Bio / narative form
photo Pete Purnell

Krassimir Terziev is an interdisciplinary artist whose work spans a diversity of media, including video/film, photography, painting/drawing, and text, questioning the boundaries between reality and fiction, while exploring the manifold transitions and tensions between a globalized world, dominated by overwhelming multiplicity of symbolic imagery, and its material groundings in technological, physical and human ‘hardware’.

He holds a Ph.D. in Cultural Anthropology from Sofia University (2012), where is lecturing since, and an MA degree in Painting from the National Academy of Arts, Sofia (1997), where he lectured from 2009 to 2016.

His work is part of the collections of Centre Pompidou/MNAM, Paris;  Arteast 2000+ Collection, Moderna Galerija  Ljubljana; Sofia City Art Gallery, Sofia; Art Collection Telekom, Bonn; Kunstsammlung HypoVereinsbank, Munich; Gaudenz B. Ruf Collection, Zurich/Vienna; Vladimir Illiev Collection, Sofia; Art Project Depot, Sofia; Dana and Georgi Voynov Collection, Sofia/Bucharest; among others.

Born 1969 in Dobrich, Bulgaria. Lives and works in Sofia. Member of the Institute of Contemporary Art - Sofia

SOLO EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)

2024

Between the Past That Is About to Happen and the Future That Has Already Been, installation in public space, apr 25 2024 — apr 25 2025, the site of the former mausoleum, Sofia

2023

Schritt für Schritt ins Paradies (with Ottjörg A.C.), roam projects, Berlin

I Come Briefly to this Place. I Watch it Move. I Watch it Shake, Punta gallery, Sofia, curated by Bojana Djikova

2022

BiosPolis (with Kalina Dimitrova), Station Contemporary, Bratislava, curated by Juraj Carny

Storm Door, Installation in public space, St. Kassinas Platz, Regensburg, curated by: Regina Helwig-Schmidt, Donumenta, comissioned by the city of Regensburg

Reconstructions of the Forthcoming, Structura Gallery, Sofia, curated by Maria Vassileva

2021

Schroedinger's Cat, (with Jelko Terziev), Plus 359 Gallery, Sofia

2020

New World Order, Structure Gallery, Sofia; curated by Maria Vassileva

Top 84 Ways of Going Greener at Home, Gallery Gallery, Sofia; curated by Albena Baeva, Rene Beekman

2019

Drift, Cultural Centre of Sofia University; curated by Kiril Vassilev

Future Unforgettable, Versus Art Project, Istanbul; curated by Firat Arapoglu

2018

If a tree falls in the forest and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound? (with Jelko Terziev), Plus 359 Gallery, Sofia

Images Staring at Images, Sariev Contemporary, Plovdiv; curated by Svetlana Kuyumdzhieva

2017

Peripheral Light Air and Sun (with Daniel Kötter), Geothe-Institut Sofia

Ghost Descending a Staircase (with Daniel Kötter.), Institute of Contemporary Art - Sofia; curated by Iara Boubnova

2016

Transitional Newspaper, intervention in public space, project commissioned by Goethe-Institut Sofia

Some Gadgets see people, others - other gadgets, 09.04. - 29.04, 2016, Contemporary Space, Varna; curated by Maria Vassileva

The look objects give us looking back through us, Yuzina Gallery, Sofia; curated by Maria Vassileva

2015

Between the Past That is About to Happen and the Future That has Already Been, The National Gallery, Sofia; curated by Iara Boubnova

Between the Past That is About to Happen and the Future That has Already Been, Dobrich Art Gallery, Dobrich, Bulgaria; curated by Evelina Handjieva

2014

Off the Record, One Night Stand Gallery, Sofia

2013

Cosmopolis, The Institute of Contemporary Art - Sofia gallery, Sofia; curated by Iara Boubnova

2008

Missing Scenes, Eibank Gallery, Sofia; curated by Svetlana Kuyumdjieva

Background Action, Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart; curated by Iris Dressler and Hans D. Christ

2007

Making Movies, Galeria Noua, Bucharest; curated by Aurora Kirali

Background Action, Sofia City Art Gallery, Sofia; curated by Maria Vassileva

2005

Remote Resemblances, Goethe-Institut Sofia, Sofia

2004

Excuse me, which City is this?, ICA-Sofia, Sofia; curated by Iara Boubnova

2002

On the BG Track, Belgrade Cultural Centre, Belgrade; curated by Daniela Kostova

Fifty Fifty (with David D’Agostino), Irida Gallery, Sofia

2001

Reality Pixels, Irida Gallery, Sofia

1999

Everything seems alright, The Kitchen, New York

1998

Multiple Shadows, Ata Centre for Arts, Sofia

Shots In The Darkness (with Dimiter Grozdanov), De Fabriek Gallery - Eindhoven

1997

Directed By…, Ata-Ray Gallery, Sofia

Let’s Dance. Clothes for Collective Life, XXL Gallery, Sofia

1996

To Cook Reality (with Mathias Imdorf), Akrabov Gallery, Plovdiv

Spaghetti Pictures, Ata-Ray Gallery, Sofia

1995

The Endless Puzzle, intervention, National Academy of Arts, Sofia

1994

The Way of Living (with Rassim), The Ladder Gallery, National Gallery of Foreign Art, Sofia

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)

2024

Jelko Terziev, Kalina Dimitrova, Krassimir Terziev: An Egg from Cow and Milk from a Hen, May 9 — June 4, 2024, Dobrich City Gallery, curated by Krassimir Terziev

The Better Part of Us, Feb 29, 2024 — Apr 4, 2024, Structura gallery, Sofia, curated by Maria Vassileva

Study of a Collection. Simeon Markov, May 31 — June 29, 2024, Sarieva Gallery, Plovdiv

Ego-system / Eco-system, May 23 — Jun 8, 2024, Varna City Gallery, curated by Iara Boubnova

Portable museum of rebellious art: ‘W(e) A(re) R(ebellious)’, Jan 23 — Feb 17, 2024, curated by Antoni Rayzhekov

2023

Don't Dream Dreams. A Selection from the Art Collection Telekom, Moderna galerija, MG+, Ljubljana, curated by Nathalie Hoyos, Rainald Schumacher

