within Media Art Center interSpace

2001
"Makro Video" - Video Installations in Public Space, National Palace of Culture, Sofia, BG
"Video Art Program in the Frameworks of Sofia Music & Film Fest 2001" - Euro-Bulgarian Cultural Center, Sofia, BG

2000
"Shizoid Architecture" Project - open net.based project for unlimited number of
players - based on the idea of Krassimir Terziev
"URBAN CYCLES" Project - Interactive Video Installation in Public Space - based
on the idea of Krassimir Terziev

1999 - "ProjectEND " - International Media Art Forum, Sofia, BG - curator of the project

1998 - MEDIA ART PROGRAMME IN THE FRAMEWORKS OF INTERNATIONAL YOUNG FILM FESTIVAL - curator of the program

Exhibitions / Individual shows

2001 REALITY PIXELS - Irida Gallery, Sofia, BG
1999 EVERYTHING SEEMS TO BE ALRIGHT - The Kitchen, NY,USA
1998 MULTIPLE SHADOWS... - Ata Centre for Arts, Sofia
DEPARTURES/ARRIVALS - Break 21 Festival - Ljubljana, Slovenia
SHOTS IN THE DARKNESS - Fabriek - Eindhoven, the Netherlands
1997 DIRECTED BY... - AtaRay Gallery, Sofia
LET’S DANCE - CLOTHES FOR COLLECTIVE LIFE - XXL Gallery, Sofia
PINK STUDIO - NAFA, Sofia
1996 TO COOK REALITY - Akrabov Gallery, Plovdiv
SPAGHETTI PICTURES - Ata-Ray Gallery, Sofia
Library Paranoia - 1-hour video (Betacam) - P.A.R.K. 4DTV broadcast - Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Krassi’s Apologies - 1-hour video (Betacam) - P.A.R.K. 4DTV broadcast - Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Negative TV - 1-hour video (Hi 8) - P.A.R.K. 4DTV broadcast - Amsterdam, the Netherlands
1995 The Endless Puzzle - multi-media installation - Museum for Plaster Casts - National Academy of Arts, Sofia
1994 Sckienskunstforening - paintings -Sckien, Norway
The Way of Living - assemblages installations (with Rassim) National Gallery of Foreign Art, Sofia

Group shows

2001
”MACRO VIDEO” - Video Installation in Public Space, NPC, Sofia, Bulgaria
Video Art Program in Sofia Music Film Fest 2001, March 22 - 24, Sofia, Bulgaria

2000

Medi@terra International New Media Art Festival, Athens, GR - SCHIZOID ARCHITECTURE - net.based project; <www.i-space.org/schizoid>
HOLD YOUR BREATH - Artequil Gallery/off project, Monteral, Canada
NET.CONGESTION International Festival for Streaming Media, Amsterdam, NL
INTRIGUED BY THOUGHT/SEDUSED BY TREND - BG.MEDIA.ART - Cyber Center, Halifax, CA
URBAN CYCLES - Interactive Video Installation in Public Space, Collaborative Project btw
interSpace & IDEA.
March Music Weeks - Festival, Russe, BG
TECHNOPOLITEN - Multimedia Show, Subway Station "OPALCHENSKA", Sofia, BG
RHITM - Theater Play, video production for stage; NATFIZ Theater, Sofia, BG

1999
PROJECT END - Media Art Forum, Sofia, BG
LOVE'S FIRE - Theater Play, video production for stage; NATFIZ Theater, Sofia, BG

1998
UBERTRAGUNG2 - Aspecten Bulgarische Kunst, Leipzig, Germany

TRANSLOCATION - Generali Foundation, Viena, Au EuroUnderground,Traveling Independant Media Art

1997 IN SEARCH OF... - video installation - ARS EX NATIO Made in Bulgaria - Plovdiv presented as part of the Video Collection Crossing Over at: HYBRID WORKSPACE DOCUMENTA X - Kassel, Germany

USIS - Sofia, Bulgaria

3rd Festival of Computer Art - Maribor, Slovenia

Video Positive ‘97 - Virtual revolutions - screening - Liverpool, UK

LIBRARY PARANOIA - 15 min. video

MAXIMUM SECURITY CAR PARK - mixed media installation - BLACK-GREY-WHITE Shipka 6 Gallery, Sofia

