Yavor Kostadinov (b. 1993, Plovdiv, Bulgaria) is a visual artist working primarily in painting and drawing. He holds a Bachelor’s (2016) and Master’s (2018) degree in Painting from the National Academy of Arts, Sofia, and studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera in Milan 2015.
2019 – 2021, he served as asst. lecturer in painting at NAA Sofia. Nominated for the BAZA Award for Contemporary Art – YVAA (2020, 2022) and was a resident at the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris in 2021. A member of the UBA (AIAP) since 2020, his work has been shown in solo and collective exhibitions across Bulgaria and in international group shows. He is also part of the collective behind Galeriata, an independent artist-run space in Plovdiv. His recent work explores nature as a removed and vague space; other recurring themes in his practice are metaphysics in everyday life, introspection and memory.
Selected solo projects:
2025 -“Something you take along with you” – Exhibition halls of the UBA, 1B, Sofia
– „Sky. Abyss. Whisper. Shriek “– Galeriata – independent art space, Plovdiv
– „Paths, passages and dwellings “– (series in progress), Alma Mater Galley / Cultural Centre of Sofia University
– „Under. Over. Near. Far. “, Balabanov House, Old town Plovdiv
2019 -„Some fears “, Vaska Emanuilova Gallery – branch of Sofia City Art Gallery, curated by: Kyril Vassilev
Selected collective exhibitions:
2025 -/ b l æ k / – collective exhibition – curated by: Thaleia Kavvada, MOMO Athens gallery
– “Garden of Hooks” – Jecza Gallery and Himera annual summer show curated by: Norbert Filep
– Jecza Gallery / Himera Space, Timișoara, Romania2024 THE BETTER PART OF US, curated by Maria Vassileva, Structura Gallery, Sofia
2021 – DANUBE DIALOGUES festival of contemporary art
– Exhibition Bulgarian-Serbian Art Dialogues curators Nadezhda Dzhakova / Slavica Popov, Bel Art Gallery, Novi Sad, SRB
– 7x5x3, Contemporary Bulgarian painting (2021) – curator: Lyuben Domozetski, UBA Exhibition Halls, Sofia
2019 – Open Art Files: Notes and footnotes, curated by: Vera Mlechevska, Kapana Gallery, Plovdiv
2019 – Background: Young Artists from Plovdiv, (Sariev Gallery, Artnewscafe, Danchova house – Old Town, Gallery Cu29) (Plovdiv ECOC 2019)
2018 – „The debate about reality“ part II-the youngest in Bulgarian painting and sculpture, „Rayko Aleksiev“ Exhibition Hall, curated by Stanislav Pamukchiev, Peter Tsanev, Kyril Vassilev, Sof
2018 – Schock und Schrecken – curated by: Stefka Tsaneva, Goethe Institute, Sofia, BG