Dream Home, Sep 14 — Oct 8, 2023, KO-OP Gallery, Sofia, curated by Vera Mlechevska, Boyana Gyaurova, Andriana Andreeva

Beyond All Reason. In the Mirror of Surreal Times, Structura Gallery, Sofia; curated by Gregor Jansen

Selected Artists from the Herbarium Collection, City Art Gallery Varna, curated by Irina Batkova

A Few Ways to Win the World, Doza Gallery, Sofia, curated by Vera Mlechevska and Dessislava Dimova

The Drawing – Without Limitations, Structura Gallery, Sofia, curated by Maria Vassileva

2022

Self-splaining (a Triumph of Empathy) (part of Manifesta 14), University of Pristina - Faculty of Arts Gallery, Prishtina, Kosovo, curated by: Institute of Contemporary Art – Sofia

Viena Contemporary, Structura Gallery, Sofia

The Time Has Come to Talk of Many Things… from the Art Collection Telekom, National Gallery, Sofia, curated by: Martina Yordanova, Boryana Valchanova

2021

To Collect Contemporary Art. Vladimir Iliev Collection, National Gallery/ The Palace, Sofia; curated by Ivo Milev, Boryana Valchanova

Farce (Part of Curated By 2021), Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art, Curated By, Vienna, curated by Stephan Stoyanov

Parallel 42 - A Circle of Humanity, Exhibition from the Imago Mundi Foundation, The Center for Openness and Dialogue, Tirana, curated by: Elton Koritari and Albes Fusha

The Herbarium as a Place for Storing Ideas, Sofia Arsenal – Museum of Contemporary Art, 8 April–30 May 2021; curated by Irina Batkova

Glass, Gas and Electricity, SARIEV Contemporary, Plovdiv, 2021, curated by Vesselina Sarieva
Souvenirs from the Future, ICA-Sofia Gallery, Sofia

Moving Images Moving Bodies, Institute of Contemporary Art - Sofia, Credo Bonum Gallery, Bobina, Goethe-Institut Sofia, curated by: Ludwig Seyfarth, Kalin Serapionov, Krassimir Terziev

2020

Shooting Ghosts. Online screening programme, Blink Video. Media Art Platform, 2020, curated by Kalin Serapionov, Krassimir Terziev

25 years and 5 themes later. ICA – Sofia Retrospective, National Gallery/ The Palace, Sofia

after PASOLINI – visions of today, Center for Contemporary Art “The Ancient Bath”; curated by Bettina Steinbrügge and Benjamin Fellmann

Keeping the Balance. Works from the Art Collection Telekom, Ludwig Museum Budapest; curated by Rainald Schumacher and Nathalie Hoyos

History Inbetween, Museum of Sofia; curated by Vessela Nojarova

From Matter to Data: Ecology of Infrastructures, online screening, 'post.moma.org', the MoMa online platform; curated by Inga Lāce and Lukas Brasiskis

2020 Do Not Link, online exhibition, Upstream Gallery, Amsterdam; curated by Dirk Paesmans and Bob Bicknell-Knight

The world has not stopped spinning, Goethe-Institut Bulgaria; curated by Stefka Tsaneva

State of Normality, Structura Gallery; curated by Maria Vassileva

2019

Listen to Us – Artistic Intelligence (Works from Art Collection Telekom), The City Art Gallery; SKLAD; Old Plovdiv Museum Houses / Plovdiv European Capital of Culture 2019; curated by Nathalie Hoyos and Rainald Schumacher. Coordinator is Dimitrina Petrova

#comment #fiction #document. Video art works from the Sofia City Art Gallery collection, Sofia City Art Gallery; curated by Daniela Radeva

Thank You Mr. Ruf. Exhibition in honor of Swiss collector and philanthropist Gaudenz B. Ruf, Credo Bonum Gallery, Sofia; curated by Vessela Nojarova

Izler/Traces, Galeri Mod, Istanbul; curated by Firat Arapoglu

Transitional Newspaper. Issue 6: Metropolitan, Largo, Sofia, Vision for Sofia Project; curated by Vladiya Michaylova

Open Art Files: Notes and footnotes, Kapana Gallery, Plovdiv; project by Open Arts Foundation, part of Plovdiv European Capital of Culture 2019; curated by Vera Mlechevska; video programme curated by Krassimir Terziev and Vera Mlechevska

The Good of the Time, Goethe-Institut Sofia; curated by Anastasya Skvortsova

Objectively (in)correct, Espace PORT A gallery / Sofia Art Week; curated by Martina Stefanova

2018

Infinity and the Image, Evin Art Gallery, Istanbul; curated by Osman Nuri İyem and Firat Arapoglu

Spider's Web, İstanbul Kültür Üniversitesi; curated by Firat Arapoglu

Before the Past – After the Future, 6th Canakkale Biennial, Korfmann Library – Troia Foundation; curated by CABININ / Videoist

New Worlds: Art between Museum and Laboratory, Museum Villa Rot, Orsenhausen, DE; curated by Marco Hompes

Cosmodrum, One Monev Gallery, Sofia, curated by Ralitsa Konstantinova

Forms of Coexistence, Structura Gallery, Sofia; curated by Maria Vassileva

2017

Let Them DrawII (Drawing and Withdrawing), Sariev Gallery, Plovdiv; curated by Pravdolyub Ivanov

Com ∩ ties – Thresholds / Seuils / Drempels, Argos Centre for Art & Media, Brussels; curated by Ive Stevenheydens & Maïté Vissault

A Theory of The Present, Gaia Gallery, Istanbul; curated by Irina Batkova

The Image is no Longer Available, Credo Bonum Gallery, Sofia; curated by Vessela Nojarova

Fourth Annual Exhibition, Contemporary Space, Varna

34th Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival

2016

Toyphilia and Toy Phobia, ICA-Sofia, Sofia; curated by Iara Boubnova

Pies in the Skies, Argos Centre for Art & Media, Brussels

Social Contract, Izolyatsia, Kyiv; curated by Kateryna Filyuk

4th International Literary Festival, National Palace of Culture, Sofia

European Media Art Festival (EMAF), Osnabrueck

Let Them Draw. Group exhibition about drawing, Sariev Gallery, Plovdiv; curated by Pravdolyub Ivanov

