Vikenti Komitski

*1983
based between Sofia and Berlin



︎ Contact

vikentikomitski@gmail.com


︎Gallery

︎︎︎Fabienne Levy gallery / Lausanne


︎CV

EDUCATION

2016- 2018  Universität der Künste, Berlin
2002-2006    National Academy of Art, Sofia, Sculpture department

RESIDENCIES

2019
Artist-in-Residence-Programme, KulturKontakt Austria and Bundeskanzleramt, Vienna
2017
FACE, Kiev
2016
Arts Danube, Cetate
2014
Krinzinger gallery residency, Petömihalyfa Krinzinger Projekte,
Vienna Quartier 21, Museumsquartier, Vienna
2012
ISCP, New York
2011
Futura, Prague
2009
SIM, Reykjavik

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2022
That Moment The Coyote Falls Of A Cliff, One Gallery, Sofia
2021
Urban Ecologies: Anthroposonic, E Werk, Freiburg
What If Reality is Unfinished? , BAba Vasa’s Celler, Shabla
2020
Sea level, Fabienne Levy gallery, Lausanne, Switzerland
2019
Solo show, LISTE, Basel with Sariev Gallery
2018
Alle Vögel sind schon da, WERK, Berlin
Nothing to be Lost (with Francisco Montoya Cazarez), Goethe-Institut Bulgarien, Sofia
2017
Nevermind The Gap, Joey Ramone Gallery, Rotterdam
BASIC AND THE BEAST, SARIEV Contemporary, Plovdiv
2015
Update, Krinzinger Gallery, Vienna
2014
Commodities Unplugged, SARIEV Project Space, Plovdiv
New Poor, ICA, Sofia
2011
Subjective Geography, Sariev Gallery, Plovdiv
No Image Available, The fridge, Sofia
2010
1:200, 0gms Gallery, Sofia
2009
#1, Vaska Emanuilova Gallery, Sofia

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2022
Betweem The Lines, Fabiene Levy Gallery, Laussane
Dualism 2, One gallery, Sofia
2021
Gods and Monsters, Kunstverein Familie Montez, Frankfurt
OSTRALE Biennale für zeitgenössische Kunst, Dresden
Brittle Power, Kunsthal 44, Møen
Cross-Side Crystal; Hybrid Orbital, HVW8, Berlin
2020
Schaufenster Austelung, KVOST, Berlin
Gas, Glass, Electricity, Sariev gallery, Plovdiv
Immaterial Salon, Art-o-rama, Marseille
Flagen Zeigen, Public Art project, Storkow
Drawing Restirct, Rosa Stern, Munchen
2019
The World Is Square And Flat, Raum Vollreinigung, Berlin (show co-organized by)
Open Art Files: Notes and footnotes, Kapana gallery, Plovdiv
White Noise: Work presentation of the Artists in Residence 01/2019, Bundeskanzleramt, Vienna
2018
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, Goethe-Institut Bulgarien, Sofia
2017
Forms of Coexistence, Structure Gallery, Sofia
Revolving Truth, National Museum, Warsaw
Shifting Layers, Sofia City Art Gallery
SEX APPEAL, One Night Stand, Sofia
Volatile Truths, Rainbow Unicorn, Berlin
Capri By Night, Schauspiel Köln
2016
I Don't Wanna Curate Anymore, I Just Wanna Accumulate Content, Chalton Gallery, London
Lifestyles and Still Life, Lubomirov Angus-Hughes, London
World at a Crossroads-Open Call, Wake Up Call, National Gallery of Iceland
Seeing in The Dark, CINEMATEK, Brussels
Look At Me, I Am Made for You, Projektraum LS43, Berlin
2015
Art Metamedia 10.0, Kreuzberg Pavilion, Berlin
Imago Mundi. Mappa dell’arte nuova, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice
Variofocus – ARTISTS, Focus Bulgaria at viennacontemporary 2015
Curated by, Vienna, Verkauf in Nebenräumen, Krinzinger Projecte, Vienna
Contemporary Icons; the art of spectacle, 3rd Danube Biennale, Meulensteen Art Museum, Bratislava
2014
Bulgarian-Romanian Union - A Retrospective, Salonul De Proiecte, Bucharest
Last Splash, Pistolet gallery, Sofia
Balkon zum Balkan, Kunsthalle Baden Baden
Българска работа | Bulgarische Arbeit, geh8 Kunstraum & Ateliers e.V., Dresden, Germany
Content of Form, In der Kubatur des Kabinetts, Fluc, Vienna
Places of Transition, Freiraum, Museumsquartier, Vienna
2013
All I Can Do is Art, Czech Center, Prague
2012
Overlapping Biennial-Biennial of Young Artists, Bucharest
Sofia Contemporary festival
Go West! Muzeon Art Park, Moscow, Moscow Young Art Biennial
Is It Free?, NutureArt gallery, New York
Changing Perceptions, EBRD, London
Isolation, Senatsreservenspeicher, Berlin
Together Again, Radiator gallery, New York (show co-organized by)
Group Show, 0GMS gallery, Sofia
2011
East Of Best, Roodkapje, Rotterdam
Why Duchamp?, SAMCA, Sofia
4+4 Days in Motion festival, Prague
The End And Beyond, Week of Contemporary Art, The Ancient Bath Center for Contemporary Arts, Plovdiv
Art of Urban Intervention, The Institute of Contemporary Art, Sofia
Poor But Sexy, Sariev Gallery, Plovdiv
Entrepot, Krinzinger Gallery, Wien
An Exclusive Object of Art, Dana Charkasi Gallery, Wien
2010
Handle with Care, Unicredit Studio, Milano
August in Art Biennale, Varna
Beyond Credit, Antrepo 5, Istanbul
FQ Test, GMG Gallery, Moscow
Border Situations-Drawing in contemporary art, Industrialna 11 Gallery, Sofia
Photo I Photo you, Calvert 22, London
Breaking Walls, Building Networks, Macedonian museum of contemporary art, Thessaloniki
2009
From Ideology to Economy. Contemporary Bulgarian Art 20 years later, The State Central Museum of Contemporary History of Russia, Moscow
Reality Blurs, Vaska Emanuilova Gallery, Sofia
Current scene – Bulgaria, Ludwig Museum, Koblentz, Germany
No Place Like Home/No Home Like Place, Red House, Sofia
2007
Remember Sofia Underground, Shipka 6 Gallery, Sofia

TALKS AND PERFORMANCES

2019
The habit of Seeing: Lacan, Internet and The Image; lecture at Akademie der bildenen Künste, Vienna
2018
Mistakes in Art, talk at Kosmo-Kultur Kiosk Das Kapital, Berlin
2014
White Noise, performance in collaboration with Angelika Seppi, Sofia Underground Festival
Siesta, lecture performance in collaboration with Angelika Seppi, GT22, Maribor

AWARDS AND GRANTS

2022 Stiftung Kunstfonds, Bonn
2011 BAZA Award for Contemporary Art Winner
2009/2011 Gaudenz B. Ruf Award Nominee