Exhibition
Awakening
ATANAS MATZUREV
9 – 28 June 2015
Rakursi Art Gallery presents the exhibition “Awakening” of Atanas Matsoureff.
The master of the aquarelle presents seventeen artworks. The images are actual, but stay out of space and time and establish a sense of tenderness and beauty.
Biography:
Born:1975 in Bansko, Bulgaria.
Solo exhibitions:
2013 – “To You” – gallery Papion, Vatna
2010 – “Landscapes” – gallery A & B, Sofia
2009 – “Out Of Time” – Rakursi Art Gallery, Sofia
2008 – “Realism” – gallery-atelier Nikolay Shmirgela, Sofia
2006 – “Rooms of silence” at the “Grita” Gallery, Sofia
2005 – “Grita” Gallery, Sofia
2005 – “13 nudes” at the “Astry” Gallery, Sofia
2004 – “My world” at the “Astry” Gallery, Sofia
2003 – “Vidima” Gallery, Sevlievo, Bulgaria
2002 – “States” at the “Astry” Gallery, Sofia
2001 – “Landscapes” at the “Festa” Gallery, Sofia
2001 – “Secrets” at the “Sharon” Gallery, Sofia
2000 – “Festa” Gallery, Sofia.
Selected group exhibitions:
2015 – “Re – Interpretation”, International Contemporary Watercolour Exhibition Tour, China
2015 – “Masters of Watercolor”, Sankt Petersburg, Russia
2014 – “Allegories” – gallery Papion, Vatna
2014 – First Qingdao International Watercolor Salon Exhibition, China
2014 – “Drawing” – gallery Absent, Sofia
2013 – Shenzhen Watercolour Biennial, China
2013 – 3e Biennale Internationale de L’Aquarelle, Saint Cyr sur Mer, France
2013 – “Xense of Woman” – gallery Absent, Sofia
2012 – Affordable Art Fair, New York, USA
2012 – “The Works” at Tazza Gallery, New York, USA
2011 – “Until 20” – gallery Grita, Sofia
2011 – 16th Revay’s Art Camp, Nagykorös, Hungary
2008 – “Realism” at the Centre – atelier “Nikolai Shmirgela”, Sofia
2007 – “Forming the Emptiness” at the “Astry” Gallery, Sofia
2006 – “St. Nicolaus day ” at the “Grita” Gallery, Sofia
2004 – Plain-air painting of fine art, Nova Zagora
2004 – “Rusi Karabiberov” Gallery, Nova Zagora
Awards:
2013 – The best aquarelle for March, competition of the Aquarelle society in Istanbul, Turkey
2011 – First place in the International competition for aqarelle in Ismir, Turkey.
Illustrated books:
2008 – “The Woman Who Married a Bear”, Simply Read Book, Canada
2004 – “The Lost Island”, Simply Read Books, Canada
Publications:
2015 – The Art of Watercolour Magazine, issue 18, March/May
2014 – International Artist Magazine, issue 94 – Devember/January
2001 – Egoist Magazine
2012 – The Art of Watercolour Magazine, брой 6, Maрт/Maй
2012 – Le grand livre de l’Aquarelle, Secrets and Confessions of 15 Watercolour Masters, книга
2013 – Masters of Watercolor, книга
2014 – International Artist Magazine, брой 94 – Декември/Януари
Works of the artist are owned by private collections in Bulgaria, Spain, Turkey, England, Greece, Holland, Canada, Germany and USA.