Snejana Hristova Simeonova was born in Sofia, Bulgaria. She graduated from the National Academy of Fine Arts in Sofia with an MA in Sculpture.
Selected solo exhibitions
- 2015 National Palace of Culture, Sofia – “Parallel”
- 2014 Sofia-Press Gallery, Sofia – “Almost natural…”
- 2013 Bulgarian Cultural Institute, Prague, Czech Republic – “noCONTACT”
- 2012 Arosita Gallery, Sofia – “noCONTACT”
- 2011 Plovdiv City Art Gallery
- 2009 Gallery “Bulgari”, Sofia
- 2009 Haus Wittgenstein, Vienna, Austria
- 2008 Sofia City Art Gallery – “Sailboats”
- 2007 Art Spectrum Gallery, Plovdiv – “White Stones”
- 2006 Archaeological Museum, Varna – “Stones from the Garden”
- 2001 Yuka Gallery, Varna – “Oriental Secession”, bronze
- 1998 R. Alexiev Gallery, Sofia – “The Towers”, stone and bronze
- 1998 Orth Haus der Kunstverein, Bonn–Cologne, Germany – “Networks”, bronze
- 1996 Haus Heckenried, Meggen, Switzerland – stone and bronze
- 1995 HO Gallery, Berlin, Germany – “Networks”, bronze
- 1995 Studio Spectrum Gallery, Sofia – “On the Footsteps of…”, installation (with Adelina Popnedeleva)
- 1995 Studio Spectrum Gallery, Sofia – “Network”, bronze
- 1994 Studio Spectrum Gallery, Sofia – “Negative Intervention”, multimedia
- 1993 Boyana Church Gallery, Sofia
- 1993 Balabanov House, Plovdiv
- 1991 Linea Gallery, Berlin, Germany
- 1990 Art Gallery “Ruski 6”, Sofia
- 1990 Oreshak 90, Oreshak, Bulgaria
- 1986 Balabanov House, Plovdiv – “Autumn Exhibitions in the Old Town of Plovdiv”
Selected group exhibitions
- 2015 Art Paper Fest, Sofia
- 2014 Sculpture, Romania
- 2013 Art Paper Fest, Sofia
- 2012 NordArt 2012, Germany
- 2011 Bulgarian–Japanese Contemporary Sculpture, Gallery “Mission”, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sofia
- 2011 NordArt 2011, Carlshütte, Germany
- 2011 Paper Art Fest, Sofia
- 2010 Biennial of Figurative Sculpture, Badajoz, Spain
- 2010 Group exhibition, New Plymouth, New Zealand
- 2009 Sculpture 09, Centre for Contemporary Art, Sofia
- 2009 Balkan Art Inspiration, Cotroceni National Museum, Bucharest, Romania
- 2009 Sculpture, Obernkirchen, Germany
- 2009 Contemporary Bulgarian Art, Toshina Gallery, Leipzig, Germany
- 2008 Bulgarian–Japanese Sculpture Exhibition, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sofia
- 2008 Sculpture 08, Centre for Contemporary Art, Sofia
- 2008 Art Centre “Rimski Pat”, Varna
- 2007 M-Tel Nominations, Contemporary Art Gallery, Sofia
- 2006 August in Art, Varna
- 2005 Collection of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sofia
- 2005 Gallery “Seasons”, Sofia
- 2005 Bulgarian Cultural Centre, Paris, France
- 2005 “Ballet”, American Embassy, Sofia
- 2004 Biennial of Small Forms, Pleven
- 2004 American Embassy, Sofia
- 2003 ProArt Gallery, Sofia
- 2002 American Embassy, Sofia
- 2001 Bulgarian Art in Brussels, Belgium
- 2001 Kunsthalle, Dresden, Germany
- 2001 Sculpture 2001, Sofia
- 1997 Four Points of View, Kunstkreis Germering, Munich, Germany
- 1996 Haus Heckenried, Meggen, Switzerland
- 1995 Bulgarian Art, Kornschütte, Lucerne, Switzerland
- 1994 “In Search of the Self-Reflection”, installation, Old Town of Plovdiv
- 1994 Kunsthalle, Iserlohn, Germany
- 1993 Biennale 93, Grand Palais, Paris, France
- 1992 Kunsthalle, Haltern am See, Germany
- 1990 Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland
- 1989 Art 89, London, United Kingdom
