GALINA YORDANOVA TODOROVA
1970, 5 September - born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria
2004, 11 August - move to St Louis, Missouri, USA
2010, 20 May - return to Plovdiv, Bulgaria
S o l o d i s p l a y s:
2012, January - Candle Light - Yoga Studio, Eureka, MO, USA
2011, Sept - Oct - Secrets - paintings - White Zone Gallery and Radio Plovdiv
2011, August - September - "Bridging Cultures" - Northwest Coffee Roasting Company, Clayton, MO, USA
2011, March-May - Back - Forward - Komatevo Culture Club (Chitalishte"Ivan Vazov"), Plovdiv, Bulgaria
2010, December- 2011 February - Human Light - St Louis Community College - Flo Valley
2010, April - Unfolding - dedicated to the artists fellowship"26-5"-
Marbles Yoga Studio and Gallery, St Louis, MO, USA
2007 November - Eternal Dreams - The Chappel House, Florissant, MO, USA
2002 January - installation Tree of Life - gift for St Clement Ohridski school - Plovdiv
2001 October - outside murals for #15 preschool - Plovdiv
1999 March - Drawings - exhibition at Ivan Vazov Public Library - Plovdiv
1998 September - Landscapes - Old town of Plovdiv
1998 February - Portraits - Dissonance gallery, Plovdiv
1997 January - Linocuts - Lyucksen gallery, Plovdiv
W o r k a s a c u r a t o r:
1999, 1998 March - series of exhibitions at Ivan Vazov Public Library, Plovdiv
1999 August - Ten Years Later - Balabanov's House, old town of Plovdiv
1999 November - Paintings and Drawings - Bozhidar Petkov, Galina Todorova, Georgi Metaksov, Oleg
Tyankov - Mexican House, old town of Plovdiv
P a r t i c i p a t i o n s:
More than 50 exhibitions in Bulgaria, UK, USA, Serbia and Macedonia
2011, Decеmber - "Me and Friends" - Gallery“M“, Aleko Konstantinov Culture Club, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
2011, October - Following the Sun with Friends - Kyustendill, Bulgaria
2011, April/May - Code@USA - Radio Plovdiv Entry Hall - White Zone Gallery, Bulgaria
2010, August - Karpino Art Colony and Exhibition- Macedonia
2010, July - Raska Art Colony and Exhibition- Serbia
2010, 2009 - Collector's Choice VIII - St Louis Artists Guild
2010,2009, 2008,2007, 2006, 2005 - Grape Arts - auction of Art Saint Louis
2009, October/November - Artists in the Neighbourhood - Richmond Heights, St Louis, MO, USA
2009, October - Thorn Hill Library - St Louis West County
2009, June - Mysterious& Real - Alfa Art Gallery, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
2009, Jan 18 - March 7- Portraits Around the World - St Louis Artists Guild
2008, October/November - Artists in the Neighbourhood - Richmond Heights, St Louis
2008, October - Hops Arts - Art St Louis
2008, October - Taste of Saint Louis - The St Louis Artists' Guild Booth
2008, May - Alfa Art Gallery, New Brunswick, NJ
2008, 2006, 2005, 2004, 1999, 1998, 1997 - Impressia International Art Fair - Plovdiv
2007, July/August - Speak Up St Louis - Regional Arts Commission Gallery, St Louis
2007, April/May - Voices: A Retrospective - Arts&Education Council, St Louis
2006, November 20 - December 14 - Voices - Clayton High School - exhibition and classes
2006,8&9 September - Art Outside - Maplewood Schlafly Bottleworks Art Fair
2003 September - Life is More Than Death - drawings, gallery Bovjel - Plovdiv
2001 October, November - Teachers from The High School of Stage Design
1997 December - Paper-Made Art -Mexican House, old town of Plovdiv
1989 June - Diploma works - Balabanovs House, old town of Plovdiv
P l o v d i v A r t i s t s U n i o n:
2011, Dec - Annual exhibition
2011, Nov - An exhibition dedicated to the Nation's Spiritual Leaders
2011, Sept 21 - Museums and Galleries Night at Assenovgrad
2011, July/August - XXL - painting - Mall Gallery Plovdiv
2011, May - Plein Air Painting - Assenovgrad, Plovdiv region, Bulgaria
2011, March - Movement - prints and drawings - Plovdiv Artists Union Gallery - Gladston Street
2011, February - Exhibition dedicated to Plovdiv - Mall Carrefour - Gallery Plovdiv
2011, 2010, March - "Ladies first" - Women Artists
2011, 2004,2003, 2002,1999 April - Colors
2010, November - Plovdiv Artists Union in Hissar, Bulgaria
2002, 2001 - Annual Exhibitions
2000 December - South Bulgarian Artist
1999 October - Small Forms
1999 June - European Culture Month
1998 September - Women Artists
A w a r d s:
2009, Jan. - JHL & J Memorial Prize for "Self- portrait" - Juror Michael Byron (WUSTL)- SLAG
2001 - The National Alliance of Voluntary Activity award about voluntary work in ART division for #15
preschool outside murals
