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Aleksandra Chaushova
Born in 1985 in Sofia, Bulgaria. Live and works in Brussels.
Education
2012-2018 – PhD in Art and Art Sciences, ENSAV La Cambre in collaboration with the Free University of Brussels (Faculty of Philosophy and Literature), BE
2012 – invited student in the class of Lucy McKenzie, Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, DE
2010-2011 – Master with a research focus–illustration, Royal Academy of Fine Arts and ULB, Brussels, BE
2009 –MFA – Graphic Printing, National Academy of Fine Arts, Sofia, BG
Solo exhibitions (Selection)
2024
Fine Bladed Pleasures, Nosbaum Reding Projects, Luxembourg , LU
2019
Burotica, Museum M, Leuven, BE, (Curator: Valerie Verhack)
The Perfect Kiss, Maison d'art actuel des Chartreux, Brussels, BE
2018
The Object and His Father, Jozsa gallery, Brussels, BE
2016
The Throbbing Wall, Eté 78, Brussels, BE
Art on Paper (with Jozsa gallery), BOZAR, Brussels, BE
Annulment of the End of Things, La Centrale/lab, Brussels, BE
Group exhibitions (Selection)
2023
Aleksandra Chaushova & Jolien Naeyaert,NICC, Brussels, BE (Curator: Koi Persyn)
1001 plateaux, Exhibition of the collection of the National Bank of Belgium, BE
Beyond all Reason, Structura gallery, Sofia, BG (Curator: Gregor Jansen)
2022
Daily Idylls (duo with Zinaida Tchelidze), Art fair Art Antwerp, BE (Curator: Pauline Hatzi)
Festival „The Past that didn't Pass“, organized by “Art Affairs and Documents”, Sofia, BG
UnCommon Values, Collection of the National Bank of Belgium and the National Bank of Spain, BE
Spontaneous Connections between Unrelated Phenomena - 15 Years of Baza Prize, Structura gallery, Sofia, BG (Curator: Marina Slavova)
2021
The Constant Glitch, Museum M, Leuven, BE (Curators: Eva Wittocx and Valerie Verhack, Hicham Khalidi and Louis-Philippe Van Eeckhoutte)
BXL UNIVERSEL II: multipli.city, La CENTRALE, Brussels, BE (Curators: Carine Fol and Tania Nasielski)
Bye Bye His-Story, Centre de la gravure, La Louviere, BE (Curator: Emmanuel Lambion)
2019
Exhibition of the laureats of SOFAM Prize, Art on Paper, BOZAR, Brussels, BE
2017
EUtopia 28, CC Strombeek, Grimbergen, BE
2015
FOCUS BULGARIA at viennacontemporary, Vienna, Vienna, AT (Curators: Iara Boubnova and Vessela Nozharova)
International Drawing prize « Faber Castell » (with Ulla von Brandenburg, Anastasia Ax, Julia Haller and Ed Atkins), Neue Museum, Nuremberg, NL
Contemporary Art Prize « BAZA », Sofia City Art Gallery, Sofia, BG
2014
My Name is Artist, Hugo Voeten Art Center, Herentals, BE (Curator: Vessela Nozharova)
2013
ReSiDuE, WIELS Contemporary Art Center, Brussels, BE (Curators: Dirk Snauwaert et Agata Jastrzabek)
2012
CIRIO, galerie “Dorothea Schlueter” (with Lucy McKenzie, Abel Auer, Dorota Jurczak, Caitlin Keogh, Graham Anderson), Hamburg, DE, (Curator: Abel Auer)
Artist residencies
2019
MAAC (Maison d'Art Actuel des Chartreux), Brussels, BE
2016
Residency Unlimited, New York, USA
- Lokaal01, Antwerpen, BE
2015
Frans Masereel Centrum, Kasterlee, BE
2010
WIELS Contemporary Art Center (with the support of Olivier Gevart and program “Mobility” of National Fund “Culture”), BG
Grants and Prizes
2022
Selected as representation of the Federation Wallonia-Brussels (duo exhibition with Zinaida Tchelidze), Art fair Antwerp, BE (Curator: Pauline Hatzi)
2020
Project grant by Vlaamse overheid/ Departement Cultuur, Jeugd en Media
Grant by Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, Administration générale de la Culture - Service général de la Création artistique - Direction des Arts plastiques
2019
Grant by the French speaking community of Belgium COCOF 2019
2016
Prize SOFAM for best solo show during the fair Art on Paper (with Jozsa gallery), BOZAR, Brussels
2015
Contemporary Art Prize BAZA, ICA, Sofia, BG
Prize Vocatio, Fondation belge de la Vocation/Grant from the Barons Philippson, Brussels
– nomination by Dirk Snauwaert for the International Drawing prize « Faber Castell », BE
2011
Grant from Foundation “Cyril and Methodius”, Sofia, BG
2010
Travel grant from program “Mobility” of National Fund “Culture”, BG
Public collections (selection):
National Bank of Belgium
Flemish Parliament, Brussels
Collection of the Flemish Community of Belgium (Museum M)
CERA Collection
Hugo Voeten Art Center