Nina Kovacheva

• Name — Nina Kovacheva • Born — 1960 • Birthplace — Sofia, Bulgaria • Field — Drawing, painting, photography, video art, video installation • Training — National Academy of Fine Arts, Sofia • Awards — The annual UNESCO Prize for the Arts 2002 • Website — https: www.ninavale.com/

Kovacheva was born in Sofia, Bulgaria. She studied at the National Academy of Fine Arts Sofia, graduated in 1985. Her works cover the fields of photography, drawing, painting, objects, video and video installations. Her artistic career also includes a fruitful cooperation with Valentin Stefanoff, her spouse, especially with video and video installations in public and museum spaces. Their collaborative works are signed as ninavale. For the installation 'In the Out', shown at the 4th Biennial of Contemporary Art 2002 in Cetinje, Montenegro, Kovacheva and Stefanoff were awarded the UNESCO annual prize for art.

• 2020 'Paradise is temporarily closed, God', Kultum, Graz, Austria (ninavale) • 2019 H2O / 2H2O, 359 Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria (ninavale) • 2018 The temptations of ninavale, Sofia - Arsenal, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sofia, Bulgaria, (ninavale) • 2018 0 for Black 1 for White, Sofia City Art Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria (ninavale) • 2017 The temptations of ninavale, National Gallery of Macedonia, Skopje, Macedonia (ninavale) • 2015 The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, MAMC, Musee d'Art Modern et Contemporain, Saint Étienne, France • 2016 Gold and Niles, galerie Heike Curtze, Vienna, Austria • 2012 The Crying Game, Galerie Heike Curtze, Vienna, Austria • 2012 Physics and Metaphysics of the Dark Spot, Arosita Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria, (ninavale) • 2010 Surplus Enjoyment, Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei, Taiwan (ninavale) • 2008 Au-delà de ce qui est visible, MNAC National Museum of Contemporary Art, Bucharest, Romania (ninavale) • 2006 Play for Two Hands and Black, video installation on the facade of Academy of Fine Arts, Sofia, Bulgaria (ninavale) • 2005 Phases of Accumulation and Extraction in a Limited Space, National Art Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria, (ninavale)

NINA Kovacheva's works are included in the following permanent collections: Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Musée d'art moderne (Saint-Étienne) France, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Albertina collection, Vienna, Esterhazy Foundation Austria, Dom Museum Vienna, Kulturzentrum bei den Minoriten Collection Graz Austria, European Investment Bank Luxembourg, National Art Gallery, Bulgaria, The City Art Gallery Sofia.