2015

Focus Bulgaria | Vienna Contemporary, Vienna; curated by Vessela Nozharova, Iara Boubnova

Being Post-digital, One Design Week, UPA, Plovdiv; curated by Rene Beekman

South by Southeast, Osage Art Foundation, Hong Kong; curated by Anca Verona Mihuleţ and Patrick Flores

Si tu veux voir le monde, ferme tes yeux: part 1, Argos Centre for Art and Media, Brussels

Grammar of Freedom / Five Lessons: Works from ARTEAST 2000+ Collection, Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow; curated by Zdenka Badovinac, Snejana Krasteva, and Bojana Piškur

Mythologies, 3rd Mardin Biennial, Mardin, Turkey

Art for Change 1985-2015, Sofia City Art Gallery; curated by Maria Vassileva

2014

Prehod for Sale, ICA-Sofia; Curated by Iara Boubnova

The Romanian-Bulgarian Union. A retrospective, Salonul de Projecte, Anexa, National Museum of Contemporary Art Bucharest; Curated by Vlad Nancă

Disconsent, Center for Contemporary Art “The Ancient Bath”, Plovdiv; Curated by Iara Boubnova

Know Thyself, ICA-Sofia Gallery, Sofia; Curated by Iara Boubnova

2013

New Acquisitions in the Black Box. Argos Centre for Art & Media, Brussels

A Possible History. Bulgarian art through the Sofia City Gallery collection, Sofia City Gallery, Sofia

2012

Scramble for the Past. Video Program, Walk-in Cinema, SALT Beyoğlu

Why Dushamp? From object to museum and back (125 years), Sofia Arsenal Museum of Contemporary Art, Sofia; curator: Maria Vassileva

Group Show, 0GMS Gallery, Sofia.

2011

Unlimited – Award for Contemporary Bulgarian Art, Sofia

Spare Time. Utopias on the verge of the Commonness, National Gallery for Foreign Art, Sofia; curator: Boris Danailov

After the Flight, ICA-Sofia, Sofia; curator: Iara Boubnova

The Big Bang, Credo Bonum Gallery, Sofia; curator: Svetlana Kuyumdzhieva

2010

Museum Souvenirs, ICA-Sofia, Sofia *

The Big Wave, Varna City Art Gallery, Varna; curator: Maria Vassileva *

Beyond Credit. Contemporary Art and Mutual Trust, Sanat Limanı, Antrepo, Istanbul; curatеd by Iara Boubnova, Luchezar Boyadjiev, Maria Vassileva *

Territories of the (in)Human, Wuertembergischer Kunstverein - Stuttgart, curatеd by Iris Dressler, Hans D. Christ *

Grenzenloss, Artpoint Gallery, Vienna; curator: Hedwig Saxenhuber

Breaking Walls - Building Networks, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki; curators: Iara Boubnova, Lydia Chatziiakovou, Christos Savvidis, Thalea Stefanidou *

Wale und Aale, Ve.Sch, Vienna; curator: Lazar Lyutakov

Transitland. Video Art from Central and Eastern Europe 1989-2009, SPACE Gallery, Bratislava

2009

Extras & Actors, Argos vzw Centre for Art and Media, Brussels *

Technics, ICA-Sofia Gallery, Sofia; curators: Iara Boubnova, Maria Vassileva *

Liquid Frontiers, Lille 3000, Lille; curator: Iara Boubnova *

Atlantis I. Hidden Histories – New Identities. Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall; Curator: Emil Mirazchiev, co-curator: Jakob Racek

2008

Zero Gravity, Contemporary Art Centre “Ancient Bath”, Plovdiv; curators: Bettina Steinbruegge, Vessela Nojarova

Transfert/ Lyon Septembre de la Photographie, IUFM/Confluences, Lyon *

Stay, Stay, Stay, Central Bath, Sofia

Primary Ingredients, Threshold artspace , Perth, UK; curator Iliyana Nedkova

2007

Shortlist 07, Gaudenz B. Ruf Award for New Bulgarian Art, Sofia City Art Gallery, Sofia *

The Projection Project. Budapest Episode, Mucsarnok/Kunsthalle, Budapest; curator Mark Kremer *

Reale Sensationen, HVB Kunstpalais, Munich, DE; curator Lóránd Hegyi

Something Common. Something Personal, Art Vienna, ICA-Sofia booth, Vienna

Searching for an Ideal Urbanity, Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart; curators: Fabrizio Galanti, Jean-Baptiste Joly

Kino wie noch nie, Akademie der Künste, Berlin; curators: Antje Ehmann, Harun Farocki *

Suitcase Illuminated #5. On Parallel Economy. P74 Center and Gallery, Ljubljana; Musee d'art Contemporain du Val de Marne, Paris; curators: Katia Anguelova, Alessandra Poggianti *

We Love Cinema, Hessel Museum of Art /Center for Curatorial Studies, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York; curator Ozkan Canguven

Odysseus in Search of Europe, Online project by Goethe-Institut Network

10 Years Video Art in Bulgaria, travelling exhibition, Sofia, Plovdiv, Varna; curator Adelina Popnedeleva

2006

The Projection Project, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen (MuHKA); curators Mark Kremer, Edwin Carels, Dieter Roelstraete *

Wildes Kapital II, Kunsthaus Dresden; curators Cristiane Menicke, Torsten Birne, Sophie Goltz *

Kino wie noch nie, Generali Foundation, Vienna; curators: Antje Ehmann, Harun Farocki *

New Video New Europe, The Kitchen, NYC

Terziev, Serapionov, Suljevic, Beton Salon, MQ, Vienna

2005

Play Sofia, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna; curator Hedwig Saxenhuber *

Central. New Art form New Europe, BA-CA Kunstforum, Vienna *

New Video New Europe. A Survey of Eastern European Video, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; Museum of Art, Grand Forks

2004

New Video New Europe. A Survey of Eastern European Video, TATE Modern, London, UK; Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, US

Impakt Festival for experimental film, video and new media, Utracht, NL

Extended Views – StadSchal, Maastricht, NL

Central. New Art form New Europe, Galerie Hilger & Siemens Austria, Wien, At/ (C)

The Making of Balkan Wars, Museum of Contemporary Art, Skopije, Mk (a project by Personal Cinema)(C).

