Projects

"An intimate and introspective exhibition - the first of its kind for the artist, whose work we are used to seeing usually in a societal context. Here, through a traditional painterly approach and revealing raw notes from her diaries, Elenka Nazarova invites us to look into some personal gloomy moments and psychological challenges she has been going through recently, drawing attention to themes such as mental health, isolation, and those difficulties that are hard to share freely.

“Stricken by the contradictive nature of everyday life on the streets of Paris – which the artist believes to be Europe’s most ambivalent city, with the project TOWNSMEN set as a unifying fabric throughout her time of artist-residency there, Elena Nazarova takes on two very contrasting routes of artistic exploration, research, and representation, which deepen as she leaps into the city’s darker corners and nightlife, and...

Gallery exhibition aimed to raise awareness and promote solidarity for refugees in the Greek refugee camps / Part of the 3-week program of the first edition of FIG.Sofia – Festival for Illustration & Graphics & the 2021 edition of European Night of Museums / June 2021 / Intro Gallery / Sofia, Bulgaria;

"Earlier this year I got surprisingly invited to participate in a group exhibition alongside some of my country’s most intriguing contemporary artists. It was valiantly themed with the now-present fading of human virtues in danger of future extinction. Those were communication, imagination, kindness, connection to nature, empathy and friendship, and other elements such as physical contact, play, sex. The artists were expected to provide a tangible..

Work in progress on the Balkan village’s treasure, depth, darkness, and serenity; Documentary photography & drawings, some writing, and a few project proposals /conceived during “Radical Imagination Artist Residency” which welcomed 11 international artists for a month of exploration and initiative within the community and homes of the people of Deleyna village in northwestern Bulgaria – the country’s poorest and most underdeveloped region;

In 2017 the publication of “VAISAKHA” (72p. A4) is the result of a 10 months long creative process of research, archiving, picture-taking, and painting, dedicated to glorify several incoherent objects of my inspiration and insist on their connection. Presented with a solo exhibition in “Murgash” gallery in Sofia, Bulgaria, the project consisted of 25 Illustrations, 15 photographs, a “VAISAKHA” book, 2 installations, 1 video work, and the uncovered creation process ...