- 1988 Art Gallery “As Salyam”, Cairo, Egypt; Interart, Poznań, Poland; Biennale Dantesca, Ravenna, Italy
Symposia
- 2016 Maalot-Tarshiha, Israel – limestone
- 2015 O Grove, Spain – granite
- 2015 Changbaishan, China – marble
- 2015 France – granite
- 2014 Devin, Bulgaria – wood
- 2014 Caransebeș, Romania – stone
- 2014 Hoyerswerda, Germany – stone
- 2013 Changchun, China – stone
- 2013 Yasna Polyana, Bulgaria – wood
- 2013 Grasse, France – stone
- 2012 Bulgaria – stone
- 2010 Te Kupenga Stone Symposium, New Plymouth, New Zealand
- 2009 1st National Stone Sculpture Symposium, Knezha, Bulgaria
- 2009 8th International Sculpture Symposium, Obernkirchen, Germany
- 2009 10th International Sculpture Symposium, Pazardzhik, Bulgaria
- 2009 Rencontres Sculpturales, International Sculpture Symposium, Helmond, Netherlands
- 2008 15th International Stone Sculpture Symposium, Sprimont, Belgium
- 2008 2nd International Stone Sculpture Symposium, Warwick, Australia
- 2008 1st National Sculpture Symposium, Sevlievo, Bulgaria
- 2007 Isparta, Turkey – stone
- 2007 Cherven Bryag, Bulgaria – terracotta
- 2005 Balchik, Bulgaria – stone
- 2005 Stone Symposium, Fines, Spain
- 2005 Stone Symposium, Maalot-Tarshiha, Israel
- 2004 Balchik, Bulgaria – stone
- 2004 Stone Sculpture Symposium, Sprimont, Belgium
- 2004 Stone Symposium, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
- 2003 Balchik, Bulgaria – stone
- 2002 Iwase, Japan – stone
- 2001 Stone Symposium, Fines, Spain
- 2001 Bronze Symposium, Nyíregyháza, Hungary
- 2000 Stone Symposium, Sprimont, Belgium
- 2000 Bulgaria
- 1998 Bronze Symposium, Szekszárd, Hungary
- 1998 First International Stone Symposium, Ilindentsi, Bulgaria
- 1998 Stone Symposium, Beratzhausen, Germany
- 1995 Art Ceramics ’95, Troyan, Bulgaria
- 1995 Stone Sculpture Symposium, Pretoria, South Africa
- 1994 Bronze Symposium, Iserlohn, Germany
- 1993 Bronze Symposium, Szekszárd, Hungary
- 1992 Bronze Symposium, Iserlohn, Germany
- 1991 Bronze Symposium, Haltern am See, Germany
- 1991 Bronze Symposium, Nyíregyháza, Hungary
- 1990 Bronze Symposium, Iserlohn, Germany
- 1989 Stone Symposium, Sandanski, Bulgaria
- 1988 Bronze Symposium, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
- 1987 Stone Symposium, Burgas, Bulgaria
- 1985 International Sculpture Symposium, Dzintari, Latvia
Prizes
- 2015 First Prize, Biennial of O Grove, Spain
- 2013 Prize of the Municipality of Carrara, Grasse, France
- 2004 Prize for Sculpture, Biennial of Small Forms, Pleven
- 2001 Second Prize for Sculpture, Fines, Spain
- 1997 Cité Internationale des Arts grant, Paris
- 1993 Prize of the International Association “Art Dialogue”, France
- 1991 First Prize, Sculpture Symposium, Nyíregyháza, Hungary
- 1989 Third Prize for Sculpture, “Sofia ’89”
- 1986 National Prize for Sculpture “M. Markov”
- 1985 Prize of the Symposium in Dzintari, Latvia
Collections
Her works are held by the National Gallery in Sofia; the Sofia City Art Gallery; the art galleries in Plovdiv, Varna, Dobrich and elsewhere; the Bulgarian Ministry of Culture; the Pushkin Art Gallery, Moscow; the Union of Polish Sculptors; the Rock Museum in Iwase, Japan; the Municipality of Maalot, Israel; the Hugo Voeten Collection, Belgium; the Municipality of Obernkirchen, Germany; and private collections in Bulgaria, the USA, Germany, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Argentina, Greece, Australia, the Netherlands, South Africa, New Zealand and elsewhere.