New Video New Europe. A Survey of Eastern European Video, The Renaissance Society, Chicago, USA (curator Hamza Walker)(C).

The Making of Balkan Wars, Media Art Lab, ARCO 04, Madrid, Es (a project by Personal Cinema Group)(C).

2003

9TH. Cairo Biennial – The bulgarian participation in the Bienial, Ehnaton Art Center, Cairo, Egypt. (C)

Blood Lines & Connections, Contemporary Art Museum, Denver, USA; curator Sydney Payton

Video Art BG: Contemporary Video Art from Bulgaria, Klinikum Ludwifshafen e.g., Munich, DE; curator Svilen Stefanov

Forum of European Cultural Exchanges Thessaloniki 2003, Contemporary Art Center, Thessaloniki, GR; curator Nina Vagic/Personal Cinema

Video Screening 04: Travelling Programme, Galerie Martin Janda Raum fuer Actueller Kunst, Vienna; VTO, London; Zero, Piacenza; Kurimanzutto, Mexico City; ICA, Sofia; curator of the bulgarian programme Yara Boubnova

The Last East-European Show, Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade, Yu; curators Stevan Vukovic/Dragan Todorovic; curator Galina Dimitrova (C)

Import – Export: Contemporary Art from Bulgaria, Sofia Art Gallery, Sofa, BG; curator Maria Vassileva (C)

2002

Kontext:Europe: Impuls von Balkans, Public Art Festival, Theater des Augenblicks, Vienna, At

European Perspectives – Insbruck Art Expo, At

2000

Hold Your Breath, Artequil Gallery/off project, Monteral; curators Galina Lardeva/BLUNT

1998

Translocation: Media Art from South Eastern Europe, Generali Foundation, Viena, At , Curator Iara Boubnova

1997

Ars ex Natio: Made in Bulgaria, various locations, Plovdiv, curators Iara Boubnova & Maria Vassileva
Video Positive ‘97: Virtual revolutions, Liverpool, UK

SCREENINGS (SELECTION)

2022

Object. Public screening Programme by Gallery gallery, sept 25 — oct 26, 2022, Gallery gallery @ VOX POPULI, Monument of the Soviet Army, Sofia, curated by Albena Baeva

2021

#088 Mirror Image Observation, Impakt Channel, online screening programme, 2021, curated by Jackie Tan

Shooting Ghosts. Online screening programme, 2020 — 2021; curated by Kalin Serapionov, Krassimir Terziev

2020

From Matter to Data: Ecology of Infrastructures, online screening programme, 'post', the MoMa online platform, curated by Inga Lāce and Lukas Brasiskis

2018

"Feel Like I’ve Been Here Before" Screening Programme, Bilsart, Istanbul; curated by Fırat Arapoğlu

2017

34th Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival, Kassel
Push, European Media Art Festival No 30, Osnabrueck
Extras, Bitplayers and Historical consultants, Film Museum Potsdam

2016

Alternative Film/Video Festival 2016, Culture Center „Studentski grad“, Novi Beograd, Belgrade
European Media Art Festival 2016, Oensabruck

2015

OVNI Festival (Objectif Vidéo Nice), programme by Argos Centre for Art & Media, Nice

2014

The Cinema, Argos at Art Brussels

2012

Vidéographies21, festival des images expérimentales et numériques, Liege

2011

Rencontres Internationales Paris, Centre Pompidou, Paris
Floating Spaces | Art Films Screenings Program, 
Teatro Paravento, Locarno; curated by la rada (Locarno), Andrea Cinel (Argos, Brussels), Mike Sperlinger (LUX , London)

2010

Stories with Monuments, The Red House, Centre for Culture and Debate, Sofia, screening and disscussion with the authors
Videospritz. Transitland. Video arte dell'europa centro orientale 1989-2009, 
Trieste Contemporanea, Trieste
Catalogue: Transitland. Video Art from Central and Eastern Europe 1989-2009Interspace Media Art Center, Sofia

2009

Conversation Pieces. CEPA Gallery, Buffallo, curators: Mariam Ghani, Sean Donaher
Transitland
 - Video Art from Central and Eastern Europe 1989 – 2009, The Red House Sofia, Sofia
Transitland. - Video Art from Central and Eastern Europe 1989 – 2009,Transmediale, Berlin

2007

CINE Y CASI CINE, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (MNCARS), Madrid, ES
10 YEARS VIDEO ART IN BULGARIA, Sofia, Plovdiv, Varna, BG
14-TH. NEW YORK UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL, Anthology Film Archives, NY, USA 

2006

2-nd International Filmfestival Frankfurt, Frankfurt/Main
28e Festival Cinéma Méditerranéen, Montpellier (C)
Scanners: The 2006 New York Video Festival, NYC
Visions Du Reel
, Nyon Documentary Film Festival, Nyon (C)
Politics of Space
, in On Difference #2, Württembergischer Kunsverein, Stuttgart; curators Iris Dressler, Hans D. Christ
Telling Time
, Sophiensaele, Berlin; curator Thomas Frank
100 Dessus Dessous
, Cité des Sciences de Paris la Vilette, Paris
10th. Sofia International Film Festival, Sofia (C)
34th. Festival International Du Film De La Rochelle, La Rochelle, FR

2005

BELLUARD BOLWERK International Festival, Fribourg, CH (C)
PLATEAUX Festival, Kunstlerhaus Mousonturm, Frankfurt/Main, DE 

2004

IMPAKT Festival for experimental film, video and new media, Utrecht, NL

1997

Video Positive ‘97 - Virtual revolutions - screening - Liverpool, UK

BIBLIOGRAPHY (SELECTION)

2023

Hristo Kaloyanov. "The Foreigner and the Mirror", Literaturen Vestnik, 21, 7-13.06.2023

Illian Shehada. "A critical look: In the storm of dreams", Vapreki online journal, 28.05.2023

