Stefania Batoeva

Born 1981 in Sofia, Bulgaria

Lives and works in London, UK

Born in Sofia in 1981, London based artist Stefania Batoeva graduated from London's Royal College of Art in 2014. She has since exhibited throughout Europe, as well as participating in shows in Brazil and Los Angeles. Batoeva's art is characterized by a boldness of form. This manifests in numerous ways in her work, be it her large, firm strokes of solidly colored line, her human-scale figures, or her creativity in bringing two-dimensional works off the wall and into the space inhabited by the viewer. In her works on canvas, Batoeva's features recognizably representational forms and figures, but often only present as moments of interruption in an otherwise geometrically abstracted and transitionally murky image.

Exhibitions

Works on Paper on Fridges

Aug 12 - Sept 6, 2022

Education

2014
Royal College of Art, London, UK
2007
AA School of Architecture, London, UK

Solo & Two Person

2022
Spark solo presentation
City Galerie Wien, Vienna, Austria
2021
Something to ME
Nicodim Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Drama
Import/Export Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
Le Marteau Sans Maître
Nicodim Gallery, Bucharest, Romania
2020
Winter in Paris
online solo presentation on ARTUNER
Misfortunate Mortals with Marsida Rexhepaj
Medium P at Stëdelschule, Frankfurt, Germany
2019
Marc Chagall
All Welcome, London, UK
2017
Total Devotion
Almanac, Turin, Itly
Winterheart
Ermes-Ermes, Vienna, Austria
It Is Forever Ours with Goran Chanter
David Dale Gallery, Glasgow, UK
Devoted Iota Elusion
Emalin, London, UK
2016
Exporting Marsi Rex with Isaac Lythgoe
Almanac Projects, Palermo, Italy
2015
Tia Deth with Adriano Costa
Emalin, London, UK
Club Caligula
Supplement, London, UK
2014
Angela Is Sliding
Galeria Nicodim, Bucharest, Romania
Paul
Sariev Contemporary, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
2013
Still No Masterplan
Almanac Projects, London, UK

Group

2021
Le Coeur Encore
The Approach, London, UK
Market of desire: earthly/heavenly
Ilijanci, Sofia, Bulgaria
Sky-blue and green
VO Curations, London, UK
When You Waked Up The Bufallo
NICODIM, Los Angeles, CA
2019
Thank You, Mr. Ruf
Credo Bonum Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
Ford Every Stream
Galleria Acappela, Naples, Italy
Periods
ICA, Sofia, Bulgaria
Nome d’us
Shore Gallery, Vienna, Austria
2018
Unearthing
Becky’s, London, UK
Entagled Tales
Rupert, Vilnius, Lithuania
The Church Painting Show
Blackwing Studios, London, UK
2017
A Highly Dazed World
Daily Lazy Projects, Athens, Greece
All Men By Nature Desire To Know
Bonington Gallery, Nottingham, UK
2016
Folly
Emalin at The Dunmore Pineapple, Scotland, UK
016
With Institutions Like These
The Averard Hotel, London, UK
2015
1(um)
BFA Boatos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Balconia
Swimming Pool, Sofia, Bulgaria
015
You will find me if you want me in the garden
Galerie Valentin, Paris, France
My Internet Was Down For 5 Minutes So I Went Downstairs And Spoke To My Family...
Galerie Jeanroch Dard, Brussels, Belgium
2014
Royal College of Art Degree Show
RCA, London, UK
2013
l'Echappée Belle
Kilometre, Grand Palais, Paris, France
Auto Couture
Automotive Couture, London, UK

Publications

2020
Mura Masa Raw Youth Collage publication, London, UK
2019
Marc Chagall zine, All Welcome, London, UK
MANHOLE, London, UK
Time to wake up yet, London, UK