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NORA AMPOVA
GÖKOTTA
solo show at Little Bird Place Gallery, Sofia
April - May 2025
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
BORN: 1989 in Sofia,
Bulgaria
EDUCATION:
2014 – MA National Academy of Fine Arts, Sofia
2012 – BA National Academy of Fine Arts, Sofia
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, Belgium. In 2016, Nora Ampova was honored with the UniCredit Bank and Stoyan Kambarev Foundation Young Artist Award.
SELECTED SOLO SHOWS:
2025 GÖKOTTA Little bird Place Gallery, Sofia
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 THE VAULT Little Bird place, BG
2024 IN THE SAME BOX Sofia Art Fair, BG
2024 PERMISSIBLE FUTURE 35th Edition of Process Space Art Festival, Balchik, Sofia
2024 PARALLEL 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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