Emil Georgiev. "The Bulgarian Contemporary Art throught the eyes of a german", Sega Newspaper, 25.05.2023

2022

Interview by Zelma Almalech "Art demands Trust", Inspite off online Journal, 21.02.2022

Interview by Irina Nedeva, Horizont Predi Obed, Bulgarian National Radio, 02.02.2022

Report on the exhibition Krassimir Terziev: Reconstructions of the Forthcoming, Bulgarian National TV, Kultura.BG, 08.02.2022

Svetoslav Todorov. "Life in Transition", Portrait of the artist on the issue of Vij Magazine, dedicated to Visual Arts, February 2022

2021

Christo Kaloyanov. "The Tower's Angle", Kultura. Portal for Culture, Art and Society,

Kalina Tsoneva. "Schroedinger's Cat Locked up in the Watertower in Sofia", Literary Newspaper, 16. 21-27.04.2021

Diana Popova in conversation with Krassimir Terziev. "The Schroedinger's Cat", Artefir, Bulgarian National Radio, 26.04.2021

TV report on the exhibition Jelko Terziev / Krassimir Terziev: Schrödinger’s cat. Kultura.BG, Bulgarian National TV, 13.04.2021

Georgi Tenev. "The Thin Skin of the City", Kultura Magazine, #06, LXV, June 2021, pp 4-7

2020

Svetoslav Todorov. "Art Beyond Live Contact", Capital Light, May 29, 2020

Maria Vassileva in conversation with Krassimir Terziev. Ways of World Making, April 13 2020, Structura Gallery <http://structura.gallery/en/publications/krassimir-terziev/>

#stateofexception, Apr 7 2020, +359 Gallery, Art Project Depot, in partnership with KX – Critique & Humanism Publishing House, Sofia <https://plus359gallery.com/en/2020/04/29/krassimir-terziev/>

Krassimir Terziev in „Tommorow's Pavilion“ 2: conversation with Vessela Nojarova (in bulgarian only), April 6 2020, Credo Bonum Gallery, Sofia <https://credobonum.bg/krasimir-terziev-v-pavilion-na-utreshnia-den-2/>

2019

Catalogue: Open Art Files: Notes and footnotes, Open Arts Foundation, Plovdiv <https://issuu.com/open_arts/docs/notes_footnotes_spreads>

Ilker Cihan Biner. "Uzayin derinliklerine dogru", IstanbulArtNews, March 2019, Sayi 60

Evrim Altuğ. "Neyin var dünya? Boşlukta mısın?", Gazete Duvar, March 2019 <https://www.gazeteduvar.com.tr/yazarlar/2019/03/24/neyin-var-dunya-boslukta-misin/?fbclid=IwAR1-ir_T7QKDOi-gTI_hGGFl6ksO7Zfgm90CRlHj494SC7ASPV4ZQFYrwLc> [26.03.2019]

Nazlı Pektaş. "Çünkü şimdi fazlasıyla gerçek!", Unlimited Magazine, 28.03.2019 <https://www.unlimitedrag.com/single-post/Cunku-simdi-fazlasiyla-gercek>

Matt Hanson. "A futurist abroad: In space with Krassimir Terziev", Daily Sabah, Istanbul, April 04 2019 <https://www.dailysabah.com/arts-culture/2019/04/06/a-futurist-abroad-in-space-with-krassimir-terziev?fbclid=iwar1yvlngjayms4tweny5hracgemrrq-m6zbpcxlmikcditytpbceexmuvba> [04.04.2019]

Arapoğlu, Fırat. "Future unforgettable...", in: Krassimir Terziev. Future Unforgettable, Istanbul: Versus Art Project

Kuyumdzhieva, Svetlana. "Travelling Back to the Future", in: Krassimir Terziev. Future Unforgettable, Istanbul: Versus Art Project

2018

"Images Staring at Images" by Krassimir Terziev at the Plovdiv gallery Sariev Contemporary, Bulgarian National Television - BNT2-Plovdiv, 10 April 2018 <link>

Krassimir Terziev opened an exhibition in gallery Sariev Contemporary in Plovdiv, Bulgarian National Radio, 11 April 2018 <link>

Kuyumdjieva, Svetlana. "The Artist Who Makes Images Stare at Themselves", Artsy Magazine, 24 May 2018 <https://www.artsy.net/article/sariev-contemporary-artist-images-stare>

2017

Draganova, Viktoria. “Krassimir Terziev/Daniel Kötter – Ghost Descending the Staircase”, Springerin Hefte fuel Gegenwartskunst, 2/2017 

Houwen, Janna. Film and Video Intermediality: The Question of Medium Specificity in Contemporary Moving Images, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2017

Genc, Kaya. "Sketches for a theory of the present in Dolapdere", Daily Sabah, Istanbul, June 09 2019 <https://www.dailysabah.com/arts-culture/2017/06/10/sketches-for-a-theory-of-the-present-in-dolapdere> [11.06.2017]

Vassilev, Kiril. "Contemporary Art is that what is missing in Square 500", interview, Kultura - Issue 7 (2887), Feb 24 2017

Popova, Diana. "Images of Urban Peripheries", Kultura. Portal for culture, art and society, March 11 2017

Mlechevska, Vera. "Ghost Descending the Staircase", Kultura Weekly, 7 (2887)

Tarabanova, Mila. "Peripheral Light", Fotoart Magazine, 5-6-7, 2017

2016

Panayotov, Stanimir. “Exteriority Complex: Krassimir Terziev’s Outside”, Berfrois, 4 June 2016

Mlechevska, Vera. "Krassimir Terziev:The look objects give us looking back through us", Fotoart Magazine, 4, 2016

2015

Boubnova, Iara. "Sic Tranzit Media Mundi", in: Krassimir Terziev: Between the Past Which is about to Happen and the Future Which has Already Been, Sofia: Iztok-zapad, 2015, 136 pages, hardcover, 16/70/100, ISBN: 978-619-152-726-7

Vladiya Mihaylova in conversation with Krassimir Terziev, "The Contradictory Economy of Images and Media", in: Krassimir Terziev: Between the Past Which is about to Happen and the Future Which has Already Been, Sofia: Iztok-zapad, 2015, 136 pages, hardcover, 16/70/100, ISBN: 978-619-152-726-7

