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 OUR CELLS solo show
2024 March-April DOZA gallery Sofia 

Primarily working in the medium of painting, I enjoy experimenting with various approaches to enhance my visual language. My artistic practice extends to collages, drawings, sculptures, and digital projects. I often blend different styles, including surrealism, romanticism, expressionism, and pop art. The creative process for me begins with personal experiences and emotions, which become the central themes of my works. Through art, I aim to "lock in" specific insights and convey messages to the audience. My interests lie in exploring the relationship between humans and nature, travel, self-sufficiency, loneliness, and isolation. My paintings are frequently figurative, with the female figure serving as the main character in my compositions, often a form of self-portrait.
                                                                                          Nora Ampova



 

Nora Ampova received her bachelor's degree (2009-2012) and her master's degree (2012-2014) at the National Academy of Fine Arts, Sofia, under the mentorship of Prof. Andrey Daniel and Pravdoliub Ivanov. In 2011, she specialized in fine arts at the University of Hertfordshire, UK, through the Erasmus program. Nora Ampova is a distinguished contemporary artist, working mainly in painting. Ampova has held over ten solo exhibitions and participated in numerous group projects both domestically in Bulgaria and internationally. Her works are included in various prestigious and private collections across Bulgaria and abroad, such as the Hugo Voeten Art Center in Herentals, BelgiumIn 2016, Nora Ampova was honored with the UniCredit Bank and Stoyan Kambarev Foundation Young Artist Award.
 

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BORN: 1989 in Sofia,
Bulgaria
 EDUCATION:
2014 – MA  National Academy of Fine Arts, Sofia
2012 – BA National Academy of Fine Arts, Sofia

 

SELECTED SOLO SHOWS: 
 

2024     OUR CELLS  Doza Gallery, Sofia
2023     TIME PORTALS  BUNA Forum for contemporary art – Largo Gallery, Varna
2023     GESTURE  Little Bird Place Gallery, Sofia
2022     TACHYON   Arosita Gallery, Sofia
2021      TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTION  Little Bird Place Gallery, Sofia
2021      STORIES FROM THE CLOUD  Nuance Gallery, Sofia
2020     ONE BILLION SECONDS   Doza Gallery, Sofia

2018      COSMOS  Unicredit Studio, Sofia
2016      HIDE AND SEEK  City Art Gallery, Mytilene - Lesbos, Greece
2015      PERSONAL VENUS  Yuzina ArtGallery, Sofia 
 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

2024      PERMISSIBLE FUTURE  35th Edition of Process Space Art Festival, Balchik, Sofia
2024      PHARALLEL WORLDS   Union of Bulgarian Artist, UBA
2024      JUMP - 25 years Darik radio collection   National Galley, Sofia Arsenal – Museum of  contemporary art 
2023      ASSEMBLY OF SHAME   Doza Gallery, Sofia
2022      SPASE AND PRESENCE   Permanent Representation of Bulgaria in Geneva, Switzerland
2021      TRESHOLDS AND SCARS   National Autumn Exhibitions, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
2015      THE NEXT STEP GENERATION   European Commission, Brussels, Belgium
2015      IMAGE AND LIKENESS  National Gallery, Sofia
2015      CAUTION: FRESH PAINT  Sofia City Gallery, Bulgaria
2014      MY NAME IS ARTIST   Hugo Voeten Art Center, Antwerp, Belgium
2014      TRANSFORM IN ART EDUCATION  Constantin Brancusi – Parliament building, Bucharest, Romania
2012      SUMMER ACADEMY  Haus Wittgenstein, Vienna, Austria

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