Kamen Stoyanov

Group XXXIV, 2012
FINE ARTS

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Born 1977 in Rousse, Bulgaria
Lives in Vienna, Austria

Education

Art, The Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, Austria

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2011
- “Impossible Stories,” Jesuiten Foier, Vienna, Austria
- "Fun and Struggle,” Love, Vienna, Austria
- “Out There, 1646,” Haag, The Netherlands

2010
- “Bringing Cultura, Ex-garaza,” Maribor, Slovenia
- “A Small Story about Cultura,” 0gms Drawer Gallery, Sofia
- “Plaster Me,” Lokal_30, Warsaw, Poland
- “Kamen Stoyanov,” Videogalerie, Künstlerhaus, Vienna, Austria

2009
- “Looking for an Art Piece,” Kunstverein Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
- “Chinese Rap and Other Stories,” Inda Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

2008
- “At Arm's` Length,” mumok, Museum of Modern Kunst, Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Vienna, Austria
- “Forget it, we can not afford this,” Studio Galeria, Budapest, Hungary
- “Just a Photo,” Galerie Dana Charkasi, Vienna, Austria

2007
- “Places Where the World Breaks Away, Let´s Go to Giurgiu,” Vaska Emanouilova Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria

2006
- “Less Politics,” Plattform, Raum fuer Kunst, Vienna, Austria

2005
- “Bingo Topology,” Kunstraum Lakeside, Klagenfurt, Austria

2004
- “Modality,” ATA Center for Contemporary Art, Sofia, Bulgaria

Selected Group Exhibitions

2012
- “Reactions,” Vaska Emanouilova Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
- “It isn´t in the can,” Open Space, Vienna, Austria
- “I´d like to walk on the moon,” Gallery Enrico Astuni-Bologna, Italy
- “Remember to remember,” Arco, Madrid, Spain
- “Common History and its Private Stories.” Geschichte und Geschichten, Sofia Art Gallery, Bulgaria
- “Enduring Value?,” Cooperation springerin, Kunshaus Bregenz, Austria

2011
- “Common Identity,” Space Gallery, Bratislava Czech Republic
- “METAmART.” Kunst und Kapital. Der Ausstellungsparcours, Künstlerhaus, Vienna
- “The 2011 Sovereign European Art Prize Finalist´s Exhibition,” Haskoy Yun Iplik Fabrikasi, Istanbul
- “The Bulgarian Pavilion,” Credo Bonum Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
- “Unlimited,” BenchMark Business Center, Sofia, Bulgaria
- “New York, Rio, Tokyo,” Inda Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
- “Space Odyssey,” Maerz, Linz, Austria
- “Meet everyone at once, start an artist run space,” 0gms Projects, Sofia, Bulgaria
- “Museums, Galleries, Homes and Other Stories,” Galeria Enrico Astuni, Bologna, Italy
- “Zonen prekaer,” Kunstsaele, Berlin, Germany
- “Neosi,” Schattendorf, Austria
- “Glocal Gestures,” Schmiede, Hallein, Austria

2010
- Songs of Survival in a Precarios Age,” 17th Biennale of Sydney, Sydney
- “Aichi Triennale,” Nagoya, Japan
- “Auguts in Art Biennal,” Varna, Bulgaria
- “Who is your audience,” Galeria Enrico Astuni, Bologna, Italy
- “Over the Counter, the Phenomena of Post-socialist Economy in Contemporary Art,” Kunsthalle, Budapest, Hungary
- “Tanzimat,” Augarten Contemoporary, Vienna, Austria
- “Blickwechsel, Austrian Photography Today,” Westlicht, Vienna, Austria
- “0gms,” Whitespace gallery, Bangkok, Taiwan
- “Best Before End,” Inda gallery, Budapest, Hungary
- “Fluorescent Adolescent,” Schunck, Heerlen, The Netherlands
- “Long Time No Seen, “The Brno House of Art, Central Building, Brno
- “Persona,” Institute of Contemporary Art, Sofia, Bulgaria
- “Swallow it, dog,” Institute of Contemporary Art Newtown, Sydney

2009
- “Mifan,” Aniart Gallery, Beijing, China
- “Sketches for a Project,” lokal_30_warszawa_london_projects, London
- “The Center of Attention: Art as Sociotopia,” VIENNA ART WEEK 09, Radetzkystrasse 23, Vienna
- “ATLANTIS I, Hidden Histories – New Identities. Twenty Years After the Fall of the Berlin Wall”
- “REFLECTION OF TOMORROW,” Art Today Association, Center for contemporary Art Plovdiv, - Ancient Bath, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
- “Feedback: 1989– Twenty Years After the Fall of the Berlin Wall,” Exhibition at Hotel Dajti, Tirana
- “Common History and Its Private Stories,” Geschichte und Geschichten, Museum auf Abruf, Vienna, Austria
- “FERNE N€HE,” Zyklus 4.0, Zeitgenšsische Kunst aus Mitteleuropa, Stift Lilienfeld, Austria
- “Alter Ego,” Art Today Association, Center for Contemporary Art Plovdiv, Ancient Bath, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
- “ Contemporary Landscape,” Haus der Fotografie-Dr. Robert-Gerlich-Museum, Burghausen, Germany
- “Flavors of Austria,” Taf- the Art Foundation, Athens, Greece

