Mariangela Anastassova

Biography:

Graduated in Painting from the Academie des Beaux Arts in Paris (1982).

Studied Graphic Arts in Molino de Santo Domingo and obtained a Master Degree in Latin American Literature from UNAM (both in Mexico City) and has exhibited widely around the world. She lives now in Sofia, Bulgaria and teaches Art at the Anglo-American school.
July 2022 – Surprise Art Presentation at the International Conference Art and Society in Saragoza
June 21 – EU School of Participation: Novi Sad – online participation
September 2020 – Levitation – Rakursi Gallery – painting exhibition
November 2018 – Shrub’s Soul – Interactive exhibition together with students – Contemporary Space at San Stefano Plaza
Мay 2018 – Painting sketches and witches ‘brew – interactive painting exhibition at “The house of Sofia”
May 2017 – 2 parallel exhibitions (hers and her student’s) on the topic of Inspiration from Antiquity Gallery Nuance and Ellinor’s house in Sofia
May 2016, commissioned by the gallery Rakursi, she created the interactive project THE HUG for visually impaired, in the frame of the project BaGMIVI from the program “Erasmus +” of the EU
February/March, Sofia, 2016 – 9 Steps to the most important _ interactive painting exhibition, Rakursi gallery
Interactive Baroque – Historical museum, Stara Zagora, June, 2015
“Stirr the music” – interactive art performance for the night of the museums – Vladiguerov museum – June, 2015
“Interactive Baroque Angel” – Sevlievo, Bulgaria, December 2014 – January 2015
“Yogurt Art” – interactive exhibition for the Night of Museums at Pazardjik, Bulgaria, May, 2014
“Yogurt Art” – interactive project for Cite des Arts Paris – Nov-December, 2013
“Bread”- interactive installation – November – December -Sofia, Union of Arts, Nov., 2012
“Be a bird” – interactive exhibition at Gallery Industrialna, Sofia, Bulgaria, October, 2012
“Yeast” – interactive painting exhibition at Gallery Rakursi, Sofia, 2012
“The Bulgarian umbrella from the other side” – exhibition at the gallery Rakursi, Sofia – September 2010
“The Bulgarian umbrella from the other side” – performance –June 29, July 1, 2010, garden of the National Library, Sofia
“Sofia puddles” in September 2009 at the gallery Shipka6 with paintings and installations.
The “Signs, Shadows & Echoes” multimedia project together with Milen Panayotov – based on the beliefs and traditions in Bulgaria  before Christianity
At Banegaarden Kunst og Kultur of Aabenraa, Denmark, July 2006
In the crypt of Alexander Nevski Cathedral, Sofia, May 2006
A series of digital variations of 2 paintings, French Institute, Sofia, February 2005.
“Transparent Cola graph” at the Art centre, Delft, Holland, April 2004
A series of Angel paintings at the Connoisseur’s gallery, 10 Mazarine street, Paris, May 2003;
A series of paintings in the Town Hall, Edessa, Greece, May 2002
At the International Painting salon in Nancy, France Mariangela has been awarded the 3rd prize, November 2001.
As an artist in residence she has been invited
In Paris, Cite des Arts (2013)
In Moimirovce, Slovakia (2012)
In Aabenraa, Denmark (2006);
Zadar, Croatia (2002);
Valparaiso, Spain (2001).

She has worked with different media: performance, installation, painting, graphic art, wall painting.