Vassileva, Maria. "Between Here and There, Before and After". Kultura Weekly, 31 (2823), 18 Sept 2015

Catalogue:Grammar of Freedom / Five Lessons: Works from ARTEAST 2000+ Collection, Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow

Schmidt, Henrike & Terziev, Krassimir. “‘Monument to the Time Elapsed’. Krassimir Terziev on digital Junk and data Storage, Total Immersion and Post-Internet Art”, Digital Icons , Issue 13. Digital Creativity in Times of Crisis: Bulgaria in the Global Context

Stoyanov, Samuil. “Between the Past and the Future“, Portal Kultura , 20.04.2015

Sutton, Kate. “Space Race”, ARTFORUM  online / diary, Feb 11, 2015

2014

Vassileva, Maria. (ed) Art for Change 1985-2015, Sofia City Art Gallery

2013

Catalogue: Sofia Contemporary, Edno, Sofia

The Bulgarian New Wave, Edno, Sofia

Radeva, Daniela. “To be a dweller of Cosmopolis”, LIK , November, BTA, Sofia

Popova, Diana. “Cosmic Idyll or Plot”, Portal Kultura , April, Comunitas, Sofia

2012

Catalogue:Les Rencontres Internationales: New Cinema and Contemporary Art, Paris, Berlin, Madrid
Nojarova, Vessela, Maria Vassileva. interview. "About Duchamp and Us – Simultaneous Session", Blister Magazine, 03.2012

2011

Catalogue: Unlimited, Mtel Awards for Contemporary Art in Bulgaria, Sofia

Catalogue: Spare Time. Utopias on the verge of the Commonness, National Gallery for Foreign Art, Sofia

2010

Visual Seminar, issue: Museum Souvenirs, ICA-Sofia

Catalogue: The Big Wave, Varna City Art Gallery, Varna

Koyumdjieva, Svetlana. “Art in Space”, Kultura Weekly , #15 (2721)

Catalogue: Beyond Credit. Contemporary Art and Mutual Trust, Sanat Limanı, Antrepo, Istanbul

Catalogue: Theritories of the In/Human, Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart

2009

Boryana Rossa, "Entertainment, Propaganda, Experiment:The Technological and Social Foundations of Creative WorkUsing Video Technology", in: Edit András (ed), Transitland. Video art from central and eastern europe 1989–2009, Ludwig Museum—Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest, 2009

Conah Duckworth, "That's Me in the Spotlight", Agenda (Brussel Deze Week), 24.09.2009, p6

Claude Lorrent, “Faire de la Figuration”, La Libre Belgique, 26.09.2009, p57

Catalogue: “Actors&Extras”, Argos vzw Centre for Art and Media, Brussels

Visual Seminar, issue “Technics”, ICA-Sofia, Sofia

Catalogue: “Liquid Frontiers”, Lille 3000, Lille

Mundell, Ian. Revenge of the extras. Exhibition puts the film extra centre stage, Flanders Today, 28. September 2009

Nathan Lee, Look Out Below, The Village Voice, August 18, 2009.

Rene Beekman, Getting Ruf, The Sofia Echo, Nov 27, 2009.

2008

Radeva, Daniela. “Reality as a favorite victim. Interview with Krassimir Terzie, Kultura weekly, issue 23 (2506), 18.06.2008, Sofia

2007

Joly, Jean-Baptiste. Ed. “Extra Work. Krassimir Terziev. Taking the figure of extra in cinema production as a metaphor.”, Merz&Solitude, Stuttgart

Genova, Irina. Tempus fugit / Time is Flying. On Contemporary Art and the Visual Image, Zevgma, Altera, Sofia

Bidoun magazine, Winter, Issue 13, New York

Catalog: Short List 07, Gaudenz B. Ruf Award for New Bulgarian Art, Sofia

Romy Straßenburg“2007: A Space Odysseus”, Café Babel.com

Jähner, Harald. “Geküsst und weggetragen. Kino wie noch nie: in einer

Ausstellung der Akademie der Künste wird die Filmsprache seziert”,

Berliner Zeitung, May 1

Mayers, Antje. “Art-Guide: Sofia,” Spike Art Quarterly, Issue 11, February

2006

Projectie. Technologie als Metafoor, MuHKA, Antwerpen, NAi Uitgevers, Rotterdam;

еd. Mark Kremer, Edwin Carels, Dieter Roelstraete

Kino wie noch nie. Generali Foundation, Walther Koenig Verlag, Cologne

Wildes Kapital, Kunsthaus Dresden, relations, Verlag für moderne Kunst

Nürnberg; ed. Cristiane Menicke, Torsten Birne, Sophie Goltz

Ditchev, Ivaylo. “Globale Statistenströme,” Lettre international, Issue 72

Popova, Diana. “The Battle for the Real,” Altera Magazine, Issue 2, February

Alexandrova, Petya. “Close Encounters with Cinema of the Third Type,” Altera

Magazine, Issue 2, February

Hitzemann, Christiane. “Bilder durch Bilder erklären,” Freitag, Issue 3, January 20.

2005

Katrin Feßler, Anne. “Frischer Wind im Keller: Der alltägliche Wahnsinn,”

Der Standard, May 26.

Kostadinov, Boris. “Battles of Troy,” Intro Magazine, Issue 12

Catalog: “Play Sofia,” Springerin, Vienna

Catalog: DonumentaArs Danubiana, Regensbourg

2004

Koissev, Alexander.. “An Eye For The Pale City,” Visual Seminar II, Sofia,

Revolver Archiv für aktuelle Kunst, Frankfurt/Main

Popova, Diana. “A Forecast For Sofia,” Visual Seminar II, Sofia, Revolver Archiv

für aktuelle Kunst, Frankfurt/Main

Kacunko, Slavko. Closed Circuit Videoinstallationen. Ein Leitfaden zur Geschichte und

Theorie der Medienkunst mit Bausteinen eines Künstlerlexikons, Logos-Verlag, Berlin

Catalog: Central. New Art from New Europe, Galerie Hilger, BA-KA Austria

2003

Stefanov, Svilen/Popov, Chavdar, Between Traditions and Innovations. The

Bulgarian Art of the 90's, LIK, 2003

Gavulova, Lucia. “Upside-Down,” Umelec.