1991 - award about ink,pen&brush drawing - participation in international conference in Venice, Italy
P o s t s:
2004 - 2010 - Gallery Attendant - St Louis Art Museum
Member: Bulgarian Iconography Association - since 2011, Artists Fellowship "26-5" (1998 - 2004); Plovdiv
Artists Union - since 1998 ; Art St Louis (2005-2010); St Louis Artists Guild (2007-2010)
Art teacher:
2011 - Art teacher at the Municipal Secondary School, Hisar, Bulgaria
2011 - part-time teacher at the Professional High School for Textile and Leather Production, Plovdiv
2005 - 2008 -classes at Saint Louis Art Museum - public programs
1996 - 2004 - Bulgarian Schools
1998 - 2003 - National High School of Stage and Film Design, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
T r i p s:
1982 -Poland, 1987 – Germany, 1991 – Italy, 2002- Switzerland, 2004 - USA
2005, 2006, 2009, 2010 - Bulgaria, 2010 - Serbia, 2010, 2011 - Macedonia
P u b l i c a t i o n s:
2010, 2009 - catalogue "Collector's Choice" - St Louis Artists Guild, USA
2009 - Alfa Art Gallery Catalogue - New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
2007, spring - Art Works - a publication of the School District of Clayton, USA
2002 - Children's Poetry by Zhelyazko Shoppov - illustrations, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
1999, 2006 – “Artists & Galleries” – catalogues of Impressia International Art Fair - Plovdiv, Bulgaria
1998 - 2004 – exhibitions reviews in newspapers and TV and radio-broadcasts in Bulgaria
1998 - 2000 - Drawings in ART CLUB newspaper in Plovdiv, Bulgaria
1998 - a book cover design - " Book for a book" Evgeni Apostolov about the poet Dimitar Boyadjiev
1992 - Children's Calendar - illustrations, Kastalia Publishing, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
A r t E d u c a t i o n:
1990-1996 - The National Academy of Arts – Sofia, Bulgaria - MFA
speciality: printmaking, graphics
additional training for teacher’s certificate
1984-1989 – The High School of Fine Arts “Tzanko Lavrenov” Plovdiv, where studied drawing, painting,
sculpture, printmaking, graphic design, composition, history of Fine Arts and general subjects
1982 - 1991 - Mincho Panayotov's Student
1970, 5 September - born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria
2004, 11 August - move to St Louis, Missouri, USA
2010, 20 May - return to Plovdiv, Bulgaria
S o l o d i s p l a y s:
2012, January - Candle Light - Yoga Studio, Eureka, MO, USA
2011, Sept - Oct - Secrets - paintings - White Zone Gallery and Radio Plovdiv
2011, August - September - "Bridging Cultures" - Northwest Coffee Roasting Company, Clayton, MO, USA
2011, March-May - Back - Forward - Komatevo Culture Club (Chitalishte"Ivan Vazov"), Plovdiv, Bulgaria
2010, December- 2011 February - Human Light - St Louis Community College - Flo Valley
2010, April - Unfolding - dedicated to the artists fellowship"26-5"-
Marbles Yoga Studio and Gallery, St Louis, MO, USA
2007 November - Eternal Dreams - The Chappel House, Florissant, MO, USA
2002 January - installation Tree of Life - gift for St Clement Ohridski school - Plovdiv
2001 October - outside murals for #15 preschool - Plovdiv
1999 March - Drawings - exhibition at Ivan Vazov Public Library - Plovdiv
1998 September - Landscapes - Old town of Plovdiv
1998 February - Portraits - Dissonance gallery, Plovdiv
1997 January - Linocuts - Lyucksen gallery, Plovdiv
W o r k a s a c u r a t o r:
1999, 1998 March - series of exhibitions at Ivan Vazov Public Library, Plovdiv
1999 August - Ten Years Later - Balabanov's House, old town of Plovdiv
1999 November - Paintings and Drawings - Bozhidar Petkov, Galina Todorova, Georgi Metaksov, Oleg
Tyankov - Mexican House, old town of Plovdiv
P a r t i c i p a t i o n s:
More than 50 exhibitions in Bulgaria, UK, USA, Serbia and Macedonia
2011, Decеmber - "Me and Friends" - Gallery“M“, Aleko Konstantinov Culture Club, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
2011, October - Following the Sun with Friends - Kyustendill, Bulgaria
2011, April/May - Code@USA - Radio Plovdiv Entry Hall - White Zone Gallery, Bulgaria
2010, August - Karpino Art Colony and Exhibition- Macedonia
2010, July - Raska Art Colony and Exhibition- Serbia
2010, 2009 - Collector's Choice VIII - St Louis Artists Guild
2010,2009, 2008,2007, 2006, 2005 - Grape Arts - auction of Art Saint Louis
2009, October/November - Artists in the Neighbourhood - Richmond Heights, St Louis, MO, USA
2009, October - Thorn Hill Library - St Louis West County
2009, June - Mysterious& Real - Alfa Art Gallery, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
