focus: the netherlands

the second stage of our 2024 collaboration with est art foundation leiden brought the work of ten contemporary dutch artists: linda arts, bob bonies, iemke van dijk, ditty ketting, anneke klein kranenbarg, tonneke sengers, piet tuytel, henriëtte van ’t hoog, jan maarten voskuil and guido winkler.

the exhibition, financially supported by the national culture fund of bulgaria, had its vernissage at nonsofia gallery & archive on 21 november in the presence of artist-curators iemke van dijk and guido winkler, who introduced the audience around the rich selection of art media, e.g. oil and acrylic painting, sculpture, object and relief. 

focus: the netherlands is one of the most comprehensive dutch art exhibitions that has visited the balkans in recent years. it shows works made over the last six decades and will include a series of guided tours and workshops for children as usual.

focus: united kingdom

the second stage of our 2024 nonsofia – saturation point collaboration presented works on paper by ten contemporary british artists: hanz hancock, ian boutell, jeremy morgan, karen loader, mary yacoob, patrick morrissey, patrick o'donnell, philip cole, stig evans and tom hackney.

the exhibition, financially supported by the national culture fund of bulgaria, took place at nonsofia gallery & archive between 25 september and 17 november. it included a diverse selection of artistic approaches, a number of artist presentations, as well as the usual series of guided tours and workshops for children.

bifocal: árpád forgó & anikó robitz

nonsofia and liszt institute sofia teamed up once again to bring about our best in-house show of the year so far: bifocal – a duo exhibition by contemporary hungarian artists árpád forgó and anikó robitz. after decades of touring across the planetary continents, both artists came to bulgaria for the first time to present some of their latest works.

the exhibition, financially supported by the national culture fund of bulgaria, took place at nonsofia gallery & archive between 13 june and 22 september, and included a series of guided tours and workshops for children.

export: bulgaria 5, est art foundation, leiden

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a most fruitful collaboration between nonsofia and our dutch partners of est art foundation, leiden led to the realisation of the 5th edition of the bulgarian geometric export.

a workshop for children of the local bulgarian community, as well as several guided tours in both english and bulgarian took place as part of the exhibition.

the project, financially supported by the national culture fund of bulgaria, featured works by the following artists: georgi yanakiev, petar dochev, ivan shumanov, maria chakarova, kamen kalev, boyan chakarov, georgi georgiev, georgi dimitrov and viktor vlaesku. 

export: bulgaria 4, saturation point, london

for the first time in history, a selection of bulgarian non-objective art is showcased on the albion. this came possible thanks to the mere friendship between saturation point and nonsofia, which dates back to orthogonal16: international forum for constructive art (sofia, 2017). 

the exhibition included works made over the past thirty years by the following artists: boyan chakarov, georgi dimitrov, georgi georgiev, georgi yanakiev, kamen kalev, maria chakarova, petar dochev and viktor vlaesku.

it was on display at saturation point's project space in deptford between may 26 and june 23, 2024 and was financially supported by the national culture fund of bulgaria.

viktor vlaesku: poetry of the absolute

26 april - 9 june, nonsofia gallery & archive

supported by the national culture fund of bulgaria.

horizonta23, nonsofia gallery & archive

the exhibition to the fourth edition of bulgaria's national forum for geometric abstraction was officially opened on 11 january 2024 and featured the works of eight contemporary artists: 

boyan chakarov, erdem kucukkoroglu, georgi dimitrov, georgi georgiev, ivan shumanov, kamen kalev, maria chakarova and viktor vlaesku.

along with the show horizonta23, financially supported by the national culture fund of bulgaria, included artist presentations, as well as a series of guided tours and workshops for children.