Contemporary Art and Culture Magazine, March

Catalog: 9th. Cairo Biennial, Ehnaton Art Center, Cairo

Catalog: The Last East-European Show, Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade

Catalog: Export-Import. Contemporary Art From Bulgaria, Sofia Art Gallery, Sofa

2002

Catalog: Urban Cycles, Kornerhouse, Manchester

D’Agostino, David. “International News, Sofia,” Contemporary, March

AUTHOR OF THE PUBLICATIONS (SELECTION)

2023

Terziev, Krassimir. “The Artist at Work in July”, Atelie, Cultural Centre of Sofia University, Sofia, 08.2023,

2022

Terziev, Krassimir. "Invisible Fermentation. On Istanbul Biennial", Kultura magazine, 9 (2992), Nov 2022

Terziev, Krassimir. "Internet from Ancient Times to the Present Day. From Igor Stromeier's 0.html to Stromeier and Sakrovsky's Cube.Zero", Portal Kultura, 08.06.2022

2021

Terziev, Krassimir (ed). Superpositions [catalogue of the annual exhibition programme], Institute of Contemporary Art - Sofia, Dec 2021, ISBN 978-619-188-732-3, authors: Boyan Manchev, Pravdoliub Ivanov, Kalin Serapionov, Krassimir Terziev; artists: Mitch Brezounek, Nicos Charalambidis, Marina Genova, Antoni Rayzhekov, Çağrı Saray, Kalin Serapionov, Alexander Shelow.

Terziev, Krassimir. "Is It Realistic to Talk of New Realism in Art", Open Art Files, Sept 2021

Terziev, Krassimir. "bgX.bg: The Flesh of Bulgarian Internet", Kultura magazine, 5 (2978), May 2021

2019

Terziev, Krassimir. "Image De-formations in Computational Photography", CAS Sofia Working Paper Series, 11, 2019, Centre for Advanced Study Sofia <https://www.ceeol.com/search/journal-detail?id=659>

Boyadjiev, Luchezar, Terziev, Krassimir. "Documenta: Therapeutic Ideas", Portal Kultura, 28.12.2019 <http://kultura.bg/web/documenta-идеи-за-терапия/>

Terziev, Krassimir. "(SELF-)TRACKING SHOT. FILM AND VIDEO IN THE VISUAL ARTS IN BULGARIA", Open Art Files <https://openartfiles.bg/en/topics/1363-проследяващ-себе-си-кадър>

Terziev, Krassimir. "Olaf Nikolai: In the Woods There is a Bird", Artizanin Magazine 18, 03.2019

2018

Terziev, Krassimir, Daniel Koetter. “Peripheral Light Air and Sun”. in: Gerdjikov, Georgi (ed) “The Excess”, Piron. Academic Electronic Arts and Culture Journal, 16, June 2018 <http://piron.culturecenter-su.org/krassimir-terziev-peripheral/> [02.08.2018]

Terziev, Krassimir. “The Author as Producer. The Machine as Author”. Kultura. Portal for Culture, Art and Society, 17.04.2018  <http://kultura.bg/web/avtorat-k/>, [10.08.2018]

Terziev, Krassimir. “Re-recomposition”. Kulture Newspaper, 8 (2932), 02.03.2018 <http://www.kultura.bg/bg/article/view/27061>, [10.08.2018]

Terziev, Krassimir. “The National Aroma Perfection”. Kultura. Portal  for Culture, Art and Society, 17.04.2018  <http://kultura.bg/web/the-national/>, [10.08.2018]

2017

Terziev, Krassimir. “In a Hypothetical Balkan Country”. Kultura. Portal  for Culture, Art and Society, 04.12.2017  <http://kultura.bg/web/in-a-hypothetical/>, [10.08.2018]

2016

Terziev, Krassimir. “A Message from Space in the Backyard”. In: Paskaleva, Bogdana (ed) “The Unhuman", Piron. Academic Electronic Arts and Culture Journal, 12, October 2016 <http://piron.culturecenter-su.org/category/broj-12-nechoveshkoto/>, [12.12.2016]

Beekman, Rene, Krassimir Terziev. “For the Secret Life of the Objects” (conversation). Culture. Portal for Culture, Art and Society, 10.05.2016 <http://kultura.bg/web/za-taynia- jivot-na-obektite/> [12.12.2016]

2015

Terziev, Krassimir. “Self-tracking Shot”. In: Karaminova, Anna (ed) Zwanzig Yare Videokunst in Bulgarien, Berlin

2013

Terziev, Krassimir. „Maneuvers of the Good Old Aura: The Artwork in the Culture of Convergence“. In: Ditchev, Ivaylo (ed) Cultural Shortcuts: Popular, Digital, Wonderful, National. Seminar_BG, special issue 2 <http://www.seminar- bg.eu/spisanie-seminar-bg/special-issue2.html>, [20.04.2013]

2012

Terziev, Krassimir. Recomposition, Iztok-Zapad/ICA-Sofia, Sofia

Terziev, Krassimir. "La Photographie entre Continuité et Monument". In: Ditchev, Ivaylo and Gilles Rouet (eds.) La photographie, mythe global et usage local. Paris: L'Harmattan

Terziev, Krassimir. "Art and Phantasmagoria in the Culture of Convergence". In: Ditchev, Ivaylo and Yulia Rone (eds.) New Cultural Geometry: Networkers, Culture-poachers, Cyber-agitators, Sofia: East-west

EDUCATION

2012

Ph.D. in Cultural Anthropology, Sofia University, Sofia

1997

MA/Painting, National Academy of Fine Arts Sofia

AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS (SELECTION)

2017

grant by the Culture Programme of Sofia Municipality for the School for Young Artists, Institut of Contemporary Art - Sofia

2016

grant by Goethe-Institute Sofia for research and production (collaboration with Daniel Koetter)

