# Nina Kovacheva

Nina Kovacheva, (born 1960 in Sofia, Bulgaria) is a French-Bulgarian artist. She lives and works in France.

## Biography

Kovacheva was born in Sofia, Bulgaria. She studied at the National Academy of Fine Arts Sofia, graduated in 1985. Her works cover the fields of photography, drawing, painting, objects, video and video installations. Her artistic career also includes a fruitful cooperation with Valentin Stefanoff, her spouse, especially with video and video installations in public and museum spaces. Their collaborative works are signed as ninavale. For the installation 'In the Out', shown at the 4th Biennial of Contemporary Art 2002 in Cetinje, Montenegro, Kovacheva and Stefanoff were awarded the UNESCO annual prize for art.

## Selected solo exhibitions

* 2020 'Paradise is temporarily closed, God', Kultum, Graz, Austria (ninavale)
* 2019 H2O / 2H2O, 359 Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria (ninavale)
* 2018 The temptations of ninavale, Sofia - Arsenal, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sofia, Bulgaria, (ninavale)
* 2018 0 for Black 1 for White, Sofia City Art Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria (ninavale)
* 2017 The temptations of ninavale, National Gallery of Macedonia, Skopje, Macedonia (ninavale)
* 2015 The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, MAMC, Musee d'Art Modern et Contemporain, Saint Étienne, France
* 2016 Gold and Niles, galerie Heike Curtze, Vienna, Austria
* 2012 The Crying Game, Galerie Heike Curtze, Vienna, Austria
* 2012 Physics and Metaphysics of the Dark Spot, Arosita Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria, (ninavale)
* 2010 Surplus Enjoyment, Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei, Taiwan (ninavale)
* 2008 Au-delà de ce qui est visible, MNAC National Museum of Contemporary Art, Bucharest, Romania (ninavale)
* 2006 Play for Two Hands and Black, video installation on the facade of Academy of Fine Arts, Sofia, Bulgaria (ninavale)
* 2005 Phases of Accumulation and Extraction in a Limited Space, National Art Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria, (ninavale)

## Selected group exhibitions

* 2019 Disturbing Narratives, ParkView Museum, Singapore
* 2019 Family Matters, Dom Museum, Vienna, Austria
* 2019 Chants d’amour, Galerie DiX9, Paris, France
* 2018 Intriguing Uncertainties, Parkview Museum, Singapore
* 2017 Aging Pride, Belvedere Museum, Vienna, Austria
* 2017 Distinction, Guo Zhong Art Museum, Beijing, China
* 2017 Forms of Coexistence, Structura Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria,
* 2016 Intrigantes Incertitudes, MAMC Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain de St.Étienne, France
* 2016 The Repetition of the Good, The Repetition of the Bad, Neue Synagoge Berlin, Germany
* 2015 Art for Change 1985-2015, City Art Gallery, Sofia Bulgaria
* 2015 Reliqte, Reloaded, Kulturzentrum bei den Minoriten, Graz, Austria
* 2013 Der Mann – Nackt, Kulturstiftung Schloss Britz, Berlin, Germany
* 2012 The Naked Man, Lentos Kunstmuseum, Linz, Austria
* 2011 Drawing in the Age of Fragility, Cabinet de Dessin, Solares – Fondazione delle Arti, Parma, Italy
* 2010 Close Encounter, Jeju Museum of Art, South Korea
* 2010 Central Europe Re-visited Nr.3, Esterhazy Foundation, Austria,
* 2008 Micro-narratives, Musée d’Art Modern et Contemporin St. Etienne, France
* 2008 European Attitude, Zendai MoMA Shanghai, China
* 2007 Portraits, Wet Contact, Face, ZONE: Chelsea Center for the Arts, New York, NY, USA
* 2007 48th Micro-narratives, October Salon, Belgrade, Serbia
* 2007 ASIA – EUROPE Mediations, National Museum, Poznan, Poland
* 2005 Two Asias, Two Europes, Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art, China
* 2004 Cosmopolis, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece
* 2004 Nuit Blanche, Paris, France
* 2002 Die Beherrschung der Natur, Kunsthalle, Hannover, Germany

## Collections

NINA Kovacheva's works are included in the following permanent collections: Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Musée d'art moderne (Saint-Étienne) France, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Albertina collection, Vienna, Esterhazy Foundation Austria, Dom Museum Vienna, Kulturzentrum bei den Minoriten Collection Graz Austria, European Investment Bank Luxembourg, National Art Gallery, Bulgaria, The City Art Gallery Sofia.