2008
- “MANIFESTA 7,” The European Biennial of Contemporary Art, Trentino, Italy
- “Gyumri,” 6th International Biennial of Contemporary Art 2008, GCCA - Gyumri Centre of Contemporary Art, Armenia
- “Neo-Si,” Galerie Tristesse, Berlin, Germany
- “Am Sprung, OK,” Center for Contemporary Art, Linz, Austria
- “Stay, Stay, Stay,” Central Bathhouse, 1 Banski Square, Sofia, Bulgaria
- “Transfert,” La BF15, Lyon, France
- “Where the East Ends,” Nassauischer Kunstverein, Wiesbaden, Germany
- “OPEN SKY,” RŠume jenseits ihrer Praxis, Kunstverein Medienturm, Graz“, Vienna, Austria
- “For a Happier Tomorrow,” Gallery Tom Christoffersen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- “Manual CC – Instructions for Beginners and Advanced Players,” Uqbar, Berlin, Germany
- “Trespassing,” Inda Galerie, Budapest, Hungary
- “In Passing 1,” Kuenstlerhauspassage, Vienna, Austria

2007
- “Nightcomers,” Videoscreening, International Istanbul Biennale, Turkey
- “Lange nicht gesehen. Begegnungen mit dem Museum auf Abruf,” MUSA, Vienna, Austria
- “Multiplicities,” ARC Projects, Sofia, Bulgaria
- “Between Welcome and Goodbye,” Vaska Emanouilova Gallery, Sofia, Bugaria
- “In Search Of Lost Time,” Sofia Art Gallery, Sofia, Bugaria
- “Shrinking Cities,” Dauhaus, Sofia, Bulgaria

2006
- “Last Minute,” Galerie für Zeitgenšssische Kunst Leipzig, Germany
- “Shrinking Cities,” Rousse Art Gallery, Rousse, Bulgaria
- “Every Day,” Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg, Austria
- “WAZZUP,” Fotogalerie, Vienna, Austria
- “Visual Immortality,” 2nd International Biennial for Contemporary Art, Shumen, Bulgaria
- “Heute kein Evidenzproblem,” Westlicht, Vienna, Austria

2005
- “Play Sofia,” Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria
- “I Can See Clearly Now,” Krinzinger Projekte, Vienna, Austria
- “Colectionwise,” Galerie 5020, Salzburg, Austria
- “Update,” Künstlerhaus, Vienna, Austria

2004
- “Kunst als Fotografie, Fotografie als Kunst,” Semperdepot, Vienna, Austria
- “Art Position,” Otakringerbrauerei, Vienna, Austria
- “Line/Spot,” Black Dragon Society, Vienna, Austria
- “Reproduction Without Alternative,” ATA Center for Contemporary Art, Sofia, Bulgaria
- “The Globalization of the Human,” Theaterwerkstaette, Sofia, Bulgaria

2003
- “Blut & Honig, Zukunft ist am Balkan,” Essel Collection, Vienna, Austria
- “Mutual Fields,” Galerie 5020, Salzburg, Austria
- “Wo steht der Baum der uns trennte,” off space, Vienna, Austria

Awards

2012
- MAK Center’s Artists and Architects-in-Residence Program in Los Angeles

2011
- The Sovereign European Art Prize
- Otto Mauer Prize
- Walter Koschatzky Art Award

2010
- Alexander Resnikov Award

2009
- Bundeskanzleramt Scholarship, Beijing
- BAZA Award for Contemporary Art: Exhibition of the Nominee Artists, Sofia Art Gallery, Sofia

2008
- JAK (Attila J—zsef Circle), Scholarship, Budapest
- Kunstpreis Europas Zukunft, Galerie für Zeitgenšssische Kunst Leipzig

2007
- Prize for Visual Arts of the City of Vienna
- MUMOK Prize for the Zone1 at the VIENNAFAIR
- CitŽ Internationale des Arts, Artist in Residence Program, Paris

2006
- Bundeskanzleramt Scholarship, Rome

2005
- Prize of the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna

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JURY

Andreas Hapkemeyer
Dorit Margreiter
Karolin Schmidbaur
Florian Waldvogel
Martina Kandeler-Fritsch

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