2009, Jan 18 - March 7- Portraits Around the World - St Louis Artists Guild
2008, October/November - Artists in the Neighbourhood - Richmond Heights, St Louis
2008, October - Hops Arts - Art St Louis
2008, October - Taste of Saint Louis - The St Louis Artists' Guild Booth
2008, May - Alfa Art Gallery, New Brunswick, NJ
2008, 2006, 2005, 2004, 1999, 1998, 1997 - Impressia International Art Fair - Plovdiv
2007, July/August - Speak Up St Louis - Regional Arts Commission Gallery, St Louis
2007, April/May - Voices: A Retrospective - Arts&Education Council, St Louis
2006, November 20 - December 14 - Voices - Clayton High School - exhibition and classes
2006,8&9 September - Art Outside - Maplewood Schlafly Bottleworks Art Fair
2003 September - Life is More Than Death - drawings, gallery Bovjel - Plovdiv
2001 October, November - Teachers from The High School of Stage Design
1997 December - Paper-Made Art -Mexican House, old town of Plovdiv
1989 June - Diploma works - Balabanovs House, old town of Plovdiv
P l o v d i v A r t i s t s U n i o n:
2011, Dec - Annual exhibition
2011, Nov - An exhibition dedicated to the Nation's Spiritual Leaders
2011, Sept 21 - Museums and Galleries Night at Assenovgrad
2011, July/August - XXL - painting - Mall Gallery Plovdiv
2011, May - Plein Air Painting - Assenovgrad, Plovdiv region, Bulgaria
2011, March - Movement - prints and drawings - Plovdiv Artists Union Gallery - Gladston Street
2011, February - Exhibition dedicated to Plovdiv - Mall Carrefour - Gallery Plovdiv
2011, 2010, March - "Ladies first" - Women Artists
2011, 2004,2003, 2002,1999 April - Colors
2010, November - Plovdiv Artists Union in Hissar, Bulgaria
2002, 2001 - Annual Exhibitions
2000 December - South Bulgarian Artist
1999 October - Small Forms
1999 June - European Culture Month
1998 September - Women Artists
A w a r d s:
2009, Jan. - JHL & J Memorial Prize for "Self- portrait" - Juror Michael Byron (WUSTL)- SLAG
2001 - The National Alliance of Voluntary Activity award about voluntary work in ART division for #15
preschool outside murals
1991 - award about ink,pen&brush drawing - participation in international conference in Venice, Italy
P o s t s:
2004 - 2010 - Gallery Attendant - St Louis Art Museum
Member: Bulgarian Iconography Association - since 2011, Artists Fellowship "26-5" (1998 - 2004); Plovdiv
Artists Union - since 1998 ; Art St Louis (2005-2010); St Louis Artists Guild (2007-2010)
Art teacher:
2011 - Art teacher at the Municipal Secondary School, Hisar, Bulgaria
2011 - part-time teacher at the Professional High School for Textile and Leather Production, Plovdiv
2005 - 2008 -classes at Saint Louis Art Museum - public programs
1996 - 2004 - Bulgarian Schools
1998 - 2003 - National High School of Stage and Film Design, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
T r i p s:
1982 -Poland, 1987 – Germany, 1991 – Italy, 2002- Switzerland, 2004 - USA
2005, 2006, 2009, 2010 - Bulgaria, 2010 - Serbia, 2010, 2011 - Macedonia
P u b l i c a t i o n s:
2010, 2009 - catalogue "Collector's Choice" - St Louis Artists Guild, USA
2009 - Alfa Art Gallery Catalogue - New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
2007, spring - Art Works - a publication of the School District of Clayton, USA
2002 - Children's Poetry by Zhelyazko Shoppov - illustrations, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
1999, 2006 – “Artists & Galleries” – catalogues of Impressia International Art Fair - Plovdiv, Bulgaria
1998 - 2004 – exhibitions reviews in newspapers and TV and radio-broadcasts in Bulgaria
1998 - 2000 - Drawings in ART CLUB newspaper in Plovdiv, Bulgaria
1998 - a book cover design - " Book for a book" Evgeni Apostolov about the poet Dimitar Boyadjiev
1992 - Children's Calendar - illustrations, Kastalia Publishing, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
A r t E d u c a t i o n:
1990-1996 - The National Academy of Arts – Sofia, Bulgaria - MFA
speciality: printmaking, graphics
additional training for teacher’s certificate
1984-1989 – The High School of Fine Arts “Tzanko Lavrenov” Plovdiv, where studied drawing, painting,
sculpture, printmaking, graphic design, composition, history of Fine Arts and general subjects
1982 - 1991 - Mincho Panayotov's Student
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| "Winter End Self-portrait" acrylics on board, 14x17" prize for outstanding work at the exhibition Portraits Around the World January 2009 - Saint Louis Artists Guild |
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