"Self-portrait" oil on canvas board 9 x 12" August 2005
/ private collection /
/ private collection /
GALINA YORDANOVA TODOROVA
1970, 5 September - born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria
2004, 11 August - move to St Louis, Missouri, USA
S o l o d i s p l a y s:
2007 November - Eternal Dreams - The Chappel House, Florissant, MO
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 - exhibition at a gallery in the 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 40 exhibitions
2008, May - Alfa Art Gallery, New Brunswick, NJ
2008, 2006, 2005, 2004, 1999, 1998, 1997 June - Impressia International Art Fair - Plovdiv
2008,2007, 2006, 2005 - Grape Arts - auction of Art Saint Louis
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 A s s o c i a t i o n:
2004,2003, 2002,1999 April - Colors
2002, 2001 - Annual Exhibitions
2000 December - South Bulgarian Artist
1999 October - Small Forms
1999 June - European Month of the culture
1998 September - Women Artists
A r t i s t s F e l l o w s h i p "26-5":
2004 November - Otstoiania/Distances - Balabanov's House, old town of Plovdiv
2004 August - The Body 2 - Plovdiv Artists Association Gallery
2004 February - auction 5 Years Anniversary - Saint Petersburg Hotel, Plovdiv
2003 December - The Soil - Plovdiv Artists Association Gallery
2003 February - Beyond the Words - Ivan Vazov Public Library, Plovdiv
2002 October - Black 2 - Balabanovs house, old town of Plovdiv
2002 April - 26-5 & Flying Intermezzi - London College of Printing Gallery
2002 February – Imago –26-5 & Flying Intermezzi, London - gallery Romfeia,Plovdiv
2001 August-Corridors of the Body-The Plovdiv Town Gallery (paintings,prints,photographs,sculptures,
collage)
2001 May-The Life above…- Center of Contemporary Art, Plovdiv
2001 February – gallery M- two years aniversary
2000 December - Intim art -gallery M ,Plovdiv
2000 September- Ethno spaces - Center of Contemporary Art, Plovdiv
2000 May-The body- Plovdiv town gallery
1999 September - presentation of 26-5 in the center of contemporary art ,Varna
1999 September - gallery M ,Plovdiv
1999 June - Faces - Alliance Francaise in Plovdiv
1999 April - Black - gallery in The House of Mexican Art ,Plovdiv
1999 February - Paint - gallery Dissonance, Plovdiv – the first exhibition of “26-5”
A w a r d s:
2001 - award of The National Alliance for Voluntary Activity about voluntary work in ART division for #15
preschool outside murals
1991 - award about ink,pen&brush drawing - participation in an international conference in Venice, Italy
P o s t s:
Member-artists fellowship "26-5", The Artist’s Association, Plovdiv and Art St Louis organization;
Art teacher:
1996 - 2004, including five years at The High School of Stage Design, Plovdiv;
2005 - present -classes at ST LOUIS ART MUSEUM – public programs
T r i p s:
1982 -Poland, 1987 – Germany, 1991 – Italy, 2001- Switzerland
P u b l i c a t i o n s:
2007, spring - Art Works - a publication of the School District of Clayton
1999, 2006 – “Artists & Galleries” – catalogues of Impressia International Art Fair - Plovdiv
1998 - 2004 – exhibitions reviews in newspapers and TV and radio-broadcasts in Bulgaria
1998 - 2000 - Drawings in ART CLUB newspaper in Plovdiv
1998 - a book cover design - " Book for a book" Evgeni Apostolov about the poet Dimitar Boyadjiev
1992 - Children's Calendar - illustrations
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, history of Fine Arts and general subjects
1982 - 1991 - student of Mincho Panayotov
1970, 5 September - born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria
2004, 11 August - move to St Louis, Missouri, USA
S o l o d i s p l a y s:
2007 November - Eternal Dreams - The Chappel House, Florissant, MO
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 - exhibition at a gallery in the 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 40 exhibitions
2008, May - Alfa Art Gallery, New Brunswick, NJ
2008, 2006, 2005, 2004, 1999, 1998, 1997 June - Impressia International Art Fair - Plovdiv
2008,2007, 2006, 2005 - Grape Arts - auction of Art Saint Louis
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 A s s o c i a t i o n:
2004,2003, 2002,1999 April - Colors
2002, 2001 - Annual Exhibitions
2000 December - South Bulgarian Artist
1999 October - Small Forms
1999 June - European Month of the culture
1998 September - Women Artists
A r t i s t s F e l l o w s h i p "26-5":
2004 November - Otstoiania/Distances - Balabanov's House, old town of Plovdiv
2004 August - The Body 2 - Plovdiv Artists Association Gallery
2004 February - auction 5 Years Anniversary - Saint Petersburg Hotel, Plovdiv
2003 December - The Soil - Plovdiv Artists Association Gallery
2003 February - Beyond the Words - Ivan Vazov Public Library, Plovdiv
2002 October - Black 2 - Balabanovs house, old town of Plovdiv
2002 April - 26-5 & Flying Intermezzi - London College of Printing Gallery
2002 February – Imago –26-5 & Flying Intermezzi, London - gallery Romfeia,Plovdiv
2001 August-Corridors of the Body-The Plovdiv Town Gallery (paintings,prints,photographs,sculptures,
collage)
2001 May-The Life above…- Center of Contemporary Art, Plovdiv
2001 February – gallery M- two years aniversary
2000 December - Intim art -gallery M ,Plovdiv
2000 September- Ethno spaces - Center of Contemporary Art, Plovdiv
2000 May-The body- Plovdiv town gallery
1999 September - presentation of 26-5 in the center of contemporary art ,Varna
1999 September - gallery M ,Plovdiv
1999 June - Faces - Alliance Francaise in Plovdiv
1999 April - Black - gallery in The House of Mexican Art ,Plovdiv
1999 February - Paint - gallery Dissonance, Plovdiv – the first exhibition of “26-5”
A w a r d s:
2001 - award of The National Alliance for Voluntary Activity about voluntary work in ART division for #15
preschool outside murals
1991 - award about ink,pen&brush drawing - participation in an international conference in Venice, Italy
P o s t s:
Member-artists fellowship "26-5", The Artist’s Association, Plovdiv and Art St Louis organization;
Art teacher:
1996 - 2004, including five years at The High School of Stage Design, Plovdiv;
2005 - present -classes at ST LOUIS ART MUSEUM – public programs
T r i p s:
1982 -Poland, 1987 – Germany, 1991 – Italy, 2001- Switzerland
P u b l i c a t i o n s:
2007, spring - Art Works - a publication of the School District of Clayton
1999, 2006 – “Artists & Galleries” – catalogues of Impressia International Art Fair - Plovdiv
1998 - 2004 – exhibitions reviews in newspapers and TV and radio-broadcasts in Bulgaria
1998 - 2000 - Drawings in ART CLUB newspaper in Plovdiv
1998 - a book cover design - " Book for a book" Evgeni Apostolov about the poet Dimitar Boyadjiev
1992 - Children's Calendar - illustrations
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, history of Fine Arts and general subjects
1982 - 1991 - student of Mincho Panayotov
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