1997
The Fibula - international project - XXL Gallery, Sofia

International Trianniel of PAinting - 6 Shipka Gallery, Sofia

International Festival Process-Space - Baltchik, Bulgaria

Awards and Grants

1997 - Grant from SOKI for INNER SPACE - video installation

1996 - National Radio Award for Young Artist of the Year
1996 - Commission From P.A.R.K.4DTV for 3 videos broadcasts
1998 - Grant from Soros Center, Sofia for Publication of Personal Catalogue
1998 - Grant from Arts Link Program Artist residency, NY, NY, USA
1998 - Grant for 1 Month Residency Period in De Fabriek Gallery, Eindhoven, NL
2000 - Grant from Soros Center for The Arts, Sofia for “Urban Cycles” Project

Publications

”CIAC” Ellectronic Art Magazine issue 12/2001/
http://www.ciac.ca/magazine/en/entrevue02.html
”Going East/The Ground for NET.ART in the Former Eastern Block (Central and Eastern Europe) “ by Rossitca Daskalova

Seduced and Intrigued - A review by Heather Anderson For the exhibition held in the Ballroom Gallery, A part of HX: Halifax Exhibition of International Art, September 11 - October 21, 2000
http://www.khyberarts.ns.ca/hyper/gallery/exhibit/past/ seduced_review.html

”Medi@terra Festival” Catalogue 2000/p. 66-67
”Schizoid Architecture

”The Sofia Echo“ sept.29+-oct.5,2000/ p. 13
”Urban Cycles Brings New Media to Public Space” by David D’agostino

Arts Visuels issue 21-22/2000/ p. 8
”Releve Blugare” Sonia Pelletier

”Linterligne” vol. 5 #16 2000
”L’Art est Arrive” Borislav Nikolov

”Kultura” Newspaper issue 36/2000/ p. 2-3
”The Project Urban Cycles” D.P

”Infoweek” Newspaper issue 35/2000/ p.
”Multimedia Show will shake the NDK”

”Kapital” Nespaper issue 7-13/2000/p. 8
”Multimedia Ant Colony” B. Kostadinov

”Art in Bulgaria” Magazine issue 67-70/1999/p. 48&II/4-7
”Project End” Galina Dimitrova

”Art in Bulgaria” Magazine issue 61-63/1999/p. 26
”Media Art Program in the Frameworks of IYFF” Krassimir Terziev

”Kultural Dimentions of The Visual/Dinamics of The New Bulgarian Art”
a book by Svilen Stefanov 1998

”Art in Bulgaria” Magazine issue 46-47/1998/p. 29-30
”Directed by Krassimir Terziev” Elisaveta Mussakova

”Art in Bulgaria” Magazine issue 58-59/1998/p. 53-55
”Interview with Krassimir Terziev” D. Grozdanov

”Komputer” Magazine issue 1/1998/ p. 26-28 ”Technollogies & Art” Krassimir Terziev

”Komputer” Magazine issue 3/1998/ p. 23-24
”Interview with Krassimir Terziev” Tania Bachvvarova

”Trud” Newspaper issue 6/1998/ p. 24
”The viewer Meets Himself in a Show by Krassimir Terziev” Rumiana Panaiotova

”Trud” Newspaper issue 3/1998/ p. 13
”Multimedia Show in Ata Gallery”

Personal Catalogue 1998/ p.3
”For the Author” Svilen Stefano

”Kontinent” Newspaper issue 16/1997/ p. 28
”A Painter Cut Out Shirts with a Joint Sleeve” Stanisslava Petkova

”Art in Bulgaria” Magazine issue 38-40/1996/p. 26
”Interviews with BG Participants & Gallerysts in the Trienial of Painting, Sofia 1996” Teodora Mitceva
”Makedonia” Newspaper issue 24/1995/ p. 18
”The Endless Puzzle” Vassilen Vassevsky

Catallogues

2000 - Medi@terra Festival 2000
2000 - Urban Cycles Project
1999 - OSTRANENIE - CD Catalogue
1999 - Project End - CD Catalogue
1998 - Personal Catalogue
1998 - Ars ex Natio - Annual Exhibition of The Soros Center for The Arts
1998 - Translocations/Media Art from South-eastern Europe.
1997 - Break 21 - Young Artist Festival, Lyubljana
1997 - Video Positive - International Media Art Festival, Liverpool, UK

LET’S DANCE - CLOTHES FOR COLLECTIVE LIFE - XXL Gallery, Sofia, 199729


Re-cycling stories, URBAN CYCLES - Interactive Video Installation in Public Space, NPC, Sofia, 200029

“To Whom It may Concern (The Artist is the Indian of the World)” part of ”MACRO VIDEO” - Video Installation in Public Space, NPC, Sofia, 200129



“Sex is…”, street installation, 2000