2011

unlimited, award for contemporary bulgarian art, special award

2007

Gaudenz Ruf Award for New Bulgarian Art, award for established artists *

2006-7

Artist in Residence, Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart

2004

Fellowship, Visual Seminar, ICA-Sofia & CAS Sofia

2003

Grant gy Daniel Langlois Foundation, Motreal, for the Programme M.A.P 2.0 by interSpace Media Art Center, Sofia

2002

Grant by Visiting Arts, British Council for URBAN CYCLES II Project by interSpace and IDEA, Manchester
Artist in Residence, KulturKontakt Guest Studio Program, Vienna

1998

Artist in Residence, Artslink Fellowship, New York
Artist in Residence, De Fabriek Gallery, Eindhoven, NL

1997

Artist in Residence, Polar Circuit - Muu Artists Association, Tornio School of Media Arts, Tornio, Finland

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2017

School for Young Artists, Institute of Contemporary Art - Sofia, programme leader (with Iara Boubnova and Luchezar Boyadjiev)

2009-2016

Digital Arts Master's Degree Programme, Academy of Fine Arts, Sofia, lecturer, courses taught: Documentary Practices (theory & practice), Video Production (practice), Post-Media Perspective (theory)

Since 2012

Arts and Contemporary culture (20th–21st c.) Master's Degree Programme, Department of History and Theory of Culture, Faculty of Philosophy, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”

RECENT CONFERENCES, LECTURES, PRESENTATIONS (SELECTION)

2023

Phantom, Phantasm, Matter, Virtuality, Jan 25, 2023, Vasska Emanuilova Gallery, Sofia, curated by Galina Dekova, lecture in the frames of Conversation on Sculpture series, initiated by Sofia City Art Gallery and Sculpture Depot

2022

Krassimir Terziev. (Self) Tracking Shot. Premiere of the catalogue, Oct 28, 2022, Structura Gallery, Sofia. Catalogue presentation: with the participation of the author, Maria Vassileva, Dimitar Bojkov and Hristo Stankushev.

2020

Parallax Views: Artist Perspective on Space Exploration and Research, Jan 14, 2020, 16 - 18 pm, Institute of Material Physics, European Space Agency, Cologne; curated by Thomas Voigtmann, Olfa Lopez
Physical Poetics 4. Micro Gravities, Feb 19, 2020, ecole du recherche graphique, Brussels; curated by Alexander Schellow, Elke de Rijcke

2019

Talk on 'Future Unforgettable', Beral Madra, Firat Arapoglu, Krassimir Terziev, Sinan Eren Erk, Versus Art Project, Istanbul

2018

The Contradictory Economy between Images and Media, Nov 12, 3pm — 6pm, lecture at İstanbul Kültür Üniversitesi (İKÜ)
Extras and Extraterrestrials, Talk between Firat Arapoglu and Krassimir Terziev, Bilsart, Istanbul

2017

Extras, bit players, and historical consultants in media history, Film University Babelsberg, KONRAD WOLF, Potsdam

2016

The Inhuman, Annual Conference of the Cultural Centre of Sofia University, Aprilci, Bulgaria

2014

The Future and the Imagination, Annual Conference of the Cultural Centre of Sofia University, Aprilci, Bulgaria

2013

Image and Contemporaneity, international conference dedicated to Hans Belting, Goethe- Institut Sofia

In the dusk of Post-media, lecture in the Artists talking on Arts cycle, Open Arts Foundation, Vivacom Art Hall. video documentation: (part I); (partII)
Copyright and New Media, Geothe-Institut Sofia / French Cultural Institute Bulgaria / Cultural Centre of Sofia University, Sheraton, Sofia

2012

Photography: Global Myths, Local Dimensions, Internation Conference, French Cultural Institute in Bulgaria, Sofia University, Sofia

Neighbourhood X.0, Panel discussion, October 18th, with: Genco Gülan, Jenny Marketou, Ilias Marmaras, Krassimir Terziev. Moderation: Andreas Treske, Goethe-Institut Ankara

2011

Spare Time: Utopias on the Verge of Commonness, workshop, Arsenāls Exhibition Hall, Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga

CURATORIAL PROJECTS

2021

Marina Genova / Cagri Saray: Revisions, Sep 15 - Oct 30, 2021, ICA-Sofia Gallery, curated by Krassimir Terziev

Moving Images Moving Bodies, Aug 23 – 29, 2021, Credo Bonum Gallery, Bobina Space, ICA-Sofia, curated by Ludwig Seyfarth, Kalin Serapionov und Krassimir Terziev, project by Goethe-Institut Bulgarien in collaboration with ICA-Sofia

Nikos Haralambidis: The Two Chairs Project, Jun 30, 2021 – Aug 15, 2021, ICA-Sofia Gallery, curated by Pravdoliub Ivanov and Krassimir Terziev

Alexander Schellow / Kalin Serapionov: Reconstructing Life, Apr 28, 2021 - Jun 5, 2021, ICA-Sofia Gallery, curated by Krassimir Terziev

Antoni Rayzhekov: The Evasive Choir, ICA-Sofia Gallery, 2021, curated by Kalin Serapionov and Krassimir Terziev

Mitch Brezounek: How to Become the Best Artist in the World, ICA-Sofia Gallery, 2021, curated by Pravdoliub Ivanov and Krassimir Terziev

2020

Shooting Ghosts. Online screening programme, Blink Video. Media Art Platform, 2020, curated by Kalin Serapionov, Krassimir Terziev

2019

Open Art Files: Notes and footnotes, Kapana Gallery, Plovdiv; project by Open Arts Foundation, part of Plovdiv European Capital of Culture 2019; film programme curated by Krassimir Terziev and Vera Mlechevska

2008 - 2011 XFILM Lectures, lectures and screenings on experimental film (with Rene Beekman)

2005 XFILM festival for experimental film, video and new media (with Rene Beekman)

2003 M.A.P.:case.study.02 – Media Art Mini Festival

2001 VIDEO ART PROGRAMME in Sofia Music Film Fest 2001, Sofia (with Rene Beekman)

1999 PROJECT END - International Media Art Forum, Sofia, BG - (CD-Rom)

1998 MEDIA ART PROGRAMME IN THE FRAMEWORKS OF INTERNATIONAL YOUNG FILM FESTIVAL - curator of the program